HUTCHISON.--Rev. C. W. Hutchison was born in Tennessee, April 6, 1831, died at Danville, Ill., July 3, 1902. He was converted when a young man. He moved to Illinois and joined Illinois Presbytery. He has preached in Illinois, Indiana and Kansas. The most of his work was in Illinois and Ewing Presbytery. He organized a number of congregations, and was instrumental in building twelve church houses. His health failed him about seven years ago. He was married three times. He leaves a wife and two children. The last years of his life were spent in praising God, saying, "Glory, glory," and that heaven was his home.
    A FRIEND.

[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, October 9, 1902, page 415]

Charles Wesley Hutchison (Nathaniel O., James, John Hutchison) was born in 1830 in Montgomery County, Tennessee. He was the fifth child and the fourth son born to Nathaniel O. and Annie Hutchison and spent his entire youth on McAdoo Creek not far from the church that had become so important to his family. His grandfather served as Elder of the McAdoo Cumberland Presbyterian Church for nearly fifty years. Charles' father had labored as a preacher of the faith for a few years when first married, probably only withdrawing from that vocation because he needed to farm full time to feed his large family. His Uncle William was an ordained minister in Illinois.

Charles married a neighbor girl and member of the church, Martha Ann Holt, on 23 November 1854 [Montgomery County, Tennessee Marriage Book 2, pages 272-273; performed by James Patrick, J.P.] in Montgomery County. She was born in 1833, the daughter of William Holt, a widower. Marion, their first child, was born in the county in October 1855 but shortly after his birth Charles moved his family to the Johnson County, Illinois area. When James Ramey, a family friend, died in 1859 in Johnson County, Charles attended the estate sale and purchased a number of livestock, indicating his residence somewhere in the immediate area. [Charles' name appears as a witness on letters of administration of James Ramey's estate dated 13 January 1859. He also attended the personal property sale, purchasing 2 plows, 1 sow, 11 hogs, and a stack of wheat and fodder.] Martha Ann died shortly after their second child was born in 1860. Efforts to identify her burial site have been unsuccessful.

Charles Wesley and Martha Ann (Holt) Hutchison became the parents of a least two children.

*888. a. Marion M. Hutchison (Charles W., Nathaniel O., James, John Hutchison) was born 23 Oct 1855 in Montgomery Co., TN. [This exact date is given in the McCracken County birth records for the time period. Record shows birthplace as Montgomery County, Tennessee.]

*889. b. Emma J. Hutchison was born in 1859 or 60 in KY.

With the death of Martha Ann, Charles was left with two children under the age of five to raise. He married for a second time on the 4th day of August 1862 [Johnson County, Illinois Marriage Book, 1862. Married by James M. Utley, J.P.] in Johnson County. His second wife was Miss Elizabeth Ann Richey who was born in Tennessee in ca. 1841. [1870 Williamson County, Illinois census, page 126, dwelling and family 138.]

Charles and Elizabeth remained in Johnson County for a while as Charles' name and those of his brothers Thomas and Nathaniel B. are on the 1862-63 county militia lists. [1860 Johnson County, Illinois census' completeness is suspect. Charles was there in 1859, purchasing items he wouldn't transport over long distances, and was there on the militia list 3 years later, but not on the census. Neither were his brothers Thomas or Nathaniel B.] Charles was listed as a teacher, and his brothers were listed as farmers. The militia list also noted if the person was serving in the military at the time and neither Thomas nor Charles were noted as already serving in the war, but Nathaniel B. is listed as being a member of the Illinois 6th Cavalry. Teachers and clergy could receive an exemption from the draft and it is believed Charles may have applied for one as his name does not appear on Civil War indices for Illinois, Kentucky or Tennessee, either Union or Confederate, for the war. He lived long enough to have filed for a pension had he served, but his name does not appear on those lists either.

In October 1863 twin daughters were born to Charles and Elizabeth. It was around this time that Charles was accepted as a candidate for the ministry by the Illinois Presbytery. By 1869 Charles was a minister serving an assignment at Wool, [Wool, located in Pope Co., is now known as Brownfield, IL] Pope County, Illinois and his assignment included a circuit of the lower Illinois counties. Announcements were published in Massac County papers on 2 March and 24 April 1869 of sermons to be preached at the Courthouse by Rev. C. W. Hutchison. He and Elizabeth and the children were living next door to his brother James and his wife in Williamson County when the 1870 enumeration was made. [1870 Williamson County, Illinois Census, Twp 9. R3, Page 126, dwelling and family 138. Instead of being listed as James W. Hutchison, his brother was using the name John W.]

