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Submitted: 10/30/13 • Approved: 7/25/16 • Last Updated: 3/11/18 • R13950-G0-S3
September 15, 1844 - August 2, 1918
Born in Mount Blanchard, Hardin County, Ohio
Biography taken from Cutler's History of Kansas-Allen County
JACOB O. HUTCHINSON, contractor and builder, and manufacturer of Wallace Wind Mill, was born at Mount Blanchard, Hardin Co., Ohio, September 15, 1844, and eleven years later removed to Jones County, Iowa, and there learned the carpenter trade with his father. He worked at it there for a time, and was also for four years in Montana and Utah, where he principally followed ranching. He came to Humboldt, Kansas, on November 17, 1869, and worked for five years at his trade as a journeyman, since which time he has followed the business as a contractor. In the spring of 1881 he purchased the right to sell and manufacture the Wallace wind mill. He has for one year been in partnership with James McManus, an experienced carpenter and builder. The firm does considerable work throughout the county.
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Contributed on 10/30/13
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