ABSTRACT
John Sutcliffe is described in the biography of his son, Joseph. He admitted that, though he was a Methodist minister and reed-maker for looms in England, he left England as a stowaway and smuggled his special tools to avoid the British ban on the emigration of skilled workers. The details of his story are fascinating and capture the drama behind many people's emigration. Joseph M. Sutcliffe was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, in 1821, and was about seven years of age when he came to this county with his parents, the family settling in Waterloo township, where he spent the rest of his life, becoming one of the most influential residents of that part of the county. He received an excellent education for that period and ever took an active part in public affairs, serving for years as a member of the board of county commissioners. He was one of the founders of Robinson Chapel Methodist Episcopal church.
