Person:Jesse Hutchins (5)

Rev. Jesse Erwin Hutchins, pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, was the son of Alonzo B. and Rosetta Weed Hutchins. He was born at Palo, Ia., October 12, 1877 and died May 17, 1924 in St Mary's Hospital at Centralia, Ill., from the effects of acute gangrenous appendicitis, being forty six years, seven months and five days old.
He was the youngest of a family of six sons and two daughters, Abbie, now Mrs. William Wetzel, of North Loup, Nebr., Wilton and Willis, twins, both of whom have passed away, Wilton when twenty six years old and Willis when he was forty two, Eugene A. of Olathe Colo., Guilford L of North Loup, Nebr., Alice, now Mrs. John Davis, of Harrison, Nebr., and Wesley T. of North Loup Nebr. Guilford and Wesley were here.
On March 26, 1902, he was married at Milton, Wis., to Miss Edith E. Campbell, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Marcus A. Campbell, of New Auburn, Minn. Their oldest child Edith, died in infancy and was buried at Milton, Wis.; the other children are Marcus A., Margaret, Ruth and Eleanor.
When he was about sixteen years he was baptized and became a member of the North Loup Seventh Day Baptist Church. He was graduated at Milton College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1905, and from the Alfred Theological Seminary with the degree of Bachelor of Divinity in 1909, and he had the degree of Master of Arts from Milton College. While in the Seminary he was student pastor of the Hartsville Seventh Day Baptist Church which ordained him to the Gospel Ministry in the autumn of 1907.
On graduation from the Seminary in May 1909, he went at once to become pastor of the Berlin, New York, Seventh Day Baptist Church, where he remained for four years and then accepted a call from the Marlboro Church near Bridgeton, N.J. In 1917 he resigned and went to Brookfield, N. Y. and in 1921 he came here to Farina.
During his college an Seminary years he spent several summer vacations as a member of the student quartet engages in evangelistic campaigns and during his pastorates has been active in the same kind of work, especially in the leadership of the music. He has also found time to be one of the editors of the Helping Hand, a quarterly magazine published in the interest of Bible School work, and for a time he was editor of the Seventh Day Baptist Pulpit. For six months between his pastorates at Marlboro and Brookfield, he was employed by the Baptist Missionary Society as a field evangelist.
He belonged to the Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons, and at the time of his death was a member of the lodge at Bridgewater, N.Y. He was eligible both on his mother's side and his father's side of the family to the order of Sons of the American Revolution.
Funeral service was held Monday, May 19th at 2:30, at the Seventh Day Baptist church, conducted by Rev. Edwin B. Shaw. Besides his brothers there were present a niece, Mrs. Verne Robbins of North Loup, Nebr., and a brother and sister of Mrs. Hutchins, Mr. Turiel Campbell of Welton, Ia., and Miss Margaret Campbell of Milwaukee, Wis. The burial was at Milton, Wis.

Jesse Erwin Hutchins was the son of Alonzo B. And Rosetta (Weed) Hutchins. He was born at Palo, Iowa, October 12, 1877, and died May 17 1924, at St. Mary's Hospital at Centralia, Illinois being 46 years old, 7 months, and 5 days old. He was the youngest of a family of six sons and two daughters.
On March 26, 1902, he was married to Miss Edith E. Campbell. When about sixteen years of age he was baptized and became a member of the North Loup Seventh Day Baptist Church. He was graduated from Milton College and the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1905, and from the Theological Seminary of Alfred University in 1909 with the degree of Bachelor of Divinity. He also had the degree of Master of Arts from Milton College. While in the seminary he was student-pastor of the Hartsville Seventh Day Baptist Church, which ordained him to the gospel ministry in the autumn of 1907. On graduation from the seminary in May, 1909, be became pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Berlin, N.Y., where he remained four years, and then went to the Marlboro Church near Bridgeton, N.J. In the spring of 1917, he became pastor of the church at Brookfield, N.Y., and in 1921 went to Farina, Ill., where he served as pastor till the time of his death.
During his college and seminary days, he spent several summer vacations as a member of a student quartette engaged in evangelistic campaigns: and during his pastorates has been active in this same kind of work, especially as leader of evangelistic music. He also found time to be one of the editors of the Helping Hand, a quarterly magazine conducted in the interest of the Bible school work. He was for a time the editor of the Seventh Day Baptist Pulpit.
Farewell services were held in his church at Farina, ILL., May 19, 1924, conducted by Rev. Edwin Shaw of Milton, Wis. Interment was made in the cemetery at Milton, Wis.