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==Background==

==Background==

Nutter was born in [[rural]] Lambert (now known as Fox Lake) in Richland County in northeastern Montana.<ref name="nga">{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930034038/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=83cf348fbd997010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD|title=Montana Governor Donald Grant Nutter|accessdate=July 28, 2021|publisher=National Governors' Association|date=September 30, 2007}}</ref> His parents were Chesley Earl Nutter(1884-1941)  and the former Anne Grant Wood (1885-1968); he had two brothers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7123819/donald-grant-nutter|title Donald Grant Nutter|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 28, 2021}}</ref>

Nutter was born in [[rural]] Lambert (now known as Fox Lake) in Richland County in northeastern Montana.<ref name="nga">{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930034038/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=83cf348fbd997010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD|title=Montana Governor Donald Grant Nutter|accessdate=July 28, 2021|publisher=National Governors' Association|date=September 30, 2007}}</ref> His parents were Chesley Earl Nutter(1884-1941)  and the former Anne Grant Wood (1885-1968); he had two brothers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7123819/donald-grant-nutter|title=Donald Grant Nutter|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 28, 2021}}</ref>

   

   

In 1918, the Nutters relocated to Sidney, the Richland County seat of government. Nutter attended for two years the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, [[North Dakota]], and transferred in 1935 to the University of Montana at Missoula. He left school after his father became ill and returned to Sidney, where in 1937 he was named the deputy clerk for Richland County and thereafter became a deputy sheriff.<ref name="nga"/>

In 1918, the Nutters relocated to Sidney, the Richland County seat of government. Nutter attended for two years the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, [[North Dakota]], and transferred in 1935 to the University of Montana at Missoula. He left school after his father became ill and returned to Sidney, where in 1937 he was named the deputy clerk for Richland County and thereafter became a deputy sheriff.<ref name="nga"/>

Nutter met his wife, the former Maxine Pearl Trotter (1917-1998), at an [[ice cream]] shop owned by her parents. They were married in 1938 and had one son, John Grant Nutter (1948-2006). In 1965, Mrs. Nutter married Clifford M. Larson (1910-2000) of Sidney, who had two children from a first marriage.<ref>Maxine Pearl Trotter Larson (1917-1998) - Find A Grave Memorial</ref>

Nutter met his wife, the former Maxine Pearl Trotter (1917-1998), at an [[ice cream]] shop owned by her parents. They were married in 1938 and had one son, John Grant Nutter (1948-2006). In 1965, Mrs. Nutter married Clifford M. Larson (1910-2000) of Sidney, who had two children from a first marriage.<ref>Maxine Pearl Trotter Larson (1917-1998) - Find A Grave Memorial</ref>