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Hutchinson came from a long line of musical ancestors, principally on the maternal side. Her mother sang mostly psalms and hymns, and the first words Abby learned to sing were the sacred songs taught her by her mother, while she stood at her spinning-wheel. When four years of age, Abby could sing
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In April 1873, Ludlow Patton retired from business with a competency. For the next ten years the
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A little later she went to the district school with her sister and young brothers. There she acquired the simple
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brothers devoted the spring and summer to the management of their farms, while the sister pursued her studies in the academy.
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