Over the next ten years, Charles served assignments in Marion, Mt. Erie, Fairfield, Raleigh, Norris City and Spring Garden, all in Williamson and surrounding counties. It was also during this period his wife Elizabeth Ann died, probably in 1874 while he was serving in Wayne County.

Rev. Charles Wesley and Elizabeth Ann (Richey) Hutchison became the parents of at least two children, perhaps more.

*890. a. Amanda L. Hutchison (Charles W., Nathaniel O., James, John Hutchison), born Oct. 1863, twin, Johnson Co., IL.

891. b. Dora Hutchison, born Oct 1863, twin, Johnson Co., IL. Name is almost illegible on the 1870 census, so this may not be accurate interpretation. She is not on the 1880 census and is presumed to have died as a young girl.

Charles married for the third time in Johnson County on 24 February 1875. This third wife was Sarah C. Lasley, born 6 March 1845, the daughter of James and Anna L. (Harrell) Lasley of Johnson County, Illinois. Within the first few years of their marriage, Sarah gave birth to twin daughters who died in infancy. [The Daily Republican, Marion, Illinois, 29 or 30 August 1930 edition of the newspaper had an obituary for Sarah. The obituary speaks of the twin daughters born to the couple, but this is the only indication any children were born to them. Death records for the counties in which they lived during their marriage do not record the deaths, but keeping such records was not mandated for another 30 to 40 years.] Sarah had no further children. Instead, she performed the duties of a country minister's wife and raised the children from Charles' earlier marriages. Charles' ministerial assignments had the family moving frequently over the next twenty-five years, and if they ever owned any property it was probably after he retired from the ministry.

In 1888, after twenty years of service to the church in Illinois, Charles received an assignment to a church in Maywood, Wyandotte County, Kansas. His son Marion M. had married, but Emma J. and Amanda L. were still single and living at home with their father and step-mother. They moved to Kansas as well, but not for long as both married during the time their father served the church at Maywood. Both daughters and their husbands returned to Illinois to live. Five years after their call to serve the Maywood church, Charles and Sarah also returned to Illinois where he served his last two years in southern Illinois. After 1894 the General Assembly no longer listed his name among those actively serving as ministers. He was nearly sixty-five years of age, and may have retired from the ministry because of health problems.

In 1899 Charles and Sarah moved to Danville, Illinois where Charles' three surviving children were living with their families. They moved into a home at 62 South Cottage Street. Two years after their arrival in the county Charles suffered a stroke. He never regained his health and died a year later on 3 July 1902. He was buried at the Springhill Cemetery in Danville on 4 July. His obituary from the Danville Daily Democrat, Friday, July 4, 1902, read as follows:

HUTCHINSON

Rev. Charles Hutchinson died at his home, 62 South Cottage Street, yesterday morning at 1:40 o'clock. The funeral will be held at the residence at 9:30 this forenoon. Rev. Hutchinson was 71 years of age and had lived in this city for the past three years. He was formerly a preacher in the Cumberland Presbyterian church located in southern Illinois. About one year ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis, and had been in poor health ever since. He is survived by a widow, one son, M. M. Hutchinson, and one daughter, Mrs. Amanda Hahn.

Rev. Charles Wesley Hutchison had served the following assignments as a Minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church:

Charles' widow, Sarah, left Vermilion County to return to Bloomfield Township in Johnson County where he sister Elvira lived with her husband Granville Stout and their children. When Elvira and her husband moved to Creal Springs in Williamson County, Sarah moved with them. She died in Creal Springs at the age of eighty-five years. Her death record says she was buried at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Johnson County, but county researchers state there is no cemetery by that name. Instead, she may be buried in an unmarked grave at the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery where her parents and siblings are buried. Her obituray appeared in the Daily Republican, Marion, Illinois, in late August 1930:

