James Hutchison

Personal and Family Information

James was born on 30 NOV 1863 in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland, the son of James Hutchison and Margaret MacBeth.

His wife was Olive Rayburn, who he married on 1 JUN 1887 in Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas. Their two known children were Henrietta Bingamong (1888-?) and Elsie (1891-1896).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Title: "Statement of Genealogy", by James Hutchison, Box 292, Renton, Washington

!P: My paternal Grandfather and Grandmother and Their Children:

!P: William Hutchison: Born somewhere in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1750 or 60's. He was a cotter by occupation. Read Burn's "Cotters Saturday Night" for a good description of such a humble tradesman. [A pretty and true picture.] He used to tell of going to the same school and reading from the same book with Jean Armour, Burn's wife. This is how I conclude when he was born. He died around 1844 at Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland.

!P: In 1889 I became aquainted with Robert Hutchison, a businessman in Marshfield, Oregon. In comparing our family's history, he became convinced my Grandfather was his long lost Uncle Willie, and in talking over the matter with my father, when I again came to Kansas, he was also convinced of that fact. This Bob Hutchison was born and raised in Ayershire, Scotland, but came to California and Oregon in the early days of Gold, and his family of several sons and daughters were all raised at Marshfield, Oregon, and raising families who may be still there yet. It was remarkable that their family names were the same as our own as were their facial resemblance.

!P: MyGrandmother, Elspeth [Eppa or Elsie] Sneddon, was born at Sanchie, Stirlingshire, Scotland, in the late 1700's and died at Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, in the seventies, 1870's. She became the second wife of Grandfather. My father was the oldest son of this marriage. He had but one brother to my knowledge, Peter Hutchison, who spent most of his lifetime in or near Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, and is buried somewhere in that country. I don't think he had any family.

!P: There was a large family by the first wife of Grandfather, but they were well grown and married when father was born. Two of the daughters came to the United States - one as Mrs. Cook to New Jersey, where they went into sheep raising. I remember in the late 70's or 80's that their oldest son having a party on his twenty-first birthday after which on returning from taking his sweetheart home, he was found on the railroad dead, but a bullet hole through his head betrayed that he had been murdered. The folks had suspicions of his murderer but could not get evidence, but ten years after, the press gave us this information that John Doe [I forget his name] gave himself up to the authorities as the murderer of the son of Mr. Cook, his neighbor, as his guilty conscience could no longer be born -- since the murder, his life has been a continual torment. It was learned that the murderer, also a sheep raiser, continualy destroyed Cook's fences so that his sheep could enjoy Cook's pasture, shich led to many altercations and in the spirit of revenge the murder was committed. He paid the penalty for his crime. The Cook's descendants may be around that part yet but the name of the locality is not of my memory.

!P: The second daughter who came to the United States came as Mrs. Beverage. The husband was a highly respected Christian man, a miner. He was shot and killed in his own door after separating his son-in-law from another man [who did the killing] with whom he was quarreling. I think this was in the year 1870. I fail to remember the name of the place, but it was at Pittsburgh or some of the mining towns near it. The brother [Pete Hutchison] of my father came to the States in 1870 principally to avenge our uncle's death, but on his return in 1873 I heard him tell my father he found the folks so penitent he had to let all such thoughts drop.

!P: Another sister married Jum Hunter, a ship chandler. At one time they owned a ship chandler business in Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland, but fortune went against them and they lost the business. He afterwards followed the sea as a sail maker on sailing ships in the employ of the Hudson Bay Company, usually being gone for three years at a time in which he would circumnavigate the world calling at possibly all the ports of the Hudson Bay Company. His family during this time and probably their descendants yet live in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. They had three sons, William, James and Joh, and two daughters, both of which were married and had families. The older one was Mrs. McAurther. Even if I can see them all as if right now in my presence, the name of the second one's husband will not come from the misty corners of my memory. I visisted them all early in 1884.

