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William Wylie Hunter, M.D.
Born July 11, 1858

Dr. William Wylie Hunter, who for more than two decades has practiced in Monticello, has, like most established family physicians, obtained an influence in his community that is more far- reaching than that of any man sustaining other relations to the public. Dr. Hunter was born in Jones county, July 11, 1858, a son of Cyprian and Sarah Jane (Clark) Hunter, who came to this state from Mercer county, Pennsylvania. The father, who followed farming as a life work, was also a defender of the Union cause in the Civil war and lost his life at Young's Point, during the struggle.

The son was reared on the home farm and acquired his elementary learning in the public schools. From his youth he had a strong ambition to enter professional lines and after reaching mature years abandoned the quiet life of the farm and took up the study of medicine in the medical department of the State University of Iowa, graduating from that institution in 1886. In the meantime, in 1885, he acted as intern in Mercy Hospital at Davenport, Iowa, and through this means acquired a practical knowledge of the science of medicine. Following his graduation he located for practice in Center junction, spending two years in that place. He sought a broader field of labor, however, and subsequently opened an office in Monticello, where he has engaged in general practice to the present time. He is a busy and successful practitioner, having become the dependable family physician in many a household, not only in Monticello but in the territory adjacent to the city.

It was during his residence in Center junction that Dr. Hunter was married on the 29th of February, 1888, to Miss Lillian E. Winner. They have a son and daughter. Blanche Pauline, now eighteen years of age, is in her second year in college at Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Harvey Dean, a lad of twelve years, is at home.

Dr. Hunter has, since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, supported the men and measures of the republican platform, and in 1893 was elected mayor of Monticello, in which office he served faithfully and well. He is a Mason, becoming identified with the order in 1883, while in 1894 he joined the Odd Fellows society and in 1899 became a member of the Knights of Pythias. In the line of his profession he belongs to the American Medical, the Iowa Union, the Iowa State and the Jones County Medical Societies, while in religious faith he is a Methodist. He has gained recognition as one of the able and successful physicians of the state, and by his labors, his high professional attainments and his sterling characteristics has justified the respect and confidence in which he is held by the medical fraternity and the local public.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 237.

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John C. Huntoon
Born 1829

JOHN C. HUNTOON, farmer, Richland Twp., Sec. 8; P.O. Bowen's Prairie; born in Hanover, N. H., in 1829; he came to Jones Co. in 1867, and purchased his present farm. He was married to Miss Ann Fairchilds, born in the State of New York; they have four children—John W., Lizzie, Minnie and Sarah. His father, John Huntoon, lives with him; he is a native of Hanover, N. H.; his mother died at his home in 1877.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 689, and submitted by Lori J. Mentzel

John Henry Hunwardsen
Born November 12, 1872

No country has given the United States better citizens than Germany, and sons of the fatherland are always welcomed here for they all have those homely virtues of honesty, sincerity, energy and frugality which when combined are certain to be productive of good citizenship and prosperous results. John Henry Hunwardsen, a farmer residing on section 30, Oxford township, is one of the best known German-Americans of Jones county. He was born in Schleswig, Germany, November 12, 1872, and when but twelve years old was brought by his parents to this country. He is a son of John H. and Matte (Thompson) Hunwardsen, both natives of Schleswig, Germany, the former born in 1837, and the latter in 1838. Upon coming to the United States, the little family made their way to Oxford township, Jones county, Iowa, and on reaching this locality settled upon a farm, where the mother died in 1905. The father now resides near Lost Nation with his son John. In the family were six children, as follows: Thomas, who lives in Woodbury county, Iowa; Edward, who lives in Oxford township; Emma, who married Henry Fiddersen, of Oxford township: Martin, who has passed away; John, who lives at Lost Nation, and John Henry, Jr., whose name heads this sketch.

John Henry Hunwardsen lived with his parents until his marriage, at which time he commenced farming on his own account, continuing upon rented property for six years. He then bought his present farm of one hundred and twenty acres on sections 30 and 31, Oxford township. Nearly all of the improvements have been made by Mr. Hunwardsen, and he resided upon his property until 1909, when he rented it and removed to Oxford Junction, which is now his home.

On April 23, 1907, Mr. Hunwardsen married Christina Jansen, who was also born in Schleswig, Germany, September 14, 1890, and came to the United States with her parents in 1905. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hunwardsen: John Henry, Matte and Harman.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 348.

