John W. Hutchinson Biography

	This biography appears on pages 574-575 in "History of Minnehaha 
	County, South Dakota" by Dana R. Bailey and was scanned, OCRed 
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HUTCHINSON, JOHN W., was born at Thorntown, Boone county, Indiana, on the 15th 
day of August, 1851.  When three years of age he removed with his parents to 
Winneshiek county, Iowa.  He was reared on a farm, and received his education in 
the common schools and in the high school at Decorah, Iowa.  At seventeen years 
of age he commenced teaching school, and taught five terms in all.  At twenty-
one years of age he entered the employ of a firm of insurance agents and dealers 
in agricultural implements, and remained there until he removed to Sioux Falls 
on the 22d day of May, 1873. He then entered the employ of C. K. Howard, having 
in charge his grain and machinery business until October, 1880.  He has always 
been engaged in speculation, and his good judgment and business qualifications 
have made him successful so that for the last few years has been kept busy 
taking care of his accumulations.  He has always taken a hand in local politics, 
but has never sought official promotion and has held no office except that of 
chief of the city fire department for three terms.  Independent, energetic, 
possessed of rare good sense and a thorough knowledge of human nature, he has 
become a factor in the affairs of the city, and has a host of friends within his 
extensive circle of acquaintances.