Hutton - Miriam Harland
Born: 3 April 1826 Died: 14 April 1894 buried Hutton Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana - Wife of SM Hutton
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Saturday, 14 April 1894
Mrs. Samuel Hutton died this morning at her home, near Garfield, of consumption. The funeral will occur tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock. The services will be conducted by Rev. T. J. Shuey, of whose church Mrs. Hutton was a consistent member. -s
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Thursday, 26 April 1894
Miriam Harlan Hutton was born near Darlington, Ind., April 3, 1826. She was united in marriage to Samuel M. Hutton Feb. 9, 1843; died April 14, 1894, aged 68 years and eleven days. Funeral services were conducted at the residence Sunday afternoon, April 15, by Rev. T. J. Shuey, of Waveland. The minister said in part:
This in brief is a sketch of Mrs. Hutton’s life, a life which was spent in your midst. Being the first white female born in Franklin Township, she has been closely connected with the history of our county. She has witnessed the great changes that have taken place during the last sixty years; seen the dense forest give way before the woodsman’s ax; the rude hut give place to the elegant homes that now dot the face of our beautiful county. In her childhood she was often the companion of the dusky mates of the red men and grew to womanhood amid such surrounding as usually characterized the homes of Montgomery County’s early settlers. She was a family of thirteen children, one brother, William Harlan, who lives near Darlington, being the only surviving member of the family.
Mrs. Hutton united with the Christian Church at the age of sixteen and lived a devoted and godly life. During the three years I have served as her pastor she has never lost an opportunity to encourage every one to make preparations for the future. She said to me during her last sickness, “I have many friends here who are doing all that can be done for me, yet I want to join my friends who have gone on before. I am anxious to go.” And permit me to say that never was a mother, wife, or neighbor more tenderly cared for than was she. Her every want was supplied, her every wish granted. She was the mother of nine children, six of whom survive her, three sons and three daughters, who are left with their aged father to mourn her loss.
Mrs. Hutton was married more than a half century ago and hand and hand they have fought life’s battles. For more than fifty years they have shared life’s conflicts, its joys and sorrows. In prosperity and in adversity they have stood shoulder to shoulder. No wonder the parting was a bitter one. No wonder her aged companion feels now that he is alone in the world, like a lone mariner lingering near the shore only waiting for the same pale boatman to bear him too to the great beyond. Time would fail me were I to attempt to extol her virtues. Her life work is done and she has gone to her reward. “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.” -s