Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - H. M. Hutchins

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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H. M. Hutchins, farmer, of Crawford County, was born in Texas in 1855, 
and is a son of H. B. and Julia A. (Bell) Hutchins. [For life of 
father, see sketch of Mrs. Lucinda Hutchins.] His mother was born in 
1824, in Washington County, Ark., and died in 1882. Our subject lived 
in Texas until eleven years old, and then came to Arkansas. His 
educational advantages were limited, and at the age of twenty he began 
life for himself by farming. In 1877 he was united in marriage to Miss 
Harriet E. Nelson, who was born in Mississippi in 1858, and is a 
daughter of J. H. and Nancy (Lawhon) Nelson. Mr. Nelson was born in 
Georgia in 1811, and Mrs. Nelson in Alabama in 1819. The latter died 
in 1859. To Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins four children have been born, three 
of whom are living: Lena B., Zeluka D., Wiley Walker and Jimmie L. 
(deceased). Mr. Hutchins is a well-to-do farmer, owning 135 acres, 
which he has obtained by industry and good management. Eleven acres 
are devoted to farming. In politics Mr. Hutchins is a Democrat, and 
his first presidential vote was cast for Samuel J. Tilden, in 1876. 

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