History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 1887



Nutt Family - GEORGE D. NUTT, M. D Biography

George D. Nutt, M. D., of Williamsport, widely known for his skill and eminent usefulness as a surgeon, and whose labors have extended over more than a third of a century, is a native of New Jersey, born near Pemberton, Burlington county, April 17, 1845, a son of Noah and Beulah (Budd) Nutt.

He is of English ancestry, descended from two of the oldest New Jersey families, and in the maternal line from that of which John Budd, surveyor for the Lords Proprietors, and Dr. Bernard Budd, who was one of the founders of the New Jersey Medical Society in 1766 and a surgeon in the Revolutionary army, were prominent members. William Nutt, paternal grandfather of Dr. George D. Nutt, was a farmer in New Egypt, New Jersey, where he died. He married and reared a family of three sons and five daughters; the sons were farmers, and the daughters all married men of the same calling.

Noah Nutt, father of Dr. Nutt, was born in Ocean county, New Jersey, and lived upon a farm, first in Burlington county, and later at Pemberton, New Jersey. He was a Baptist in religion, and a Democrat in politics. He married Beulah Budd, daughter of John Budd, and to them were born children : 1. Martha, married William E. Gaskill, a school teacher and farmer, residing in Juliustown, New Jersey. 2. John B., dealer in agricultural implements and lumber, in Pemberton, New Jersey. 3. Thomas H., who was a commission merchant, and died at the age of thirty-five years. 4. George D., to be further referred to. 5. Beulah, married Davis Hendrickson, and resides in Pemberton, New Jersey. 6. Josephine, unmarried, resides in Pemberton, New Jersey.

George D. Nutt, of the family named above, was reared upon the paternal farm, and attended the district schools until he was sixteen years of age. For two years afterward he was a student in the Pemberton Academy, and subsequently attended the Peddie Institute at Heightstown, New Jersey, for an equal period. With ample literary preparation he matriculated in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which' he was graduated with the class of 1869. In July of the same year he located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, which has been his place of residence to the present time. First engaging in a general medical practice, he soon diverted his attention to the eye, in connection with his duties with the Williamsport Dispensary. In 1895 he relinquished all else to devote himself to the field of surgery, in which his great ability soon won for him a wide fame and brought to him duties of a most exacting character, his practice for operations and in consultation extending over a radius of seventy or more miles of thickly populated territory. His prominence in the profession is attested likewise by his connection with professional institutions and societies. To Williamsport he rendered a conspicuous service in being one of the founders of the Williamsport Hospital; he has been a member of its board of managers from its institution to the present time, and for many years abdominal surgeon to the institution. During the first administration of President Cleveland he was a member of the local board of United States pension examining surgeons. He has been for many years an active member of various leading professional bodies-the American Medical Association, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, the West Branch Medical Association, and the Lycoming County Medical Society, serving for two years as president of the last named, and for a lengthy period as corresponding secretary.

Dr. Nutt stands with the foremost of Williamsport's enterprising citizens in support of community interests, and all efforts conducive to its development and prosperity. He is a member of its Board of Trade, and was one of the original projectors and stockholders of the Williamsport Electric Light Company. For forty years he has been a member of the Baptist church, and has long served upon its board of trustees. He is a Democrat in politics, cherishing the foundation principles of the party, and too loyal to his convictions of right to follow it blindly to inconsistency and false policies. He holds membership in the Ross Club, the leading social organization of the city.

Dr. Nutt was married, August 23, 1876, to Miss Katherine E. Tubbs, a daughter of James Tubbs, of Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. Of this marriage there are two living children : John B. and Abbie Louise Nutt.


Source: Genealogical and Personal History of Lycoming County, John W. Jordan, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1906.










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