Harry C. Nutting, M. D., an able practitioner of the medical profession in Emporia, Kan., was born in Jacksonville, Ill., Aug. 26, 1876, and is the son of Henry Nutting and his wife, whose maiden name was Ella Coffee. Henry Nutting is a native of Mississippi, but went to the State of Illinois when a young man and engaged in the hotel business. In 1882 he removed his family from Illinois to Emporia, Kan., where be became the manager and owner of a large hotel, which he has continued to operate very successfully to the present time. During the Civil war he served in defense of his beloved Southland and the principles he believed to be right, continuing in the army until the end of the war. Since he has been a resident of Emporia he has been very successful in business affairs, and besides the management of the hotel mentioned, he has become an extensive land and property owner.

Harry C. Nutting was educated in the public schools of Emporia and in the medical college at Louisville, Ky. He entered the latter school for his professional training in 1900 and was graduated in 1904, after which he returned to Emporia, where he began the practice of his profession. Dr. Nutting has the requisite qualities for an able physician, those of strong intellectual force, energy and a keen perception and regard for the responsibility which devolves upon him, and the excellent practice he has acquired is but the sequence of his own well directed efforts. His professional interest is further indicated by his membership in the Lyon County and the Kansas State medical societies, and the American Medical Association.

Dr. Nutting was married in 1907 to Miss Grace Wiley, the daughter of W. J. Wiley, who conducts a successful realty and loan business at Emporia. Dr. and Mrs. Nutting have two children—Martha and Helen. Both Dr. Nutting and his wife are members of the Congregational church and he is a member of Lodge No. 633, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.