Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Hutchings, Joseph 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Hutchings, Joseph (deceased) - Among the early agriculturists and well known 
citizens of Grundy County was the late Joseph Hutchings, who for more than 
half a century was a potent factor in the development and upbuilding of this 
part of the State.  He dated his residence here from 1855 and continued to 
make this locality his home until his death, which occurred on his farm in 
Vienna Township, June 28, 1907.  Mr. Hutchings was born at Roxby, England, in 
October, 1827, and as a young man emigrated to the United States, settling at 
Buffalo, N. Y.  There he was married to Miss Bridget Clarke, November 4, 1855, 
she being a native of County Silgo, Ireland, where she had been born December 
25, 1833, and who had come to the United States as a girl of sixteen years. 

After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hutchings came to Norman Township, Grundy 
County, Ill., where for a few months he worked as a laborer at a monthly 
wage.  He was not one to be satisfied to work long for others, however, and 
after a short time gathered together his little capital and began operations 
on his own account, renting land for about six years, and then buying eighty 
acres in Vienna Township from Aaron HARFORD.  To this original purchase he 
added from time to time as the years passed, made numerous improvements, 
erected substantial buildings and in various ways added to the value of his 
land, and at the time of his death was the owner of 400 acres of some of the 
best soil in the county.  He devoted the greater part of his attention to 
grain farming and stock raising, and his ventures proved successful because of 
his continued and well-directed effort, his absolute reliability and his 
strict adherence to rules of integrity and personal honor.  His friends were 
numerous, drawn about him by the many excellencies of his mind and heart, and 
when he passed away there were many to mourn his loss.  He was a faithful 
member of the Catholic Church, and gave his political allegiance to the 
Democratic party.  Since his death, his widow has resided on the old 
homestead.  Like her husband, she has wide acquaintance, in which she numbers 
many admiring and appreciative friends.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hutchings were as follows:  Francis M., who 
died in 1906, married Nellie Higgins, and had several children:  Joseph M., 
Arthur, Margaret, who married Dan Crowley and they have one daughter; Elinor 
M., Florence, Marcella, Paul and Fred; Mary, who married Michael Cashen, of 
Vienna Township, and has four children, Margaret, Francis, John and Emmet; 
John of Morris Ill., who married May Anderson and has three children, 
Margaret, Thelma and Gertrude; and James of Joliet Ill., who married Cora 
Miller, and who has one child, Irene.

pages 834-835

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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