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Transcribed and submitted by Barbara Hutchins, 2005
(email: hutchgen@juno.com).
The Osage News, Osage, Iowa, April 28, 1921
Vol. XLVII, No. 17, P. 1, Col. 2
OLD
SOLDIER PASSED AWAY
B. C.
Hutchins Came to Iowa in Early Day and Saw Much Service During Civil
War
Barton C. Hutchins was born in St. Lawrence County, N.Y. April
26, 1845. He came with his parents to Linn county, Iowa, in the
year 1853. They removed to Mitchell County in 1855, and this has
been his home ever since. He enlisted in the 27th Iowa Inf. and
with them for three years of hard service in the Civil War. He was
married to Miss Martha Logan Dec. 31, 1878. As they were blessed
with no children of their own they adopted a son, William, who with
Mrs. Hutchins, survives his death. It was given to Mr. Hutchins to
be both a pioneer and a soldier. His family was one of the earliest
settlers of Mitchell County and his three years of service in the
army in the day of peril for America renders this community doubly
indebted to him. He was one of the few remaining members of the G.
A. R. in this city at the time of his death.
Few people realize the strenuous service the
27th Inf. saw. They were sent first into northern Minnesota to
quell the Indians. From there they went to Vicksburg and fought
under Sherman. Their journeys through Arkansas and their campaign
in Louisiana and the finale in Mobile at the end of the war, made
them a record of 3,000 miles on foot and 10,000 by boat and rail.
Mr. Hutchins passed away Sunday afternoon at
1:30 and the following morning at 10 o’clock a service was conducted
at the home of Rev. L. C. Lemon, who accompanied the family to
Nashua, where the remains were interred in the family lot.
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