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Note: arm hand several years. He subsequently bought one hundred acres of land in King Township, which is now owned by his son Martin. This land was entirely bush when he first located upon it, and it took him several years of laborious toil to put it in thorough farming condition. His labour, however, was well repaid, and he afterwards succeeded in accumulating property to the amount of $15,000. His death, which occurred in 1873, was much regretted in the neighbourhood, where his genial and kindly disposition had gained him numerous friends. His wife, Jane Hutchinson, survived him nine years, and she died at the venerable age of seventy-two years. Martin Hutchinson, son of the above, resides on the old homestead, lot 13, concession 2. He was born in King Township in 1836, and received a rudimentary education in the Common schools of the time. He early assisted his father on the farm, which he acquired at the latter's death. He married Elizabeth Gray, of York Township, by whom he has six children, viz.: John, Thomas, James, George, Henrietta and Martin. He attends the Baptist Church, and is a Conservative in politics. (vol. II, p. 403)
Note: James Hutchinson, deceased, was born in England, and came to Canada in 1828 and worked as a f
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