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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Knox County, Missouri published by Goodspeed 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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E. H. Hutcheson, a prominent farmer of Knox County, was born November 5, 1830, in Allegheny County, Penn., and is the fifth of seven children born to Robert and Jane (Mace) Hutcheson, of Scotch and Irish descent, respectively, natives of Pennsylvania, where they were reared and married, and where they resided until 1835, when they moved to Madison County, Ohio, and here they settled upon a farm. There the mother died in 1837. The father remained a widower several years, but finally married again when about fifty years old. His occupation was that of farming, at which he was engaged in Madison County at the time of his death, in 1847. Our subject received a limited education in Madison County. After his mother’s death the family was scattered, and after his father’s second marriage our subject and a twin brother were taken home by the father, and there remained until the father’s death. After that he was cast upon his own resources, and worked at farming until twenty years of age, when he taught school and farmed alternately for six years, then located in Adair County, Mo., where he remained two years, afterward going to Randolph County, Mo. At the expiration of a year he went to Denver, Colo., and there engaged in freighting and mining for four years, then returned to Missouri, where he was married in Randolph County, April 5, 1865, to Martha, J., daughter of Jesse and Abigail H. (Walton) Terrill. Mrs. Hutcheson was born February 12, 1840, in Randolph County, Mo., her parents being natives of Kentucky. To this marriage eight children were born, the following six now living: Lawrence, Abbie, Mollie, Delia, Laura and Aggie. After his marriage Mr. Hutcheson settled upon his present farm in Knox County, which he has enlarged and improved, until it now consists of 250 acres of land, under a fine state of cultivation. He has a large, substantial residence, with good outbuildings. Previous to the war he was a Whig, but since the organization of the Republican party has been a firm supporter of its principles. His first presidential ballot was cast in 1850 for John Bell. Mr. Hutcheson and wife, and daughters Abbie, Mollie, Delia and Laura, are worthy members of the Baptist Church.

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This family biography is one of 204 biographies included in the Knox County, Missouri portion of the book,  The History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties, Missouri published in 1887.  For the complete description, click here: Knox County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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