History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri published by Goodspeed, 1889; Pgs. 732, 733 
Cedar County Section

Capt. Harvey J. Dutton, general merchant of El Dorado Spring, with 
a stock of goods valued at about $3,000 is a native of Woodford 
County, Ill., born in 1836, and is the eldest of six sons and two 
daughters, born to Norman and Nancy E. (Smith) Dutton.  Mr. Dutton 
was born in Rutland County, VT., in 1810, and Mrs. Dutton in Canada, 
in 1808.  they moved to Illinois, were married there, and there Mrs. 
Dutton died in 1866.  One year later, Mr. Dutton married Miss Maria 
Sleeper, from New Hampshire.  He died March 18, 1889, was a member 
of the Congregational Church for forty years, was a deacon in the 
same, and was a successful tiller of the soil.  Capt. Harvey J. Dutton 
was reared to farm life, received a fair education in the common 
schools, and later attended the State normal at Bloomington, Ill, from 
which institution he graduated July 3, 1861.  He then joined Company A, 
Thirty-third Illinois Infantry, known as the Normal Regiment, and was 
made sergeant at once.  Afterward, he was made lieutenant, etc., until 
August, 1863, when he was commissioned captain, and commanded his 
company with credit until December, 1865, when he was mustered out at 
Springfield, Ill.  He operated in Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, Louisiana 
and Alabama, and was slightly wounded three times.  August 21, 1867, 
he married Miss Louisa V., daughter of John and Louisa Brinsden, who 
were natives of London, England, where they were married.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Brinsden emigrated to Canada before Mrs. Dutton was born, and there 
they both died, Mr. Brinsden in 1861, and Mrs. Brinsden in 1850.  Mrs. 
Dutton came to Illinois with an uncle, and was there married to Mr. 
Dutton, by whom she had six children, one son and four daughters now 
living:  Florence E., Clarence A., Norma E., Bertha I., and Gertrude L.  
The fourth child, Colena A., is deceased.  In 1869 Mr. Dutton moved to 
Cedar County, Mo., settling five miles south of El Dorado Springs, where 
he followed farming until 1889, when he moved to town, and engaged in 
his present business.  He is a Republican in politics, voting for Lincoln 
in 1860; is a member of Colonel Leonard Post at El Dorado Springs, and 
has held nearly all the offices in the same.  He and Mrs. Dutton are 
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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