Georgia:  Coweta County:  Biography of JOSEPH HUTCHESON 

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JOSEPH HUTCHESON, farmer, Roscoe, Coweta Co., Ga., son of James and Sarah P. 
(Henry) Hutcheson, was born in Campbell county, Ga., in 1839. His father was 
born in Ireland in 1793, and came to America in 1818. He went to Orange 
county, N.Y., first, but was there only a short time when he decided to come 
to Georgia. After reaching here he taught school a while, and then engaged 
as clerk in Augusta. From Augusta he went to McDonough, Henry county, where 
he went into business for himself. He then went to Newnan, Coweta Co., where 
he conducted a general merchandise business a few years, when, finally, he 
permanently settled in Campbell county, and in connection with a store he 
conducted a farm. When he came from Ireland he was nearly two months on the 
voyage, was poor and without relatives on this side; yet he was industrious 
and a good manager, and accumulated quite a valuable estate. He was married 
in Newnan to a daughter of William and Sarah (Pickens) Henry, Coweta county 
pioneers. Mr. Hutcheson received a good common-school education, but before 
he could utilize it the war began and he enlisted in 1861 in Company C (Capt. 
Kendrick) Third Georgia battalion. Capt. Kendrick was killed at Pine 
Mountain when he was retiring before Sherman from Dalton to Atlanta. At the 
last-named place he was captured Aug. 7, 1864, and was held a prisoner ten 
months at Johnson's Island. Mr. Hutcheson entered the service as a private, 
was made orderly sergeant, and was promoted to a lieutenancy, which he held 
when captured. His brother, William Hutcheson, who was at first a 
lieutenant, rose to be a captain, and was killed in the battle of Jonesboro, 
Ga. Mr. Hutcheson came out of the war with very little property. But having 
good business qualities in connection with progressive ideas of farming, he 
has been exceptionally prosperous -- having a farm of 1, 000 acres not 
surpassed in beauty of arrangement in the state. He raises all he needs; has 
extensive fields of red clover, and fields of wheat and oats as well as corn 
and cotton, and has one of the most beautiful dwellings in his part of the 
country. Mr. Hutcheson was married in 1891 to Miss Mertis Harris -- born and 
reared in Coweta county -- daughter of C. J. Harris, whose family was among 
the first settlers, and now rank among the most prominent in the county. Two 
children have blessed this union, but only one, Louise, is living. Mr. 
Hutcheson ranks as a leading farmer in his county whether diversity of 
products, yield per acre, or progressive and improved methods be considered; 
and stands very high as a citizen. Mrs. Hutcheson is an exemplary and 
esteemed member of the Presbyterian church.

Transcribed from MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA published by the Southern Historical 
Association, 1895.