Charles Woodward Hutson

Background

Hutson, Charles Woodward was born on September 23, 1840 in McPhersonville, South Carolina, United States. Son of William Ferguson and Sophronia (Palmer) Hutson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, South Carolina. College, 1860; Doctor of Laws, University of South Carolina., 1911.

Career

Professor Greek, Louisiana State University, 1869-1873. Professor modern languages, University of Mississippi, 1881-1889. Professor Agricultural and Mechanical College, Texas, 1893-1908.

Began as painter, 1905. Exhibited Art Association of New Orleans, since 1911. Society Independent Artists, New York, 1917.

Southern States Art League, since 1923. Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans, since 1921(awarded Blanche Benjamin prize for best Southern landscape, 1925). Author: Out of a Besieged City, 1887.

Editor: Fantastics and Other Fancies (by Lafcadio Hearn), 1914. Creole Sketches (by same), 1924. Editorials (by same), 1926.

Home: New Orleans, La.

Connections

Married Mary Jane Lockett, July 5, 1871. Children: Ethel, William F., Henry L., A. Cary, Sophie P., Mary L., Miles B., Albert L. Served in Hampton Legion and Beaufort Artillery.

Father:

William Ferguson Hutson

Mother:

Sophronia (Palmer) Hutson

Spouse:

Mary Jane Lockett

child:

Albert L. Served in Hampton Legion and Beaufort Arty Hutson

child:

Sophie P. Hutson

child:

Mary L. Hutson

child:

A. Cary Hutson

child:

William F. Hutson

child:

Miles B. Hutson

child:

Ethel Hutson

child:

Henry L. Hutson