Joseph Dutton (hānau ʻia ma ka lā 27 ʻApelila 1843 ma Stowe, Vermont - make ʻia ma ka lā 26 Malaki 1931 ma Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) he kanaka i kōkua nui i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi lepera ma Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi. ʻO kona inoa mua ʻo Ira Barnes Dutton. Ua komo ʻo ia i ka pūʻali koa o ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1861 a lilo ʻo ia i luna o ka 13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. Ma hope o ke kaua, ua lilo ʻo ia i Katolika a hele aku i Molokaʻi e kōkua iā Father Damien i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi lepera.
Ma ka makahiki 1886, ua hele ʻo Dutton i Molokaʻi e kōkua iā Father Damien. Ua lilo ʻo ia i hoa kōkua nui a me ka mea kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi lepera. Ma hope o ka make ʻana o Father Damien, ua hoʻomau ʻo Dutton i ka hana ma Kalaupapa a hoʻokumu i ka Baldwin Home no nā kāne a me nā keiki kāne me ke kākoʻo kālā mai iā Henry Perrine Baldwin.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Dutton he "Brother Joseph" a ua lilo ʻo ia i lālā o ka Secular Franciscan Order. Ua kākau ʻo ia i nā ʻatikala no ka Catholic Encyclopedia a ua kākau i nā leka he nui e pili ana i ke ola ma Molokaʻi. Ua make ʻo ia ma Honolulu ma ka lā 26 Malaki 1931 a ua kanu ʻia ma ka St. Philomena Catholic Church Cemetery ma Kalaupapa.
Ma ka makahiki 2015, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ke Keʻena Hoʻomaopopo ʻo Joseph Dutton e ka Diocese of Honolulu e noi i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaʻina hana no ka hoʻomaikaʻi a me ka hoʻokalakupua ʻana iā ia.
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