Major Nutt

"Brother of Commodore Nutt"

from Marc Hartzman:

“Major” Nutt, Famous Midget Dead.
BOSTON, Sept. 22—Rodina Nutt, last male survivor of the late P.T.
Barnum
’s famous midget troupe, who as a member of that dwarf
combination became known all over this country and in England, died at
his home in Dorchester today at the age of 69 years. Up to his death
and since retiring nineteen years ago, “Major” Nutt, as he was known,
had conducted a successful real estate business. He was a brother of
Commodore” Nutt, with whom he traveled under the auspices of Barnum,
and who died in 1881.
-- from The New York times, Sept. 23, 1909.

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