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Col. Augustus S. Hutchison was born in Lawrence County, S. C, May 9, 1857. His father Alexander S. Hutchison, and his mother, Miss Isabella J. Hitch, were both natives of Lawrence County, and were married there in 1827. Of their twelve children those living are: Y. H., Martha M., Augustus S., Adolphus U., Mary C, Aditha C., James, Rufus M., and John M. Mrs. Hutchison was a Presbyterian, and the father a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a Democrat, and a Royal Arch Mason. Col. Hutchison spent his school days in South Carolina, attending Columbia Military Academy and Charleston Citadel Academy, after which he taught school in Howard County, Ark., where the family moved in 1858. When the war broke out he joined an Arkansas company under Capt. J. L. Neal, and going with the company to Missouri, went into a new regiment, with Tom P. Dockery as colonel. His promotion was rapid, and he at all times held prominent positions. After the battle of Oak Hill, his company was disbanded. Afterward he joined the Nineteenth Arkansas Infantry, being appointed adjutant, and later lieutenant-colonel. Captured at Arkansas Post, he was a prisoner at Camp Chase for about three months, after which he was exchanged at Petersburg, Va., joining the Army of Tennessee, under Gen. Bragg. Immediately previous to the close of the war, he was appointed colonel, but the war ended before the appointment could be ratified. He was in the battles of Oak Hill, Pea Ridge, Arkansas Post, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and numerous others of minor importance, and was wounded in Atlanta, July 22, 1864; he surrendered in April, 1865, at Washington, Ark. October 13, 1870, Col. Hutchison was married in Sevier County, Ark., to Miss Ella O. Hawkins, daughter of Dr. Harrison Hawkins. They had five children: James K., Harrison, Forney, Thomas A. and Mary E Mrs. Hutchison died November 17, 1881, and January 25, 1883, he married Miss Sue Purdon, daughter of Dr. James Purdon. Their two children are named Frederick M. and Edwin P. For a number of years Col. Hutchison devoted his attention to farming, owning 420 acres of valuable land in Arkansas. In 1874 he was elected sheriff of Howard County, but after serving four years he returned to agricultural pursuits. A Master Mason, a prominent Democrat, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Col. Hutchison has at all times been a popular and successful man, and willing to advance every worthy cause.