ADAM DUTTON.
About the close of the last century, Adam Dutton, for whom the subject
of this sketch is named, came from Germany to America, located in
Wythe county, married there, and reared a large family of children.
One of these was a son, George Dutton, who married Sarah, daughter
of Freidrich Copenhaver, also from Germany, and settled in Smyth
county. George Dutton made his home in Smyth county after marriage,
and his son Adam, subject of this sketch, was born in that county, near
Chilhowie, on December 26, 1832. He married in Smyth county, at the
residence and birthplace of his bride, March 18, 1858, Maria E. Robinson,
born in August, 1838. The farm where they now reside was her birthplace,
near Loves Mills, and she was a daughter of John Robinson, who
cleared and improved the farm, and was a son of Geamsey Robinson,
who died at the age of seventy-seven years. The mother of Mrs. Dutton
also died on this homestead, at the age of seventy-seven years. Her
maiden name was Sarah Allen.
Mr. Dutton was in service during the war, from June, 1861, to the
close, in Company D, 4th Virginia Infantry, a regiment in constant and
severe service, in the original "Stonewall" brigade, under General Lee in
the Army of Northern Virginia. He was slightly wounded a number of
times, receiving three of the wounds at Gettysburg. He had two
brothers in service, William R., who died from exposure, in Kentucky,
shortly after the battle of Fort Donelson, and James, severely wounded
in the neck in Chancellorsville battle.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Dutton are seven living, two deceased:
Sarah Jane C., John Franklin (deceased), Mary N. R. F., George Lee,
William, Cordelia, James Rufus, Mertie May (deceased), Charles Claiborne.
