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Dr. J. H. Rutland, of Swifton, Jackson County, was born in Georgia, in 1853. He was the second child in a family of eight, born to J. H. and Orphy (Jordan) Rutland, natives of Sumter County, Ga. The father owned and operated a large plantation in his native State, 1,800 acres in one tract and 1,300 in another. He is now president of the South Georgia Vocal and Instrumental Conservatory, and he and wife still live in Georgia. Dr. J. H. was reared on his father’s plantation, receiving his early education in the public schools. He then entered the Westmoreland Medical College, at Atlanta, Ga., from which institution he graduated in 1886. He first located in Texas Township, Craig-head County, Ark., where he built up a large and lucrative practice, removing to his present home in Swifton in 1889, where he in a prominent physician and surgeon, and enjoys extensive patronage. Dr. Rutland was married in Craighead County, in November, 1888, to Florence Bell, a native of Tennessee, whose parents now live in Craighead County, Ark. Dr. Rutland is quite an active member of the Democratic party, politically, and, religiously, is a member of the Christian Church. He is a liberal supporter of public interests, and is one of the rising young men of Jackson County, where he is highly esteemed by all who know him.