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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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JAMES W. HUTCHINSON was born in Harrison County, Ky., February 22, 1846, and is the younger of two children born to James and Elizabeth (Humphreys) Hutchinson, natives of Harrison County, Ky. John David, the elder brother was born in 1844, and died in 1878. James Hutchinson, the father, was born in Harrison County in 1821, and died in the same county in 1882; he was a son of William Hutchinson. James Hutchinson’s wife, Elizabeth, a daughter of David Humphreys, of Harrison County, died in 1852 at the age of twenty-eight years. Her father, David Humphreys, died in 1866, aged eighty-seven years. James W. Hutchinson, at the age of six years, moved from Harrison to Grant County, and was reared on a farm. He received his education at the common schools and at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. He was married in 1867 to Miss Alice Lawrence, and began business in Dry Ridge, Ky., in 1868, where he has since lived. Mrs. Hutchinson was born in 1850, and died in 1873, leaving two children: Maud and Fred.

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This family biography is one of 67 biographies included in the Grant County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company.  For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7

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