HUTTS, Daniel B.
Source: Obituaries of Fountain County, Indiana 1896-1922
Crawfordsville Public Library
transcribed by Karen Zach on January 5, 2003
Death of Commissioner Daniel B. Hutts
The subject of this notice was a son of the late Elder LW Hutts formerly of Yeddo In and was b. June 15, 1856 and departed this life Oct 27, 1902 age 40Y 4M 12D. He was married to Mary C. Newman April 5, 1876 to whom was born two sons and a daughter. Of this number Grace B. and Fred Hutts remain to comfort the surv. wife and mother. Bro. Hutts united with the Yeddo Christ Church in 1875 under the labor of the pastor, his father and continued in the faith and liberally supporting the same until his sudden demise. He was a prominent member of the Odd Fellows, Masonic and Red Men fraternities, the Odd Fellows officiating at his funeral. Daniel B. Hutts was a noted man in the affairs of Fountain Co being widely known and highly respected drew to him a very large circle of acquaint. He was appointed a member of the County Council by Judge Rabb and was afterwards elected to the honor position of County Commissioner where he served with distinction and credit to the best interest of the business affairs of his company, up to the time of his death and was returning home from his official work as Commissionerwhen the very unfortunate accident occurred that so quickly ended his mortal life. Commiss Hutts was a very successful financier and business man. He had accumulated for a comfortable living an downed a fine farm of quite a number of rich and fertile acres, and well stocked with horses, cattle, hogs, etc. His funeral was one among the largest ever witnessed in the county. His tragic and sudden death brought many people together to sympathize. Rev. JT Phillips, his pastor was expected to officiate at his funeral but owing to the condition of the remains the time of interment had to be shortened and the funeral to occur before he could arrive. Rev. John McHargue was asked to admin the last sad rites which he did most acceptably and fervently. The community, the fraternities the church and his family have met with a loss that can not be replaced. The decedent leaves a step mother, 3 brothers, and four sisters, and also a vacant place in the loving hearts of many fellow citizens. Respectably in behalf of his family. JT Phillips, his pastor.
File Created: 2007-Jul-23
Source: Article found in a scrapbook of obituaries, etc. kept by Grace
Newnum long-time Fountain and Parke County citizen
Recently passing the Centennial church and the cemetery near it east of
Yeddo, the writer happened to call up the fact, that in this rural, but
romantic city of the departed, lies all that was mortal of our late co.
commissioner, DW (sic - Daniel B) Hutts. Then we called to our mind his
sudden and tragic death and on looking again we observed at the head of
his grave a peculiarly constructed monument representing in grand a part
of a limbless tree which the woodman's ax had severed from the trunk. It
seemed to be about 10 feet high to where the storms and tempest of life
had again decapitated the rest of the top. A fitting tribute of a loving
wife, to represent the severed happiness and broken anticipations of the
domestic home and it is also ornamental to that cemetery, besides being
a fruitful reminder to the passerby of the uncertainty of human life and
a sermon to frail mortality that instantly, like the "Sleeper" beneath,
too, are liable to be stricken. Respectfully, JT Phillips
File updated 7 Jan 2017