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HON. JOHN HUTCHINGS, attorney at law, was born at Caroline, Tompkins Co., N. Y., December 31, 1836. He was well educated in the common schools, and finished his classical studies in Waverly Institute and in Starkey Seminary, New York. He studied law with Hon. F. D. Wright, at Waverly, Tioga Co., N. Y., was admitted to the bar at Binghampton, May 10, 1860, and practiced law at Waverly until June, 1863, when he moved to Kansas, settling in Lawrence on the 13th of that month. He at once opened a law office in partnership with E. V. Banks, under the style of Hutchings & Banks. This firm was dissolved about two years later. Since that time, he has been engaged in the practice of his profession with marked success.
Taking a deep interest in education, he was for several years a member of the School Board of the city of Lawrence. In 1870, he was elected County Attorney for Douglas County, in this position making a reputation as one of the ablest of public prosecutors. In politics, Mr. Hutchings has always been an anti-slavery man, and since he was old enough to participate in elections has acted with the Republican party. He is not only a great legal student, but has given much thought and study to theological, philosophical and scientific subjects. He takes a deep interest in questions of social science, and has devoted much time to the investigation of problems connected with the proper management of prisons and asylums.
He was married in Tioga County, N. Y., August 7, 1861, to Miss Josephine E. Hoyt, daughter of Ira Hoyt, Esq. They have had four children, of whom two survive, Josephine E. and Helen M.
Information from:
William G. Cutler's
History of the State of Kansas
Douglas County, Part 20
Kansas City Sun (Kansas City, Missouri), Friday, April 08, 1892; Issue 9.
John Hutchings, one of the most prominent lawyers of Lawrence, who prosecuted the noted Medicott case, died at the home of his brother in Kansas City, Kan., on the 2d. The remains were interred at Lawrence.
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HON. JOHN HUTCHINGS, attorney at law, was born at Caroline, Tompkins Co., N. Y., December 31, 1836. He was well educated in the common schools, and finished his classical studies in Waverly Institute and in Starkey Seminary, New York. He studied law with Hon. F. D. Wright, at Waverly, Tioga Co., N. Y., was admitted to the bar at Binghampton, May 10, 1860, and practiced law at Waverly until June, 1863, when he moved to Kansas, settling in Lawrence on the 13th of that month. He at once opened a law office in partnership with E. V. Banks, under the style of Hutchings & Banks. This firm was dissolved about two years later. Since that time, he has been engaged in the practice of his profession with marked success.
Taking a deep interest in education, he was for several years a member of the School Board of the city of Lawrence. In 1870, he was elected County Attorney for Douglas County, in this position making a reputation as one of the ablest of public prosecutors. In politics, Mr. Hutchings has always been an anti-slavery man, and since he was old enough to participate in elections has acted with the Republican party. He is not only a great legal student, but has given much thought and study to theological, philosophical and scientific subjects. He takes a deep interest in questions of social science, and has devoted much time to the investigation of problems connected with the proper management of prisons and asylums.
He was married in Tioga County, N. Y., August 7, 1861, to Miss Josephine E. Hoyt, daughter of Ira Hoyt, Esq. They have had four children, of whom two survive, Josephine E. and Helen M.
Information from:
William G. Cutler's
History of the State of Kansas
Douglas County, Part 20
Kansas City Sun (Kansas City, Missouri), Friday, April 08, 1892; Issue 9.
John Hutchings, one of the most prominent lawyers of Lawrence, who prosecuted the noted Medicott case, died at the home of his brother in Kansas City, Kan., on the 2d. The remains were interred at Lawrence.
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