Bio: Hutchinson, Horace A. (1881)
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---Source: 1881 History of Northern Wisconsin, pg. 223-224.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HORACE A. HUTCHINSON

HORACE A. HUTCHINSON, P. O. Chippewa Falls, was born in Dodge County, Jan. 4, 1847. When he was nine years of age his father moved to Juneau County and pre-empted the land upon which the village of Elroy now stands. Here Mr. H. learned the trade of miller. His health being poor, he quit his trade for four years and engaged in farming. In 1872, with his father, James Hutchinson, he purchased the Eagle Prairie Flouring Mills. Mr. H. was married March 31, 1876, to Miss Mary Jordan, of Elroy, who was born in Milwaukee, Sept. 27, 1851. They have four children - Guy Edward, Alta Allison, Orrin E. and James E. Hutchinson & Son is the style of the firm. The junior member has the management of the mill. The mill has four run of stones.