Edward Sixtus Hutter [10256]

  General Notes:

Applied at West Point but never attended.

Edward Sixtus Hutter, born at Bethlehem, Pa., September 6, 1812. Married at "Poplar Forest," Va., October 7, 1840, to Emma Williams Cobbs (born at "Glen Alpin," Va., October 25, 1822; she was the only child of William Cobbs, of "Glen Alpin" and "Poplar Forest," Va., and died at "Poplar Forest," Va., November 7, 1875.) Edward Sixtus Hutter was educated at Mt. Airy College, Germantown, Pa.; was commissioned as Midshipman in the United States Navy, by President Andrew Jackson, on February 24, 1832; was an officer of the United States Steamship Peacock when she was wrecked off the coast of Arabia, and he, together with the other officers of the crew of the vessel, was the recipient of great kindness at the hands of the Sultan of Muscat, in recognition of which our Government pre-sented to the Sultan a man-of-war with armament, &c.; complete. He was commissioned Passed Midshipman, by President Martin VanBuren, on June 23, 1838; re- signed his commission in 1844, to give his entire attention to his large landed interests in Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri. The landed estate of "Poplar Forest," Virginia, was formerly the property of President Thomas Jefferson, and the fine mansion on the place was built by President Jefferson on precisely the same model or design as the house previously built by him and universally known as "Monticello." He died at "Poplar Forest," Va., November 7, 1875.

Edward married Emma Williams Cobbs [10269] [MRIN: 3438], daughter of William Cobbs [34885] and Marian Stannard Scott [36266], on 7 Oct 1840 in Poplar Forest, Bedford County, Virginia. (Emma Williams Cobbs [10269] was born on 25 Oct 1822 in Glen Alpine, Virginia and died on 9 Jul 1870 in Poplar Forest, Bedford County, Virginia.)