Hutton - Martha Cunningham
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, 5 February 1897
Shortly after midnight Tuesday night Mrs. Martha Hutton died very suddenly at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jere West on east Main street, she having made her home there for some years. Mrs. Hutton had been in her usual good health and retired feeling well. About midnight she aroused West and complained of great pain. Mr. West was called, but before he could summon Dr. Chambers, who resided near Mrs. Hutton had breathed her last. Dr. Chambers stated that she had died in an attack premonitory to a stroke of apoplexy. Martha Cunningham was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, May 9, 1822. She was married in Green county, Ohio on the 29th day of January, 1845, to Jas. M. Johnson. There was born to them one daughter, Cornelia Johnson, on Jan. 6, 1849, who died August 12, 1864. James M. Johnson died March 16, 1854. Martha Johnson was married to Wm. Gilmore Hutton April 13, 1857. Mr. Hutton died Dec. 28, 1877. No children were born to Mr and Mrs. Hutton, but they adopted Clara Boots, now Mrs. Jere West, when she was very young and raised her. No mother was ever kinder or better to a child. Since the marriage of Clara Boots to Jere West Mrs. Hutton has lived and made her home with them. Mrs. Hutton had long been a member of the First Presbyterian church and had lived a Christian life. She leaves one brother, Nelson Cunningham, of Darlington, and Mrs. Sarah Clinton, of Lawrence, Kansas. The funeral will be held at the home of Jere West, 902 east Main street, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment at Hutton cemetery northeast of the city. - thanks to Kim H