HUTCHINS
HUTCHINS
the 21st Virginia infantry. He served under
Gen. T. J, ("Stonewall'") Jackson in the cam-
paign of the valley of Virginia, and in the seven
days' fight around Richmond, and was in all the
succeeding engagements of the Armj^of Xorthei'n
Virginia up to the surrender at Appomattox. He
was commissioned first lieutenant of Co. E, in
the 14th Virginia infantry, after the battle of
Cedar Mountain, and his captain being a prisoner,
he was given command of the company for per-
sonal courage at battle of Dinwiddie C. H.,
Va., and was in command at the surrender at
Appomattox. He was graduated at the Un iversity
at Virginia, LL.B., in 1866, and removed to Grimes
county, Texas, where he practised liis profes-
sion. He settled in Houston, Texas, in 1874;
was a representative in the state legislature,
1880-82: president of the Democratic state con-
vention of 1890, and representative from the first
district of Texas in the 53d and 54th congresses,
1893-97. He was the author of the bill to estab-
lish the University of Texas, and won a promi-
nent position at the bar of the state. He was
married in 1867 to Mildred, daughter of Dr.
William F. and Elizabeth (Venable) Carrington,
of Virginia; and secondly at Houston, Texas,
Aug. 11, 1886, to Bettie Palmer, widow of
Edward Milby and daughter of Judge Edward A.
and Martha Winifred (Branch) Palmer.
HUTCHINS, Charles Lewis, clergyman, was born in Concord. N.II.. Aug. 5, 1838; son of George and Sarah Piolfe (Tucker) Hutchins: grandson of Abel and Elizabetli (Partridge) Hutcliins, and a descendant of Col. Gordon Hutchins, and of the Rev. Dr. John Tucker, of Newbury, Mass. He was graduated at Williams, A.B., 1861, A.M., 1864, and at the General Theo- logical seminary in 1865. He was ordained a deacon, July 11, 1865, and a priest, Oct. 1, 1865. He was rector of St. John's church, Lowell, Mass., 18G5-69; assistant at St. Paul's cathedral, Buffalo. X.Y., 1869-72, and rector of Grace church. Medfoi'd, Mass., 1890; was assistant secretary of the general convention of the Prot- estant Episcopal church, 1871 and 1874, and secretary, 1877, 1880, 1883, 1886, 1889, 1892, 1895 and 1898. He received the honorary degree of M.A. from Trinity in 1871; that of D.D. from Griswold in 1888, and from the University of the South, 1899. He became editor of The Parish Choir in 1874, and published: Sunday School Hymnal (1871); Annotations of the Hymnal (1872); Church Hymnal (1879); Sunday School Hymnal and Service Book (1880); Church Psalter (1896); Pointed Prayer Book (1897), and other musical service books.
HUTCHINS, Harry Burns, educator, was born in Lisbon, X.H., April 8, 1847; son of Carleton B. and Nancy W, (Merrill) Hutchins, and grand-
son of Mitchell and Mary (Clements) Hutchins
and of Ebin and Elizabetli (Walker) Merrill.
He was graduated at the University of Michigan,
Pli.B., in 1871; wasschool superintendent, 1871-
72; instructor in history and rhetoric at the Uni-
versity of Michigan, 1872-73, and assistant pro-
fessor of rhetoric and history, 1873-76. He was
admitted to the bar in 1876, and practised law in
Mount Clemens and Detroit, Mich., 1876-84. He
then returned to Ann Arbor, where he was Jay
professor of law in the University of Michigan,
1884-87, and continued the practice of law. In
1887 he resigned his professorship to accept the
position of secretary of the law school connected
with Cornell university, of which department he
was the principal organizer. This position made
him practically dean of the school, and in 1892
he was named as associate dean. Under his di-
rection the school increased from 55 to 225 stu-
dents. He returned to Ann Arbor in October,
1895, to become dean of the department of law in
the University of Michigan. When President
Angell accepted the appointment as U.S. minis-
ter to Turkey in 1897, Dean Hutchins was made
acting president of the university. He received
the degree of LL.D. from the University of Wis-
consin in 1897. He revised and annotated under
an appointment from the Michigan supreme
court Vols. XXX., XXXI., XXXII. and XXXIII.,
Supreme Court Reports (1882-84): edited an edi-
tion of Williams on Real Property, and is the
author of numerous contributions to legal peri-
odicals.
HUTCHINS, John, representative, was born in Vienna, Trumbull county, Ohio, July 25, 1812; son of Samuel and Freelove (Flower) Hutchins, and cousin of Wells Andrews Hutchins. His father was a native of Connecticut, and emi- grated to the Western Reserve in 1798, settling in Trumbull county. He was educated at liome, save one year's attendance at Western Reserve college: was admitted to the bar in 1837; was clerk of the court of common pleas for Trumbull county, 1838-43; a representative in the Oliio legislature, 1849; a representative in the 36th and 37th con- gresses, 1859-63, and a delegate to the Pliiladel- phia Loyalists' convention of 1866. He was mar- ried in 1836 to Rhoda, daughter of Hun Andrews. Their son, John Corydon Hutchins, became a prominent lawyer of Cleveland. John Hutchins died in Cleveland. Ohio, Nov, 19, 1891.
HUTCHINS, Joseph, educator, was born in Barbadoes, W.I., in 1747; son of Heniy Hutch- ins. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1765, A.M., gratice causa, 1767, and became a clergyman of the Episcopal Church. He was professor of the English language and belles-lettres at Franklin college. Va., 1787- 88. He was elected a member of the American
