User:Zigzig20s/Rush Nutt
Rushworth Nutt | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, planter |
| Spouse | Mary Ker |
| Children | Haller Nutt |
| Relatives | David Ker (father-in-law) |
Rushworth Nutt was an American physician and planter.
Early life
[edit]Rushworth Nutt was born in Virginia.[1] He had a brother, Rittenhouse Nutt.[2]
Career
[edit]In 1805, he went exploring many states on horseback, no less than his home state of Virginia, but also Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi.[1] Natchez Trace
Nutt visited Egypt with his brother Rittenhouse in the 1830s.[2]
He purchased the Laurel Hill Plantation in Rodney, Jefferson County, Mississippi.
He experimented with several breeds of cotton.[3] In 1833, he invented a new cotton hybrid known as Petit Gulf cotton.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Nutt married Mary Ker, the daughter of David Ker. They had a son, Haller Nutt, who resided at Longwood.[1]
Death
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Medical Account Books.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c James E. Fickle, Mississippi Forests and Forestry, Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2001, p. 34 [1]
- ^ a b Berman, Jacob Rama (2012). American Arabesque: Arabs, Islam, and the 19th-century Imaginary. New York City: New York University Press. p. 213. ISBN 9780814789513. OCLC 794671672. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ^ a b D. Clayton James, Antebellum Natchez, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1968, p. 156 [2]
- ^ Google Books
Category:People from Virginia
Category:People from Jefferson County, Mississippi
Category:American physicians
Category:American planters