1907 - 1980 (73 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Rhoda Victoria McKenzie was born on 27 Apr 1907 in Consul, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 27 Nov 1980 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. Notes:
Christened on 10 Nov 1907. Sponsors: Drusilla Weimer. Page (?). Records of St. Michael's Catholic Church. St. Michael's was established in 1852. MSA M 3743 (1852-1910).
She died on 27 Nov 1980 at the age of 72 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland.
MIDLOTHIAN - Mrs. Rhoda Cutter, 73, died Thursday in Sacred Heart Hospital. Born at Consol, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Ellen (Minick) McKenzie and a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church. Surviving are her husband, George Cutter; three sons, William Cutter and John Cutter, both of Frostburg, and Robert Cutter of Klondike; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Raley of Frostburg; eight sisters, Mrs. Clara Cain and Mrs. Margaret Jones, both of Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Della Connor and Mrs. Ruth Durkin, both of Eckhart, Mrs. Mildred Minnick, Mrs. Evelyn Shriver, Mrs. Thelma Raley, all of Frostburg, and Mrs Hilda Giles, Midlothian; five brothers, Irvin McKenzie, Pottsville, Pa.; Anthony J. McKenzie, Frostburg; William McKenzie, Francis "Dick" McKenzie and Eugene "Flooz" McKenzie, all of Finzel; 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The Sowers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. today in St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Frostburg. Interment will be in Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be William Green, Thomas Latta, William Cutter, Michael Cutter, Wayne McKenzie and Roland Murray. The Cumberland News, Saturday, November 29, 1980
Rhoda married George Princeton Sr. Cutter on 11 Jul 1925 in Allegany County, Maryland. George (son of William Cutter and Bessie Plummer) was born about 1903 in Carlos, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 21 Apr 1986 in Midlothian, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. John Cutter was born in Private.
- 3. George Princeton Jr. Cutter died before 1986.
- 4. William F. (Wee) Cutter was born on 10 May 1927 in Midlothian, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 20 Apr 2000 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland.
- 5. Betty Victoria Cutter was born on 8 Aug 1929 in Midlothian, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 1 Nov 2003 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland.
- 6. Robert P. Sr. Cutter was born on 4 Feb 1932; died on 24 Jul 2010 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland.
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Generation: 2
4. | William F. (Wee) Cutter (1.Rhoda1) was born on 10 May 1927 in Midlothian, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 20 Apr 2000 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. Notes:
William F. CUTTER was born on 10 May 1927 in Midlothian, Allegany Co., Maryland. He died on 20 Apr 2000 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland. He was buried on 22 Apr 2000 in Frostburg Memorial Park, Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland.
He died on 20 Apr 2000 at the age of 72 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland.
FROSTBURG — William F. “Wee” Cutter, of 66 W. Mechanic St., Frostburg, died Thursday, April 20, 2000, at Sacred Heart Hospital. Born on May 10, 1927, in Midlothian, he was the son of the late George P. and Rhoda V. (McKenzie) Cutter. He was also preceded in death by one grandson, Michael F. Cutter and one brother, George P. Cutter Jr. Mr. Cutter was a coal miner. Surviving are his wife, Barbara “Bobbi” (McKenzie) Cutter; one daughter, Vickie Sowers and fiance Gene Harden, Morantown; two sons, William G. Cutter and fiancee Lisa Resh, Frostburg, Michael G. Cutter and fiancee Shirley Durst, Frostburg; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one sister, Betty Santos and husband Tony, Borden; and two brothers, Robert Cutter and wife Bessie, Klondike, and Johnny Cutter and wife Cathy, Frostburg. Friends will be received at the Sowers Funeral Home, PA., 60 W. Main St., Frostburg, on Friday. Services will be conducted at the funeral home on Saturday at 11 a.m., the Rev. William Preston and the Rev. William G. Boyer officiating. Interment will be in Frostburg Memorial Park. Cumberland Times-News, Friday, April 21, 2000
William married Barbara (Bobbi) McKenzie in Private. Barbara was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Betty Victoria Cutter (1.Rhoda1) was born on 8 Aug 1929 in Midlothian, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 1 Nov 2003 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland. Notes:
Betty CUTTER (daughter of George P. CUTTER Sr. and Rhoda V. MCKENZIE) was born on 8 Aug 1929 in Midlothian, Allegany Co., Maryland. She died on 1 Nov 2003 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. She was buried on 3 Nov 2003 in Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens, LaVale, Allegany Co., Maryland.