CREAL SPRINGS

Sarah C. Hasley [Surname should read Lasley] was born March 6, 1845, and God called her home on August 18, 1930, at 2 p.m., aged 85 years, 5 months and 12 days. She accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior when she was a young girl and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Her life has always been one of high Christian standard. She was united in marriage to Charles W. Hutcheson, Feb. 24, 1875. To this union twin girls were born, who died in infancy. Her husband also preceded her in death many years ago.She leaves behind her two sisters, Mrs. Granville Stout of Creal Springs and Mrs. Stephen Gray of near Pond. There are also several nieces and nephews a host of friends and neighbors. Aunt Sarah has made her home with her sister, Mrs. Stout for the past thirty years or more. She has been an invalid for several years, but had been patient in all her affliction. During her last illness all tht loving hands could do was done to ease her suffering, but God saw best to relieve her of her pain and called her home to heaven.

Rev. Charles Wesley and Sarah C. (Lasley) Hutchison were parents of twin daughters who died in infancy.

892. a. Infant Hutchison (Charles W., Nathaniel O., James, John Hutchison), twin, female, born ca. 1877; died in infancy.

893. b. Infant Hutchison, twin, female, born ca. 1877; died in infancy.

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Marion M. Hutchison (Charles W., Nathaniel O., James, John Hutchison) was born 23 October 1855 in Montgomery County, Tennessee. [This exact date is given in the McCracken County birth records for the time period. Birthplace is given as Montgomery County, Tennessee. Parents' names, including mother's surname, given in record.] He was still living at home and working on the farm at the time of the 1880 census. About two years later he married Isabelle (surname unknown), born December 1850. It is unknown whether they remained in Williamson County or whether they followed his father as he was transferred from church to church. They were living next door to his brother-in-law Thomas H. Gregory and daughter in Danville, Illinois in 1900 and Marion was working as a carpenter's helper. Marion's half-sister's husband John C. Hahn was a carpenter and painter on the same census and he may have been working with him. Census reports indicate couple had no children.

Emma J. Hutchison (Charles W., Nathaniel O., James, John Hutchison) was born in 1859 or 60 in Kentucky according to the 1870 Williamson County census. She was just an infant when her mother died, and was brought up by step-mothers. As the daughter of a minister, her family moved frequently during her growing up years. Her father served two congregations in Vermilion County, Illinois; one at Sidell and the other at Georgetown, during her late teens and early twenties. It was during this time Emma J. met and married Thomas H. Gregory. Thomas, born 13 January 1856, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, was the son of George W. Gregory and had moved with his family to Illinois at about six years of age, first living at Sidell and then in Danville. When Emma's father was transferred to a church in Wyandotte County, Kansas, Thomas traveled there to marry Emma. They were married on 7 May 1888 at the Maywood Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Wyandotte County. [Wyandotte County, Kansas Marriage License Record Book 5, page 428. While Thomas gave his age as 32 which coincides with the 1900 census date of birth, Emma J. was a bit older at 28 than most girls were when they married and she gave her age as 23 on the license. The marriage was performed by John G. Pratt, M.G., Maywood, Kansas. She was listed as being 33 years of age when she died in 1898 just ten years later so she may have never told her husband about her actual age.] The young couple moved back to Illinois after their marriage where their only child, a daughter, was born. They were members of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Danville. Emma J. died 10 Sep 1898 in Danville when their daughter Flossie was seven years old. She was buried at the Springhill Cemetery in Danville, but no stone marks her grave.

In 1900 Thomas Gregory's seventy-eight year old father was living with him and Flossie at their home on Grove Street. Thomas married again c. 1902; her name was Emma J Adler [State of Illinois Death Certificate, Vermilion Co., IL, #12491 gives her name as Emma J. Adler, born 24 Dec 1863 in Danville, daughter of Carl Adler, born in Germany.] and a son Carl was born to the couple. Shortly after this second marriage, Thomas became the foreman of the Swisher Lumber Yard in Danville, where he was employed until he retired. He was a charter member of the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Danville and a prominent church worker, never missing services or church functions unless prevented by illness. He died 31 August 1934 in Danville at the age of seventy-eight from complications of old age according to his obituary. [Danville, Illinois Commercial News, Saturday, September 1, 1934, page 3.] He was buried at the Springhill Cemetery in Danville next to his second wife.

