S. I. B. HUTCHINSON, Ganges Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan

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History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan, with Illustrations and 
Biographical Sketches of their Prominent Men and Pioneers.
Philadelphia:  D. W. Ensign & Co.  1880.  Press of J. B. Lippincott & 
Co., Philadelphia.

The subject of this biography is descended from Revolutionary stock, 
his maternal grandfather, Joseph Beecher, having been a captain in the 
war of 1776.  Mr. Hutchinson was born May 18, 1809, in Chenango Co.,
N. Y., and until his twentieth year was engaged in labor incident to 
farming pursuits.  In May, 1829, he became impressed with the 
advantages afforded by the State of Michigan to young men of energy, 
and bade adieu to the scenes of his early life.  Arriving at Monroe, 
Mich., he pursued the trade of a brickmaker for a period of three 
years.  this calling frequently necessitated travel over a wide range 
of territory, and Mr. Hutchinson remembers traversing the ground now 
covered by the city of Toledo when not a dwelling marked the site of 
the present thriving commercial centre.  In 1834 he located a farm in 
Emmett, Calhoun Co., upon which he soon after removed and lived the 
solitary life of a bachelor.
  In May, 1842, he was married to Miss Charlotte Hughes, daughter of 
John and Elizabeth Hughes, of England, her birthplace.  She came to 
America when seven years of age, and became a resident of Calhoun 
County in 1840.  Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson have had four children, two of 
whom are now residing in Douglas, Allegan Co.  The remaining two are 
deceased, the son having repaired to California in pursuit of health, 
where he died in 1879; the daughter's death occurred in 1870.  Mr. 
Hutchinson, in 1862 disposed of his extensive farm in Calhoun County, 
embracing three hundred and twenty acres, and removed to his present 
residence, the land of which has been devoted principally to the 
raising of choice varieties of fruit.
  He is a firm advocate of the principles of the Republican party, 
though not an active partisan in politics.  In religious opinions both 
Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson are liberal, with a profound respect for the 
convictions of others.