N. W. Hutchins
Born 1831

N. W. HUTCHINS, attorney at law; office over post office, Wyoming; was born in 1831, in Herkimer Co., N.Y.; in 1851, he commenced reading law with Moore, Brown & Beach, in Watertown, N.Y.; was admitted in February, 1853. He then went to China and Australia; remained abroad till 1871, when he returned to Jackson Co. Has been in practice since 1874. Married Sarah J. Smith May 24, 1861; she was born in Australia; have seven children—Esther J., Alice V., Albert V., Lizzie, Flora, Gertrude and Laura. Democrat.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 602.

James Hutton
Born 1811

JAMES HUTTON, farmer, Scotch Grove Twp., Sec. 16; P.O. Scotch Grove; born in Scioto Co., Ohio, in 1811. He was married to Nancy Brouse, of Scioto Co. He removed to Dubuque Co., Iowa, in 1834, and engaged in mining. His father's family removed to Dubuque Co. at the same time. In 1836, with his father, Charles P. Hutton, and his two brothers, William and David, he built a grist-mill in that county, on Catfish Creek; his was one of the first mills built in Dubuque Co.; about 1838, Mr. Hutton, with his father, came to Jones Co. and settled in Washington Township; removed to Edinburg, Jones Co., when the county seat was located there, and engaged in hotel-keeping, where he remained until the county seat was removed; he settled on his present farm in 1855; his father also came to Scotch Grove Township, where he resided until his death; has had four children; only two are known to be living—William and Allen; Samuel went to Colorado in 1869, supposed to be deceased; lost one daughter—Mary Ellen Sutherland. Owns eighty acres of land. Methodist Episcopal Church.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 655, and submitted by Lori J. Mentzel

John W. Hutton
Born April 20, 1858

Among the native sons of Scotch Grove township, who have not only attained success in their vocation but have reached a position of trust and honor in the eyes of their fellow citizens, must be numbered John W. Hutton, who owns valuable land on sections 9, 10 and 16. He was born April 20, 1858, his parents being Samuel E. and Jane (Davis) Hutton. On his father's side he is descended from one of the pioneers of this state, for his grandfather, James Hutton, came to Jones county in 1835. He was of Kentucky nativity but shortly after his marriage came to this state, where he had entered government land. His first home was a rude structure built of logs, but it sheltered him and his family until 1861, when they moved to a more adequate dwelling. In early years it was also the building in which the county clerk sat for lack of a more suitable edifice in which to propound the law.

John W. Hutton attended the common schools at his locality and was reared to manhood by his grandfather, under whose guidance he acquired that training for the work of life which has been productive of such rich results. In 1884 he bought eighty acres of the old homestead, which has since been his home and the scene of his active toil. It was but the beginning of his landholdings, however, for he now owns one hundred and sixty acres of arable land on sections 9 and 16, and sixty-four acres of timber on section 10. He has carried on general farming and he has engaged in a small way in the breeding of standard bred road horses. From both of his farm interests he has derived an income which is a patent and gratifying record of his skill and industry as a husbandman. Progressive in his ideas and unsparing of any exertion which might tend to the efficiency of his methods and his ultimate success, he has become one of the men who represent the prosperity of Scotch Grove township.

Mr. Hutton has never married but finds his chief diversions from the cares of the day in the meetings of the Onslow lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Since he has been of age to exercise the franchise right of a citizen of this nation, he has been unfailing in his support of the principles of the republican party, finding them in harmony with his own ideas for the government of the country. He has taken an active part in local affairs, for he is now serving his fourth term as a member of the board of trustees of his township and has also acted as clerk. He was appointed to the latter position to fill out the unexpired term of the previous incumbent of the office, and then was regularly elected, but as he was contemplating leaving the county he did not qualify. His election, however, was an indication of the high regard in which he is held by those who have come to know him.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p 289. Submitted by Hallie Hutton Martin

Middleton H. Hutton
Born 1817

MIDDLETON H. HUTTON, farmer, Scotch Grove Twp., Sec. 15; P.O. Scotch Grove; was born in Scioto Co., Ohio, in 1817; he came to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, in September, 1842, and to Jones Co. about Christmas of that year; he entered the farm where he now lives in the spring of 1843. He was married to Matilda Piles, also from Ohio; they have six children—Caroline, Philander, James, Martha, Lora and Wesley. Mr. Hutton has 215 acres of land.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 656.
Submitted by Hallie Hutton Martin.