Thomas H. and Emma J. (Hutchison) Gregory were parents of one child:

2568. a. Flossie Inez Gregory (Emma J. Gregory, Charles W., Nathaniel O., James, John Hutchison), born Jan 1891 in Illinois. Married 5 Oct 1913 in Danville [Vermilion County, Illinois Marriage Record, Book 6, page 26.] to William O. South, son of Archibald Taylore and Mary (Willhite) South [Archibald died 17 March 1923; Mary on 16 Oct 1921, both in Norris City, IL. Mary's parents are listed as William Willhite and Rebecca Peyton of Tennessee. She and Archibald both buried at Ebenezer Cemetery, Norris City, Illinois.] of Norris City, White Co., IL. After their marriage they made their home in Norris City where William was an auto mechanic. They had been married one day short of twelve years when Flossie died in Norris City on 4 Oct 1925 of general septicemia and uremic poisoning due to pregnancy. [White County, Illinois Death Certificate filed with the Department of Public Health, #38197 - October 1925.] She was buried at the Ebenezer Cemetery, Norris City. Their children:

3925. a. Cooper South (Flossie Inez South, Emma J. Gregory, Charles W., Nathaniel O., James, John Hutchison), born ca. 1914, Norris City, White Co., IL.

3826. b. Homer Thomas South, born ca. 1916; died 30 Oct 1920 of diphtheria, Norris City, White Co., IL. Buried at the Ebenezer Cemetery, White Co., IL. [White County, Illinois Death Certificate filed with the Department of Public Health, #34143 - Oct 1921.]

3927. c. Helen South, born ca. 1918; died 20 Dec 1920 of diphtheria, Norris City, White Co., IL. Buried at the Ebenezer Cemetery, White Co., IL. [White County, Illinois Death Certificate filed with the Department of Public Health, #41610 - December 1921.]

3928. d. Roy South, born 1920, Norris City, White Co., IL.

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890. Amanda L. Hutchison (Charles W., Nathaniel O., James, John Hutchison) was born October 1863 in Johnson County, Illinois. Amanda married John C. Hahn on 18 August 1892 [Marriage certificate gives his residence at teh time of the marriage as Butler County, Pennsylvania.] at Maywood, Wyandotte County, Kansas, Rev. John G. Pratt officiating. There is no indication where the couple met, but it may have been during a visit to her sister's home in Danville. John was born in March 1869 in Michigan of German immigrant parents. His age on the marriage license is twenty-four; Amanda gave her age as twenty instead of twenty-nine.

They were living at 718 Douglas Avenue in Danville, Illinois in 1900 where he was employed as a carpenter and painter. [Marion M. may have worked for him as a carpenter's helper.] They left Danville, perhaps after her father's death, and moved to Salem, Marion County, Illinois where a number of Hahn families lived. In 1910 they owned and operated a boarding house on Main Street in the city and John also worked as a carpenter building houses. The family was living at 814 North Shelby in 1920 and their married daughter Hester and her husband James Wilson were living with them. John and Amanda were members of the Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Congregation at Iuka, Marion County, Illinois. A Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Iuka was listed as her father's assignment in 1881. [Minutes of the Fifty-First General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1881, Nashville, TN, Cumberland Presbyterian Pub. House, 1881, page 89.]

John C. and Amanda L. (Hutchison) Hahn were parents of at least four children.

2569. a. Esther M. Hahn (Amanda L. Hahn, Charles W., Nathaniel O., James, John Hutchison), born Nov 1893, prob. in Danville, Vermilion Co., IL. Married James Wilson, born ca. 1885, IL.

2570. b. Lester Hahn, born Dec 1898, prob. in Danville, Vermilion Co., IL.

2571. c. Ernest Hahn, born ca. 1902, IL. Living in St. Louis, MO in 1927.

2572. d. Bessie M. Hahn, born ca. 1905, IL.

[Source: The Hutchison Chronicles, Some Stories of the Nine Generations of Descendants of John and Margaret Hutchison, Prince William and Shenandoah Counties, Virginia and Montgomery County, Tennessee. Compiled by Phyllis (Rasmusen) Winthurst. Tucson, Arizona: Printed & bound by AlphaGraphics Printshops of the Future, 1998.]