This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HUTCHINSON, McNICHOLAS, VAN REED Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4167 Message Board Post: While he has been a resident of Lowell only since 1914, Joseph M. Hutchinson has already strongly impressed the virile, energetic personality upon the people of this thriving community, where he is editor of the Lowell Journal. Two vocations, educational and journalistic work, have occupied Mr. Hutchinson's energies during a long and uniformly successful career, and the experiences which he has gained in various parts of the country while following these professions have been of a nature decidedly interesting and at the same time helpful to him in his present capacity. Out of the adventures that have gone to make up a busy life he has been able to extract a knowledge of human nature and a keen comprehension of the responsibilities of citizenship, and with these and other qualifications he has proven a valuable asset to his adopted city. Mr. Hutchinson was born on a farm in Shelby County, Illinois, Oct. 2, 1860, son of Alfred and Mary (McNichols) Hutchinson, natives of New Je! rsey, but they were married in Illinois. They removed shortly after their union to Shelby County, where both passed away after years spent in the pursuits of the soil. Joseph M. Hutchinson received his early education in the schools of his native locality. His parents were Quakers, but he was sent for further training to Pennington, N.J., where for three years he attended the Methodist Episcopal Seminary. Returning to Illinois, in 1883, he began his career as a schoolteacher, but subsequently supplemented his former training by a course at the Illinois State Normal University. Duly graduated in that institution, he shortly thereafter became superintendent of schools at Wyoming, Ill., later at Mackinaw, Ill., then at Fort Thomas, Ky., where he spent four years, and then at Covington, Ky., where he remained during a like period. During this time Mr. Hutchinson, a man of marked literary tastes and much ability, had been interested in newspaper work and had contributed to variou! s journals in the communities in which his labors had been centered. It was at Harrisburg, Ill., however, that he really started his connection with journalism, and at that point for three years he was editor of the Harrisburg Chronicle. Subsequently he went to Plainwell, Mich., for one and one-half years, in the same kind of work, and at the end of that time came to Lowell, where, in April, 1914, he purchased the Lowell Journal, of which he has been the editor and publisher. Since its founding, July 13, 1865, by Webster Morris, this newspaper has taken an active part in the affairs of Lowell, and under Mr. Hutchinson's energetic and capable management has broadened the scope of its influence and become a decided factor in forming public opinion. Mr. Hutchinson is a Republican and a stanch supporter of his party, but endeavors to give his readers a clear, unbiased view of all public questions. He is conducting a clean, reliable paper, and is receiving gratifying support fro! m the public. Fraternally, Mr. Hutchinson is a Royal Arch Mason. He was married Aug. 3, 1899, to Edith, daughter of Mabry and Mary Van Reed, both parents now being deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson have no children.