According to his military service records Hiram B. Scutt was born in New York in 1840. At the time of his enlistment September 16,1861, Scutt was listed as a teacher living in Dement, Ogle County, Ill. Scutt served with Battery G 2nd Illinois Light Artillery from September 16, 1861 until the battery was disbanded September 4, 1865, in Springfield, Ill. Following the war, Scutt moved to Joliet, Ill., where he began a career in barbed wire. In July 1889 Scutt and his family were vacationing in Lake Geneva, Wis. While there Scutt suffered a fall from his horse. He died a few days after the fall on July 29, 1889.
According to his military service records Hiram B. Scutt was born in New York in 1840. At the time of his enlistment September 16,1861, Scutt was listed as a teacher living in Dement, Ogle County, Ill. Scutt served with Battery G 2nd Illinois Light Artillery from September 16, 1861 until the battery was disbanded September 4, 1865, in Springfield, Ill. Following the war, Scutt moved to Joliet, Ill., where he began a career in barbed wire. In July 1889 Scutt and his family were vacationing in Lake Geneva, Wis. While there Scutt suffered a fall from his horse. He died a few days after the fall on July 29, 1889.
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