Biographical Sketch of James Crutcher, Jr., Johnson County, Missouri, 
Hazel Hill Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.

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James Crutcher, Jr., formerly of Hazel Hill township, Johnson county,
was born in 1847 in Hardin county, Kentucky.  He is the son of James
Crutcher, Sr. and Martha (Riddle) Crutcher, pioneers of Hazel Hill
township, the former, a native of Hardin county, Kentucky and the
latter, of Ohio.  They were united in marriage in Hardin county and
in 1856 came to Missouri, and settled on a farm of 300 acres of land
in Hazel Hill township, which James Crutcher, Sr. purchased, paying
$10 per acre.  The tract was fairly well improved for those days, 
having both a house and barn upon it.  James Crutcher, Sr. and Martha
(Riddle) Crutcher were the parents of the following children: Rebecca
Elizabeth, who was the wife of A. J. Stockton and the mother of E. B.
Stockton and Mattie B. (Stockton) Bridges, of whom further mention is
made in this volume, and her death occurred July 28, 1916, interment
being made in the cemetery at Warrensburg; Emma B., who is the wife 
of Joseph Norris, of Leavenworth, Kansas; James, Jr., the subject of
this review; Robert H., who died at Leavenworth, Kansas; Sallie Bell,
who was the wife of William Thompson and is now deceased; Kate Clara,
the widow of W. F. Kirkland, Leavenworth, Kansas; and E. H., who died
in Illinois.  James Crutcher, Jr. came with his parents to Johnson
county in 1856.  He remained in this county ten years and since he
attained maturity has resided in several different states, at one time
making his home in Oklahoma, at another in Kansas, and at times re-
turning to Missouri.  Mr. Crutcher is a close observer and he has a 
well stored mind, filled with a knowledge of the states in which he
has resided.  In 1869, James Crutcher, Jr. was united in marriage with
Margaret Leona McMahan, of Hazel Hill township.  To Mr. and Mrs. James 
Crutcher, Jr. were born seven children: William, Girard, Kansas; Nettie,
wife of David Heizer, Columbus township, Johnson county; Mary, wife of
Joseph Brown, Girard, Kansas; Lennie, wife of Ed Brown, Girard, Kansas;
Alberta, married Neeley Murdock, and she is now deceased; Fred, New
South Wales, Australia; and Frank, Seattle, Washington.  The mother
died in 1900 and is buried at Girard, Kansas.

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