p352 Joseph Hutchinson was born near Round Hill church, Elizabeth township, Allegheny county, Penna, March 21, 1828. His father, John Hutchinson, was born in New Jersey and came to Pennsylvania with his father Joseph Hutchinson. He afterwards on his return East, died from teh effects of the measles. His wife, Ann Bennett, who lived to be 105 years of age, was a daughter of a captain of the War of the Revolution. The Bennetts were a most remarkable pople for their longevity and physical endurance, and were noted for their abstemious and temperate habits. John Bennett, a brother of Mrs Ann Hutchinson, was a soldier under General Markle in the War of 1812-15. The Hutchinsons are of English stock. John Hutchinson was a leading farmer and speculator of Allegheny and later of Westmoreland county, Penna. Joseph Hutchinson, whose name heads this sketch, was married March 21, 1849, to Ann E McDonal, a daughter of John McDonal of Sewickley township, Westmoreland county, Penna (the great grandfather of the latter was one of the heroes of the Revolution), and has had seven childrne of whom two are dead: John M Hutchinson, a well-driller by occupation was born in 1850; Margaret Jane Hutchinson, now the wife of Amos Shrum, formerly of Westmoreland county; Travilo W Hutchinson (deceased); Elizabeth Hutchinson, wife of Harvey Knox; Huldah Belle Hutchinson (deceased); H D Hutchinson, and Minnie B Hutchinson. Joseph Hutchinson worked on the farm until he learned the blacksmith trade, and has since worked at this and the oil drilling business. He removed and located in Menallen township in 1882. ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.