James Dutton

I don't care if you live or die, but should you live, you tell them about me.
James Dutton
James Dillard Dutton is a main character in 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story. He is the first U.S born patriarch of the Dutton Family. He is a homesteader aiming to make a living in Montana with his wife Margaret after leaving a life of poverty behind to look for a better future.
Biography
Years before the war James leaves his Brother Jacob behind in New York City, seeking to expand and later meets Margaret there. in 1862 22 year old James is a Civil War Veteran from Tennessee who is fighting for the Confederate States Army as a conscripted Captain and a survivor of the Battle of Antietam. James passively surrenders to Union General George Meade and spends 3 years as a prisoner of war. In 1865 he is reunited with his wife Margaret in Tennessee. Later that year Elsa Dutton is born. In 1878 thier second child, a son John Dutton I is born. Five years later the dutton family leave Tennessee due to poor living conditions and set out to make a better life for themselves. James puts his family on the train to Fort Worth, TX and takes thier belongings via wagon. the Dutton family elects to join and help Shea Brennan a Pinkerton Captain paid to transport a group of German Immigrant would be homesteaders along the Oregon trail in which his family ultimately settles in Montana due to circumstances along the way. in 1886 Spencer Dutton (John Dutton III's Grandfather) is born. In 1893, shown in a flashback, 10 years have passes since the family settled, James is the patriarch of a homestead in Paradise Valley, Montana and is a deputized ranger. 
Death
in 1893, James sends a a letter to his older brother Jacob begging him to come to Montana from New York City and help him run the farm. During a hunt for horse thieves James was fatally shot and died just as he made it back to the Homestead. in early 1894 Margaret died from Hypothermia and leaves her two children to fend for themselves. Jacob arrives a while later to find John and Spencer alive but starved and scared. 
Appearances
Yellowstone
:;4
*Half the Money
*No Kindness for the Coward
A Yellowstone Origin Story
:;1883
*1883
*Behind Us, A Cliff
*River
*The Crossing
*The Fangs of Freedom
*Boring the Devil
*Lightning Yellow Hair
*The Weep of Surrender
*Racing Clouds
*This Is Not Your Heaven
Category:Characters
Category:1883 Characters
Category:Civil War Veterans
Category:Dutton Family
Category:Male Characters
Category:Main Characters
Category:Military Veterans
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Category:Yellowstone Characters
Category:Yellowstone Season Four Characters
Category:A Yellowstone Origin Story Characters
Category:Deceased