HUTCHERSON BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== HUTCHERSON, Edward L. - b: 1862 Menard Co, IL source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - page: 853 residence: Deer Creek Twp Edward L. Hutcherson - Among the many successful cattle feeders of Henry County Edward Hutcherson holds a prominent place. He is the owner of six hundred eighty acres of land in Deer Creek township, where he is enabled to carry on farming and stock raising and to feed cattle on a large scale. He also raises a great many hogs each year. Edward Hutcherson has lived fifty years on Henry County soil, coming to Bethlehem township with his parents in 1869. His birthplace was on a farm in Menard County, Illinois, where he was born February 11, 1862, the son of David J. and Rachel E. (Marand) Hutcherson. David Hutcherson was born in Green County, Kentucky, March 20, 1815. In 1830 his parents left their home and started by ox team for Missouri, but the winter weather which came so severely at the outset stopped them in Illinois. They came no farther, spending the remaining years of their life in agricultural pursuits there. Their son, David Hutcherson, was reared in Illinois and was married there. He farmed in that State until 1869, when he came to Missouri, settling in Bethlehem township, Henry County. He farmed on this land the remainder of his life. He died in 1898. His wife, Mrs. Rachel Marand, was born in 1818 in Baltimore, Maryland, and made her home in Illinois. She was a daughter of William Marand. After coming to Henry County with her husband and family she was a faithful wife and mother, enduring the privations of those early days. She died in 1878. Edward Hutcherson was only seven years old when his parents arrived on Henry County soil and has made his home here ever since. March 17, 1886, he was married to Laura L. Whitlow, a native of Henry County and a daughter of A. K. and Mary Jane (Hall) Whitlow, natives of Kentucky who came to Leesville township, Henry County, purchasing land at an early day. They are both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hutcherson have nine children, as follow: Ernest Glen, a farmer near Clinton, Missouri; Clyde N., who served in the United States Army during the great World War; Rachel, married R. E. Jones, whose sketch appears in this volume; Howard, a farmer near Clinton, Missouri; Mary, Frank, Robert and Luther at home with their parents. When Edward Hutcherson was twenty-four years of age he rented land and seven years later he purchased a farm. This he disposed of and purchased the nucleus of the present farm. It was one hundred acres and year by year he has added to it until he now owns six hundred and eighty acres. Mr. Hutcherson has made a success of his farming ventures and stands in the upper rank of the producers in the township. Politically he is a Democrat, but is too busy a man to seek offices of public favor. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by the Henry County MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/henryco.html Contact the Henry County Coordinator for comments or corrections. ====================================================================