Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Hutchison, Martin B. 1860 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

MARTIN B. HUTCHISON.

The name of Martin B. Hutchison has been a familiar one in banking and lumber
circles in Wapello county for many years. He is now, however, concentrating his
energies upon the lumber trade and has a line of yards in this section of the
state, making his headquarters, however, at Ottumwa. He was born in Altoona,
Pennsylvania, January 1860. His father, Joseph Hutchison, likewise a native of
the Keystone state, was born in 1828 and there spent his entire life, following
the occupation of farming. He wedded Marv M. Scott, who was born in Bedford,
Pennsylvania, in 1829 and is still living in that state. Their family numbered
eight children, six of whom survive. All those surviving with the exception of
our subject are still residents of Pennsylvania.

It was in the common schools of his native state that Martin B. Hutchison
pursued his early education, which was supplemented by two years' study in
Lafayette College at Easton, Pennsylvania. In November, 1882, he arrived at
Ottumwa and entered at once upon active connection with the banking business in
this city, becoming collector for the Ottumwa National Bank. A year later he was
promoted to the position of bookkeeper, in which capacity he continued for two
years and was then advanced to cashier, occupying that position of
responsibility for seven years. On leaving that position he went to Chicago,
where he engaged in business for a year. At the end of that period, however, he
returned to Ottumwa and accepted the cashiership of the First National Bank,
remaining in that position for eleven years. In the meantime he had assisted in
organizing the Union Trust & Savings Bank, of which he was made cashier and
director. He was also a director during the entire eleven years of his
connection with the First National Bank.

In 1903, however, on account of failing health he resigned his position with the
bank and turned his attention to the lumber business, which would enable him to
spend more time out of doors, avoiding the close confinement incident to the
banking business. He then organized the M. B. Hutchison Lumber Company, of which
he has since been the head. This is today a large concern, having extended its
activities from town to town until yards have now been established and are being
successfully conducted at Ottumwa, Batavia, Libertyville, Stockport and
Hillsboro. Since leaving the bank in 1903 Mr. Hutchison has devoted his entire
time to the lumber business save for three years, from 1908 until 1911, when he
was again with the First National as vice president, devoting a part of his time
to the bank. He found, however, that his entire time was required by the lumber
trade, and he then permanently severed his connections with the bank as an
active factor in control and management. However, he is still the vice president
and director of the Union Trust & Savings Bank and also a director of the First
National. He is likewise a stockholder in the Ottumwa Automobile Company, but
his energies are concentrated chiefly upon the lumber trade, in which he has
already built up a business of gratifying proportions. The policy of the company
is one which bears close investigation and scrutiny, and his enterprise has
brought him into close touch with the more important trade interests of the state.

On the 25th of April, 1888, Mr. Hutchison was united in marriage to Miss Inez B.
Jordan, a daughter of W. A. Jordan, and they became parents of two children:
Margaret, the wife of L. M. B. Morrissey of Minneapolis; and Elizabeth, a
student in the high school. The family attend the Presbyterian church, in which
the parents hold membership, and for almost a quarter of a century continuously
he has been one of the church trustees. His political allegiance is given the
Republican party and, while he has never sought nor desired office, he has
always cooperated in measures of value to the community. He is president of the
board of education, has been a director of the Commercial Association and for
one year was its president. He also belongs to the Wapello and Country Clubs and
is widely and favorably known as a factor for progress in the business, social,
intellectual and moral interests of city and county. He has been connected
almost continuously with Ottumwa since 1882 and is today accounted one of her
most valued citizens.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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