A native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in Northumberland County in 1840. He received the advantages of college training and was a highly educated and classical scholar. He was a student in the Williamsport Dickinson Seminary at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, completing a four years' course by graduation in June, 1862. He had but entered upon the period of early manhood at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war and in 1862, when a young man of twenty-two years, he offered his services to the government, becoming first lieutenant of the One Hundred and Thirty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. With the close of his military service Mr. Hutchison took up the study of law and following his graduation from the Cleveland (Ohio) Law School he came to Iowa in the spring of 1865, settling first at Des Moines. In December of that year, however, he removed to Ottumwa and entered into partnership with Senator Stiles. He married Miss Sarah L. Taylor on November 4, 1868. Mr. Hutchison abandoned professional activity to enter into other lines of business that promised quicker returns and from that time forward was a leading factor in industrial, commercial and financial circles in Ottumwa. In 1872 he aided in the organization of the Johnston Ruffler Company, which conducted business successfully for a number of years, when its shareholders organized the Ottumwa Iron Works After continuing actively in business for a few years Mr. Hutchison reentered the field of law. His fellow townsmen, appreciative of his worth and ability, called him to serve the public by electing him to the state legislature in 1879. His term of service was one of great efficiency and was followed by his election to the state senate in 1881 and his reelection in 1884. For ten years, therefore, he continued a member of the general assembly, winning a most enviable reputation by reason of his connection with much important constructive legislation.

A native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in Northumberland County in 1840. He received the advantages of college training and was a highly educated and classical scholar. He was a student in the Williamsport Dickinson Seminary at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, completing a four years' course by graduation in June, 1862. He had but entered upon the period of early manhood at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war and in 1862, when a young man of twenty-two years, he offered his services to the government, becoming first lieutenant of the One Hundred and Thirty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. With the close of his military service Mr. Hutchison took up the study of law and following his graduation from the Cleveland (Ohio) Law School he came to Iowa in the spring of 1865, settling first at Des Moines. In December of that year, however, he removed to Ottumwa and entered into partnership with Senator Stiles. He married Miss Sarah L. Taylor on November 4, 1868. Mr. Hutchison abandoned professional activity to enter into other lines of business that promised quicker returns and from that time forward was a leading factor in industrial, commercial and financial circles in Ottumwa. In 1872 he aided in the organization of the Johnston Ruffler Company, which conducted business successfully for a number of years, when its shareholders organized the Ottumwa Iron Works After continuing actively in business for a few years Mr. Hutchison reentered the field of law. His fellow townsmen, appreciative of his worth and ability, called him to serve the public by electing him to the state legislature in 1879. His term of service was one of great efficiency and was followed by his election to the state senate in 1881 and his reelection in 1884. For ten years, therefore, he continued a member of the general assembly, winning a most enviable reputation by reason of his connection with much important constructive legislation.

A native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in Northumberland County in 1840. He received the advantages of college training and was a highly educated and classical scholar. He was a student in the Williamsport Dickinson Seminary at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, completing a four years' course by graduation in June, 1862. He had but entered upon the period of early manhood at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war and in 1862, when a young man of twenty-two years, he offered his services to the government, becoming first lieutenant of the One Hundred and Thirty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. With the close of his military service Mr. Hutchison took up the study of law and following his graduation from the Cleveland (Ohio) Law School he came to Iowa in the spring of 1865, settling first at Des Moines. In December of that year, however, he removed to Ottumwa and entered into partnership with Senator Stiles. He married Miss Sarah L. Taylor on November 4, 1868. Mr. Hutchison abandoned professional activity to enter into other lines of business that promised quicker returns and from that time forward was a leading factor in industrial, commercial and financial circles in Ottumwa. In 1872 he aided in the organization of the Johnston Ruffler Company, which conducted business successfully for a number of years, when its shareholders organized the Ottumwa Iron Works After continuing actively in business for a few years Mr. Hutchison reentered the field of law. His fellow townsmen, appreciative of his worth and ability, called him to serve the public by electing him to the state legislature in 1879. His term of service was one of great efficiency and was followed by his election to the state senate in 1881 and his reelection in 1884. For ten years, therefore, he continued a member of the general assembly, winning a most enviable reputation by reason of his connection with much important constructive legislation.

A native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in Northumberland County in 1840. He received the advantages of college training and was a highly educated and classical scholar. He was a student in the Williamsport Dickinson Seminary at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, completing a four years' course by graduation in June, 1862. He had but entered upon the period of early manhood at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war and in 1862, when a young man of twenty-two years, he offered his services to the government, becoming first lieutenant of the One Hundred and Thirty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. With the close of his military service Mr. Hutchison took up the study of law and following his graduation from the Cleveland (Ohio) Law School he came to Iowa in the spring of 1865, settling first at Des Moines. In December of that year, however, he removed to Ottumwa and entered into partnership with Senator Stiles. He married Miss Sarah L. Taylor on November 4, 1868. Mr. Hutchison abandoned professional activity to enter into other lines of business that promised quicker returns and from that time forward was a leading factor in industrial, commercial and financial circles in Ottumwa. In 1872 he aided in the organization of the Johnston Ruffler Company, which conducted business successfully for a number of years, when its shareholders organized the Ottumwa Iron Works After continuing actively in business for a few years Mr. Hutchison reentered the field of law. His fellow townsmen, appreciative of his worth and ability, called him to serve the public by electing him to the state legislature in 1879. His term of service was one of great efficiency and was followed by his election to the state senate in 1881 and his reelection in 1884. For ten years, therefore, he continued a member of the general assembly, winning a most enviable reputation by reason of his connection with much important constructive legislation.

A native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in Northumberland County in 1840. He received the advantages of college training and was a highly educated and classical scholar. He was a student in the Williamsport Dickinson Seminary at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, completing a four years' course by graduation in June, 1862. He had but entered upon the period of early manhood at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war and in 1862, when a young man of twenty-two years, he offered his services to the government, becoming first lieutenant of the One Hundred and Thirty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. With the close of his military service Mr. Hutchison took up the study of law and following his graduation from the Cleveland (Ohio) Law School he came to Iowa in the spring of 1865, settling first at Des Moines. In December of that year, however, he removed to Ottumwa and entered into partnership with Senator Stiles. He married Miss Sarah L. Taylor on November 4, 1868. Mr. Hutchison abandoned professional activity to enter into other lines of business that promised quicker returns and from that time forward was a leading factor in industrial, commercial and financial circles in Ottumwa. In 1872 he aided in the organization of the Johnston Ruffler Company, which conducted business successfully for a number of years, when its shareholders organized the Ottumwa Iron Works After continuing actively in business for a few years Mr. Hutchison reentered the field of law. His fellow townsmen, appreciative of his worth and ability, called him to serve the public by electing him to the state legislature in 1879. His term of service was one of great efficiency and was followed by his election to the state senate in 1881 and his reelection in 1884. For ten years, therefore, he continued a member of the general assembly, winning a most enviable reputation by reason of his connection with much important constructive legislation.