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*** In 1850, there was one Nutting in Concord, Charles Nutting, a stone-cutter boarding with S. Alexander, then by 1856 on the corner of State & Thorndike (51 State St.). In 1883, Charles' firm was known as Putney & Nutting, and located on Main in West Concord. In 1860, Josiah resided at 22 Thorndike, and was pastoring the Free Will Baptist of Concord (founded in 1857, although the FWB Society was founded in 1844), M.C. Hadley was active in leadership also. In 1864, Josiah was still pastoring at the FWB, but had relocated to 13 Perley.
*** In Nov. 1865, he preached a few weekends at the [https://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/FirstFreeWillBapt.html First FWB] on 17th St. in NYC, see [https://www.newspapers.com/image/843831551 Newspapers.com] for article. This resulted in an invitation to become their pastor, which he accepted in Jan. 1866, as per [https://www.newspapers.com/image/329396410 New York Daily Herald 1866-1-28] where he stayed thru Jan. 1867. In 1870, he was pastoring in West Epping, Rockingham, NH (and his later wife Eleanor was a schoolteacher in her hometown of Belfast, NH).
*** By 1872, Josiah had returned to Concord, residing at Perley & Grove, listed as a reverend. In 1881 he was not listed in the phone book in Concord. On Dec. 17, 1882, he was advertised in the https://www.newspapers.com/image/343937670 Buffalo Courier Express] as preaching "the Gospel of the grace of God" on a Sunday evening at the Temperance Union Prayer Meeting at an old post office building at 18 E. Seneca St., Buffalo, NY. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/326864484 The Buffalo News] then advertised on 1882-12-21 (Thursday) that Josiah would "deliver a free lecture" at Room 6, Sherman Block, 299 Washington St., on the subject of "The Holy Spirit". Then he gave a gospel message again that Sunday evening, 1882-12-24 at the Temperance Hall, then back to Sherman Block for another message on the Holy Spirit that was advertised as "a subject of great importance to believers who are cordially invited". By 1883 Josiah was listed as "preacher of the gospel". 1885-1886 @ Wilmington, DE. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/153985705 The News Journal] of Wilmington, [[Delaware]] advertised 1885-10-10: "There will be preaching to-morrow, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, during the present month, in the hall No. 110 French street, by J.P. Nutting." Then the [https://www.newspapers.com/image/146158161 Evening Star] of Washington, D.C. advertised him preaching "The Gospel of the Grace of God" 1886-1-24 evening at [https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/courthouse-history Odeon Hall], cor. Penn ave. and 4 1/2 st. *** The [https://www.newspapers.com/image/71033629 National Republican] reported on it the next day, "At Odeon Hall last evening a religious meeting was held. Mr. J.P. Nutting of Wilmington, Del., read the third chapter of John and commented on it. He emphasized, in reading the verse, "He that does not believe is condemned already", and spoke at considerable length of the requirements of the human soul to become peaceful and inherit eternal life, and concluded with the assertion that these would be found in the acceptation of Christ." 1887 @ Lyme, NH, he purchased a house from Harriet Washington. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/490867132 Vermont Watchman & State Journal] reported on 1888-9-26, "Mr. J.P. Nutting of Lyme, N.H., passed through our town with a drove of cattle last week. He stopped at Lyman Porter's two days and sold out a part of his number, which was 115 head." The Wilmington [https://www.newspapers.com/image/153986359 News Journal] reported 1888-10-13 that J.P. had "gone to Indianapolis". He continued to farm into 1891, and the [https://www.newspapers.com/image/491132211 Vermont Journal] reported on 1891-2-21 that he had been seriously hurt from the kick of a horse he had been doctoring, but had shown improvement. 1892-1906+ @ Winchester, NH. He preached a Sunday in Aug. 1892 for James Richmond who pastored the [https://www.facebook.com/FirstCongregationalChurchLitchfield Congregational church] in Litchfield. +1899 @ Washington, D.C. On Aug. 6, 1899, he preached at the [https://www.historicalsocietyoflitchfieldmaine.org/churches.htm Plains Freewill Baptist] in Litchfield, ME.
*** Josiah & Eleanor's wedding in 1883 was officiated by Wooster Parker (b. 1807 Underhill, Chittenden, VT - d. 1884 Belfast, ME), a longtime pastor of what is now [https://firstchurchinbelfast.org/ The First Church in Belfast], a UCC group, who graduated in 1832 from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangor_Theological_Seminary Bangor TS] (1814-2013). Wooster's wife Wealthy Ann Pond Parker (1815-1903) was a daughter of Enoch Pond (1791-1882), later a notable president of BTS.
**** son Dr. Newell Curtis Nutting (b. 1859 Auburn, Rockingham, NH - d. 1919 Boston, MA), a physician and surgeon in NYC, studied 1881 in Concord under Dr. S.C. Morrill, grad 1882 @ [https://www.downstate.edu/education-training/college-of-medicine/index.html SUNY Downstate] (the first medical college in the U.S. with its own hospital), did his residency at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Hospital_of_Brooklyn_at_Long_Island_College_Hospital Long Island College Hospital] (1858-2014). Wife (1884 @ Gilford, Belknap, NH): Dr. Mary Anna Brown Nutting-Sanborn (b. 1862 Gilford, Belknap, NH - d. 1947 Laconia, Belknap, NH), daughter of Emmons Malachi Brown (b. 1836 Gilford, NH - d. 1912 Salem, MA) & Esther A. Benson Brown (b. 1839 Bow Center, Merrimack, NH - d. 1920 Salem, MA). Mary Anna earned her doctorate in medicine in 1889 from the University of Michigan. See [https://www.newspapers.com/image/430837403 "Heroic Woman Is Safe"] for an article from 1909 in the Boston Globe about Mary Ann battling a snowstorm to visit a sick child.