Biography of John S Hutchenson, Fulton Co, AR

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        Date: 26 Sep 1998
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Dr. John S. Hutchenson, physician and surgeon, Wild Cherry. Among the
people of Fulton as well as surrounding counties the name that heads this
sketch is by no means an unfamiliar one, for for many years he has been active
and successfully occupied in the prosecution of his chosen profession, and
during that time his career as a practitioner and thorough student of medicine
has won for him no less a reputation than did his personal characteristics as a
citizen and neighbor. He owes his nativity to Carroll County, Ark., where he
was born in 1854. His parents. John W. and Mary (Sudduth) Hutchenson, the
former a native of Alabama, and the latter of South Carolina, were married in
Mississippi, about 1850, later removing to Carroll County, Ark., and four years
after to Fulton County, of the same State. They settled on the farm where the
Doctor is now living, and in 1855 the father went to Kansas and was absent
about four months in search for gold. He was a farmer, but also followed
merchandising at Wild Cherry. There he died in 1858 in full communion with the
Christian Church. Mrs. Hutchenson was married twice. Mr. Hutchenson being her
last husband. She has been living on the old home place since 1854, and is one
of the old settlers in Big Creek Township. She has been a member of the
Christian Church for many years. Dr. John S. Hutchenson was the third of four
sons; and his education was acquired in the common schools. When sixteen years
of age he began the study of medicine and in 1878 and 1879 attended Keokuk
Medical College, at Keokuk, Iowa, and has since practiced his profession in the
locality in which he was reared. January 2, 1874, Miss Mary Trap, originally
from Tennessee, became his [p.289] wife. She was an orphan, was reared in
Missouri, and died on September 20, 1876, leaving one son. She was a member in
good standing in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr, Hutchenson owns the home
farm of 520 acres, with 225 under cultivation. He is the only child living of
his father's family. In politics he affiliates with the Democratic party, and
cast his first presidential vote for S. J. Tilden in 1876.