Daniel B. Hutts, a Commissioner of Fountain County, Indiana, died in 1902, killed by a train.
This headstone, in the shape of a tree stump, for Daniel B. Hutts, a former commissioner of Fountain County, Indiana, is located in the old section of Centennial Cemetery, in Yeddo, in rural Fountain County, Indiana.
According to Find A Grave, there are currently 1119 interments at this rural cemetery. (
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Daniel B. Hutts memorial on Find A Grave (
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The Memorial Text:-
Daniel B.
Hutts,
Commisioner
of Fountain Co.
killed by a
train
Oct. 27, 1902,
Age 46 Years,
3 Mos, 12 Das.
Gone but not
forgotten.
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Upon further research, I found Daniel's Obituary, from 1902.
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.
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Centennial is an unincorporated community in Millcreek Township, Fountain County, Indiana, United States. The unincorporated community of Centennial, with its cemetery of the same name, lies to the northeast on U.S. Route 41; further north, at the intersection with Indiana State Road 32, lies Steam Corner. Harveysburg is north of Kingman and Yeddo is west of Centennial. Centennial was the name of a church in Mill Creek Township, that was so named from it being established on the centenary of its denomination. (
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Millcreek Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,406 and it contained 815 housing units. (
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Fountain County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of Indiana on the east side of the Wabash River. The county was officially established in 1826 and was the 53rd in Indiana. The county seat is Covington.
According to the 2000 census, its population was 17,954; the 2010 population was 17,240. The county has eight incorporated towns with a total population of about 9,700, as well as many small unincorporated communities; it is also divided into eleven townships which provide local services. An interstate highway, two U.S. Routes and five Indiana state roads cross the county, as does a major railroad line.
The state of Indiana was established in 1816. The first non-indigenous settler in the area that became Fountain County is thought to have been a Mr. Forbes, who arrived here in early 1823 and was soon followed by others. Fountain County was officially created on December 30, 1825, the act taking effect on April 1, 1826; the boundaries of the county have not changed since that time. It was named for Major James Fontaine of Kentucky who was killed at Harmar's Defeat (near modern Fort Wayne, Indiana) on October 22, 1790, during the Northwest Indian War.
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Indiana is a U.S. state located in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11, 1816.
Before becoming a territory, varying cultures of indigenous peoples and historic Native Americans inhabited Indiana for thousands of years. Since its founding as a territory, settlement patterns in Indiana have reflected regional cultural segmentation present in the Eastern United States; the state's northernmost tier was settled primarily by people from New England and New York, Central Indiana by migrants from the Mid-Atlantic states and from adjacent Ohio, and Southern Indiana by settlers from the Southern states, particularly Kentucky and Tennessee.
The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Indiana was 6,619,680 on July 1, 2015, a 2.10% increase since the 2010 United States Census. (
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