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G. J. Hutcheson, a resident of the Tenth District, was born in Lauderdale County, October 1, 1842, and was the son of Jesse and Louisa Jane (Givens) Hutcheson; both of them were natives of Tennessee. The father died in White County, Ark., in 1846. The mother was born in 1819, and died in Lauderdale County, March 27, 1859. Our subject is of Irish descent. He was raised by his maternal grandfather on a farm until the war commenced, when he entered the Confederate service, going into the First Tennessee Heavy Artillery, Company A, and continued through the war. He was captured at Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863, and was almost immediately released and joined his company, but August 23, 1864, was captured at Port Morgan, Ala., and imprisoned at New Orleans. From there he was sent to New York City; then to Elmira, N. Y.; then to Baltimore, Md., where he was held until the war was over, and was then released after the surrender. After this he returned to Fulton and went into the livery stable business, running a hack line from Fulton to Brownsville, but in a few months resumed farming, which has since been his occupation. He was married, December 26, 1866, to Miss Susan Bates, the daughter of James H. and Mary Joyce (Marshall) Bates, and five children were born to this marriage: Mary L., Robert Guilford (who died October 20, 1875), James A., Walter, Jennie Maud. Mr. and Mrs. Hutcheson and all of the children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, he being a steward in the church, and he is also a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 314, at Western Valley. While his own advantages for attending school were limited, he takes a great deal of interest in the cause of education, and is a member of the board of school directors in the Tenth District. He is a Democrat, and takes no active interest in politics. Mr. Hutcheson is a self-made man.