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.

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN