Bio: William J. Hutchinson, Bossier, Caddo & Orleans Parish La
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890

Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker
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William J. Hutchinson, farmer of Ward 8, is one of the prominent
agriculturists of the county, and is now following a calling that has for
ages received undivided efforts from many worthy individuals.  He first saw
the light of day in Lowndes County, Ala., his birth occurring in 1832, and
was the third of four children--three sons and a daughter--born to John B.
and Matilda (Walker) Hutchinson, native respectively, of Georgia and
Tennessee.  The parents celebrated their nuptials in Alabama, and in 1842
removed to Bossier Parish, La., where the father died in 1846.  The mother
died in Alabama in 1847, while visiting in that State.  Both were members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. Hutchinson was of Irish descent,
and was a planter by occupation.  The maternal grandfather was Joseph
Walker.  William J. Hutchingson early had instilled into his youthful
nature all the duties of farm life, and this has ever continued to be his
chosen calling.  His educational facilities in youth were more than usually
favorable, for after leaving the district schools he finished at Cumberland
University, Lebanon, Tenn.  He came with his parents to Bossier parish,
La., and was married in New Orleans in 1858, to Miss Adaline Strother, a
native of Virginia, and the daughter of James P. and Eliza Strother.  Mr.
and Mrs. Strother were born in the Old Dominion and there spent their
entire lives.  To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson were born nine
children--seven sons and two daughters--all living.  In 1853 Mr. Hutchinson
settled in the woods on his present farm, and now has 1,800 acres with
about 600 acres cleared, all the result of his own efforts.  He raises
about 500 bales of cotton annually.   He and Mrs. Hutchinson have been
honored and esteemed members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for nearly
thirty years.  This is one of the oldest and best respected families in the
neighborhood.