She died on 1 Nov 2003 at the age of 74 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland.
FROSTBURG - Betty V. Raley, 74, of New Hope Road, Frostburg, died Saturday, November 1, 2003 at her home. Born August 8, 1929 in Midlothian, she was the daughter of the late George P. And Rhoda (McKenzie) Cutter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Raley, Sr. Mrs. Raley was a member of the Frostburg Seventh Day Adventist Church. Surviving are four sons: John Cutter and wife, Kathy, Frostburg; Albert Raley and wife, Darlene, Cumberland; Donald Raley and wife Michelle, Frostburg; and Mark Raley and wife, Michelle, Ft. Ashby, WV; two daughters: Betty McKenzie and husband, Raymond, Oldtown, and Ann Gomer and husband, Roger, Frostburg; 21 grandchildren; and 12 great grandchildren; and one brother, Robert Cutter and wife, Bessie, Klondike. Friends will be received at the Sowers Funeral Home, P.A., 60 W. Main St., Frostburg on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. Services will be conducted at the funeral home on Monday at 11:00 a. m. with Pastor Harold Wightman officiating, assisted by Mrs. Raley's uncle, Leonard Cutter, Sr. Interment will be in Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Courtesy of Sowers Funeral Home, Frostburg, Maryland
The following was provided to the author by Sheryl Kelso in March 2018. No research has been done to confirm the accuracy.
Frostburg soldiers met Indian brides
Together, they carved out a farm
BETTY (CUTTER) SANTOS Frostburg
My mother told me once that I have 25 percent Indian blood in me. My mother’s maiden name was Rhoda Victoria McKenzie. She married my father, George Cutter of Midlothian. My two great-grandmothers were Indians from the Pamunkey Reservation between the James and Pamunkey rivers in Virginia. They were descendants of the Powhatan Tribe, whose chief was the father of Pocahontas, 10 generations away. My two great-grandfathers were Jacob Minick, a German, and Jacob Patrick McKenzie, a Scot, both from the Frostburg area. The were timbermen, working in the forest around Avilton and Finzel in the 1850s. When the Civil War broke out, my two great-grandfathers joined the Union Army and fought in Virginia. They participated in the capture of Richmond in 1865. When the war ended they visited the Pamunkey Reservation on their time off and saw that the Indians, who remained neutral during the fighting, had suffered a great deal and were fed and clothed by the Northern soldiers. There, the two Frostburg area troopers met their future brides. Their names were Anna Rainer, an Indian princess, and Fannie Ann Christner, a squaw. Both couples moved to the Frostburg area in 1866, coming here by rail from Richmond on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, and to Washington to Baltimore to Cumberland on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. In Cumberland they bought two covered wagons, two teams of horses and supplies and headed for Avilton, then known as McKenzie’s Settlement. The two men each received 50 acres of land for their Army service. They carved out a farm by cutting down trees and building a log cabin. Both couples were married March 12, 1866, at St. Michael’s Church in Frostburg by Pastor William O’Connor. Jacob Minick and Anna (Rainer) Minick had 16 children, while Jacob Patrick McKenzie and Fannie Ann (Christner) McKenzie had 12 children. Both Jacob Minick and Jacob McKenzie helped build St. Ann Catholic church in Avilton in 1874. They and their wives are buried at the St. Ann Cemetery. One of the Minick children, Mary Ellen Minick, a half-breed, and one of the McKenzie children, John William, were both born the same year, 1886, in McKenzie’s Settlement. They grew up together and eventually married at the same church in Frostburg in 1905. They had nine children, one of whom, Rhoda Victoria McKenzie, later became my mother. At the age of 18, she married George Cutter of Midlothian. They had three children, of which I was one. I married Albert L. Raley Sr. and had five children. When Albert died, I married Tony Santos Sr., my next-door friend. Published in the Cumberland Times-News on March 31, 1998
Betty married Tony Santos in Private. Tony was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Betty married Albert Lee Sr. Raley on 4 Aug 1951. Albert (son of Clarence Moses Raley and Barbara Magdalena McKenzie) was born on 23 Sep 1925 in Finzel, Garrett County, Maryland; died on 13 Mar 1987 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Robert P. Sr. Cutter (1.Rhoda1) was born on 4 Feb 1932; died on 24 Jul 2010 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland. Notes:
Robert P. CUTTER Sr. (Rhoda V. MCKENZIE-5, John William-4, Jacob Patrick-3, Samuel J.-2, John M.-1) was born on 4 Feb 1932. He died on 24 Jul 2010. Cumberland Times-News, July 25, 2010
