One of my goals is to create biographies for my ancestors using the records I have gathered over the years. Today's biography focuses on my second great-grandfather, Albert Hutchinson, a Civil War veteran whose life took him from New York to Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas. Early Life Albert Hutchinson was born about 1836 in Northampton, Fulton County, New York. Much about his childhood remains a mystery, but the 1850 census provides an important clue.