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Below is a family biography from the book,  The History of Crawford County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Mrs. Lucinda (Meek) Hutchins was born in Henry County, Ky., October 6, 1824, and is a daughter of Jonathan and Catherine (Newhouse) Meek. The father was born in 1797 in Henry County, Ky., passed his life engaged in farming, and died in 1852. The mother was born in Kentucky in 1801, in 1850 moved to Illinois, and died in 1881. Her grandparents were Basil and Elizabeth Meek, and the former died in 1829. Our subject passed her youth in Henry County, Ky., with but few educational advantages, and in 1844 married A. C. Burgess. In 1849 they went to Illinois, and there engaged in farming until 1869. January 7, 1870, having made the journey by land, they arrived in Crawford County, where Mr. Burgess died, in 1882, aged fifty-nine. He was a Democrat, and while in Illinois served eight years as justice of the peace and four years as constable. He was a member of the Methodist Church, to which Mrs. Hutchins still belongs. In 1884 our subject was united in marriage to Henry B. Hutchins, who was born in Orange County, N. C., June 3, 1799, and died December 18, 1886. After leaving his native State he went to Tennessee, and in 1836 went to Texas, finally coming to Crawford County, Ark., in 1866. He served his township in the capacities of just of the peace and constable for one term each, and by occupation was a farmer and stock raiser. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and to him, by his first wife, eleven children were born, of whom three are deceased. John E., of Texas; James C., of Texas; Mrs. Samantha E. Felton, of Texas; Mrs. Nancy C. Stokes, of Texas; H. M. [see sketch]; W. M., of Washington County, Ark.; M. E., of this county, and G. B., also of this county, are the children still living. Those deceased are H. L., Samuel and Martha.

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This family biography is one of 222 biographies included in The History of Crawford County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Crawford County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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