!P: James was a wonderful singer and had some silver cups won at singing competitions. Two other of father's older sisters married two brothers. I think theri names were John and James Anderson. James had three sons and two daughters. The names of the sons were William, James and David. The daughter I think were named Elizabeth and Katie. Elizi married John Oswald. I think Katie died a single girl. All living at Dunfermline in my young manhood. The family of John, as I knew them, were one son and one daughter. John Anderson lived in Pittsburg, Kansas, and had some family where were living there in 1896. The daughter Agnes married Abreham Tennent and they had also quite a family. Several of them were married and were all living in Pitsburg, Kansas, in 1896.

!P: Before leaving this branch of the family, I maybe should mention that the Mrs. Cook before being married bore a son to her employer, William Galloway, a licensed publican of some means, in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, but he failed to marry her. Grandmother raised him. He was born possibly in 1838 or 1839. When he was a young man, his father came to him desiring strongly to adopt him and tried to persuade him by promise of all his wealth, but he answered him determinedly, "No, you denied to marry my mother, and I deny your request now." I should say his name was also William Galloway after his father's name. Since about 1865 or 1866 he and his family have resided in Boness, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. They had three or four boys and as many girls. Their offsprings are many in that town. William Galloway was killed in the Snab Pit in the Middle 80's. It was many days e're his body was recovered and some fraternal organization of which he was a member had deligations continually at the scene night and day until his body was recovered. His funeral was the largest attended possibly that has ever taken place in that town. I should mention that Mrs. Galloways name was Margaret Oswald and that she was born in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, where she had several brothers all raising families. I visited them in 1883.

!P: In reference to my Grandmother's name being Sneddon, I have often heard in boyhood a story of the origin of the name of Sneddon. Sir Walter Scott's novel, "The Lady of the Lake" gives quite an interesting account of the clan of MacGregor, vivified by his wonderful imagination, but turn to an encyclopaedia and read of MacGregor Clan, also Rob Roy, for the true history of them in all their ways and afflictions. There came a time that the MacGregor Clan were outlawed by the Scottish Government. The song "The Gathering og the Clans", is an illustration of the pain the outlawing brought them. Some of the words -- "If they rob us of name -- and pursue us with beagles [Sheriffs], Give our roofs to the flame, and our flesh to the Eagles, Then gather, gather, gather, gather, gather, gather -- While there're leaves in the forest, and foam on the river -- despite them, shall flourish forever." But fate was against them, they did not again flourish, but were scattered to the four winds; and to hide their identity they chose strange names. A group of them in their flight south from their highland hills coming to a man who was trimming a hedge asked him what he was doing. "Oh," he said, "I'm just sneddon a bit," meaning he was just trimming the hedge. The word maybe seemed new to them so they thought it might be a good name to hide their identity. The descendants of this group are still known by that name. Aunt Janet is one of them. Ask her of this origin of the name.

!P: In the play "Rob Roy" a part comes in where one of the characters says with a drawn sword, "Why call me Campbell?" [the name he had chosen for safety] "My foot is on my native Heath and my name it is MacGregor".

!P: Ask your father if Sanchie is a village on the Sanchie Burn. That burn or creek is just a mile or so from the field of Bannockburn of Scottish historical interest. I believe King James II was killed at Sanchieburn. Your father should be familiar with the above places as he came from Carron which is a short ways from the stream. Carron is of much Scottish interest too as it is claimed that when Wallace and Bruce were fighting on opposite armies they hailed each other across the stream and came to an understanding of the true cause they were espousing and ever after Bruce was on the same fighting side that Wallace was -- following -- "The Freedom of Scotland", that was so dearly bought in the same valley within sight of where they then stood.

