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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

  JAMES M. HUTCHENS, a prominent Contractor and Builder, is a son of Thomas and
Elizabeth (Jordan) Hutchens. His father was a native of England and came to
America at an early day, settling in South Carolina, subsequently removing to
Eastern Tennessee, where he remained until his death. He was a manufacturer.

  James M. was reared and educated in East Tennessee, and early learned the
trade of a carpenter, which he has followed with success all of his life. lie
served gallantly in the Confederate service, entering the Fourth Alabama
Cavalry, Company B, in 1861, and served under Forrest, Wheeler and Longstreet.
He was with Forrest through all the Tennessee raids, Fort Donelson, and in
March, 1863, was taken prisoner at Unionville, Tenn., and confined for four
months in Camp Chase, at Columbus, Ohio. He was then paroled and soon after
exchanged and re-entered the army, participating in Longstreet's Campaign in
East Tennessee, and serving until discharged at the end of the war. He became a
resident of Huntsville in 1857, and has since made his home there. He is one of
the leading contractors of that city, and employs a large number of assistants.
He is an enterprising and respected citizen and has served as alderman for a
number of years. Mr. Hutchens was married to Miss Lucy Hodges, of East
Tennessee, in 1859. They have four children, and are members of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.


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Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART IV.
MONOGRAPHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA,
TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE.


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