FROSTBURG — Robert P. Cutter, 78, of Frostburg passed away on Saturday, July 24, 2010. Born Feb. 4, 1932, he was the son of the late George and Rhoda (McKenzie) Cutter. Also preceded in death by one son, Robert P. Cutter Jr.; one daughter, Rhoda D. Davis; a brother, William Cutter; and a sister, Betty Raley. Mr. Cutter was retired from Labor local 616 and a member of Midland Sportsman Club, Lonaconing Republican Club, and Dogwood Flat Hunting and Fishing Club. Surviving are his wife of 52 years, Bessie (Foley) Cutter; two daughters, Ann Lattea of Frostburg and Cathi Green of Swanton; one brother, Johnny Cutter and wife, Cathy of Frostburg; one sister-in-law, Bobby Cutter of Frostburg; one brother-in-law, Eugene Foley; and a special son-in-law, Joe Davis of Swanton; eight grandchildren; six great grandchildre; and one on the way. Also, many nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Sowers Funeral Home, P.A. on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home on Wednesday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Matt Eichhorn officiating. Interment will be in Frostburg Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Bill Green, Tom Lattea, Johnny Cutter, Thomas Lattea Jr., George Kern, Calvin Nazelrod, Bill Cutter, and Jake Green.
Robert married Bessie Foley in Private. Bessie was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 16. Virginia Ann Cutter was born in Private.
- 17. Cathi Cutter was born in Private.
- 18. Rhoda Denise Cutter was born on 15 Apr 1967 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 8 Feb 2010 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland.
- 19. Robert P. Jr. Cutter was born in 1971 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 16 Apr 1974 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland.
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Generation: 3
18. | Rhoda Denise Cutter (6.Robert2, 1.Rhoda1) was born on 15 Apr 1967 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 8 Feb 2010 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. Notes:
She died on 8 Feb 2010 at the age of 42 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland
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SWANTON - Rhoda "Rhody" Denise Davis, 42, of Swanton, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at the Western Maryland Regional Medical Center. Born in Frostburg on April 15, 1967, she was the daughter of Robert and Bessie (Foley) Cutter, Sr. She was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Cutter, Jr. She was employed by WMHS Frostburg Nursing and Rehab Center. Also surviving are her husband, Joe Davis; daughter, Amber Solano and boyfriend Will Fickes, Swanton; niece, Mary Davis and husband Shane, Swanton; stepdaughters, Adria Davis, Cresaptown, Shelby Dowman and husband David, Eckhart; grandson, Rain Dowman; sisters, Ann Lattea, Frostburg, and Cathi Green and boyfriend Roland Murphy, Swanton; three godchildren, Chyle, Kaylee and Dakota; mother-in-law, Mary S. Davis and father-in-law, Howard L. Davis; and numerous nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Sowers Funeral Home, Frostburg, on Friday. Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2009, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. George M. Harpold officiating. Interment will be in the Murphy Cemetery. Cumberland Times-News, Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Rhoda married Joseph Davis in Private. Joseph was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Rhoda married Jay Brian Solano in Private. Jay was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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19. | Robert P. Jr. Cutter (6.Robert2, 1.Rhoda1) was born in 1971 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 16 Apr 1974 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland. Notes:
Robert P. CUTTER Jr. was born in 1971 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland. He died on 16 Apr 1974 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland.
FROSTBURG - Robert P Cutter Jr., 2 1/2, of Klondike, died yesterday at University Hospital, Baltimore, after an illness of six weeks. Born in Cumberland, he was a son of Robert and Bessie (Foley) Cutter. He was a member of Midlothian Assembly of God Church. Also surviving are three sisters, Catherine, Virginia Ann and Rhoda Cutter, at home. The body will be returned to the Hafer-Sowers Funeral Home where friends will be received tomorrow and Friday from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. The Cumberland News, April 17, 1974
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Generation: 4
20. | Michael F. Cutter (9.Michael3, 4.William2, 1.Rhoda1) was born on 26 Dec 1987 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 26 Feb 1988 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland. |
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