!P: My Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother:

!P: Charles MacBeth was born possibly in or near Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland about the year 1813 or 1814. He had several brothers and their families living at Hamilton some of whose families came to the United States. Rab MacBeth, a man of large stature, lived in Spring Valley, Illinois, in 1905 or 1906. Ir is claimed that he was the author of many of Harry Lauder's early witticisms. Harry worked with or near Rab in this way heard many of them in the mines at Hamilton. In the early 70's one of the brothers of Grandfather with some companions were trapped in the Home farm Pit near Hamilton when the River Clyde broke into the mine. They followed the raise of the workings and in this way kept clear of the rising water and came to the bottom of an abandoned shaft. The mine owners not thinking it possible that the men could have escaped drowning took to pumping the water from the shaft which occupied a long time, but they failed to find the bodies until they reached the said abandoned shaft. There McBeth had scratched on his tin tea flask prayers for their loved ones and gave an account of fourteen days that they had lived on water alone and as long as they were able had called up the shaft but no one heard them. In 1902, when I first came to Canada, I got to know a man by the name of John Gordon and on telling me where he came from I told him of my MacBeth relatives there and mentioned the sad experience of our relative and the pecular death of Rab MacBeth, the father or uncle of the Rab mentioned living in Spring Valley, Illinois. He looked earnestly at me and said, "Do you mean to tell me you are related to Rab MacBeth?" "Yes", I told him, "he was my mother's uncle." "Well, Jim," he says, "that was the best Christian man I ever knew. But do you know, my mother sleptin that morning, else I too, would have been a sufferer with him. I was just a small boy and I worked turning a fan to give him ventilation so that is a marked occasion in my life's experience." Grandfather Charles MacBeth died in the middle [18]80's at the age of sevnety-five years or there abouts at Hamilton, Scotland.

!P:My Maternal Grandmother, Betsy [Betty, Bessie] Brown, was born around 1813 brobably at Dunfermline, Fife County, Scotland, and died about 1872 or 1873 at Hamiton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She had a younger sister Annie Who married a carpenter named Stein. He died through and injury to his back lifting a heavy timber in the late 60's. They had three sons, George, Harry, and William. George became a baker by trade and later took up the trade of Dyer in the Mills of Dunfermline. Henry and Will became printers and book binders. All three came to the United States in the middle [18]80's. The two printers worked on their uncle's newspaper in Haver or Harvey or some such town in Nebraska [purhaps Harvard]. To Grandfather and Grandmother MacBeth were born four sons and two daughters, Archibald, Henry, Charles, Robert, Margaret and Euphemia.

!P: All of Grandfather MacBeth's family, except Margaret, our mother, spent most of their lives in Fifeshire where their descendants may still be many. Euphemia became Mrs. John Harper about the year 1872 or 1873, and after spending many years in the United States went back to Scotland where their children's families may still be living. One son, John Harper, Wathil, Fifeshire, Scotland, is in correspondence with your Aunt Maggie.

!P: James Hutchison was born in Dumfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland in April, 1837, and died at Scranton, Kansas, March 1896.

!P: Margaret MacBeth was born at Old Monklan Parish, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in September 1837, and died at Tiluca, Illinois.

!P: James Hutchison and Margaret MacBeth were married in 1853 or 1854. Their sons and daughters were as follows: William Hutchison was born in 1855 at Toll Cross, Glasgow, Scotland, and died at Fostoria, Kansas. Charles MacBeth Hutchison was born in 1857 at Oakley, Fifeshire, Scotland, and died at Scranton, Kansas November 25, 1921. Betsy Brown Hutchison was born in 1859 at Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland. Elspeht Sneddon Hutchison was born in 1861 at Oakley, Fifeshire, Scotland, and died at Boness, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, in 1864. James Hutchison was born in 1865 at Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland. Peter Hutchison was born in 1865 at Boness, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, and died at Boness a few months later. Archibald M. Hutchison was born in 1867 at Boness, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, and died at Ladtsmith British Columbia, Canada, February 12, 1910. Peter Hutchison II was born in 1869 at Boness, Linlithgowshire, Scotland and died at Drunheller, Alberta, Canada, in 1915. Margaret M. Hutchison was born 1871 at Margaret, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. Janet Wilson Hutchison was born in 1873 at Janet Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland and died at Slamanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland, and is buried in Boness, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. Euphemia M. Hutchison was born in Boness, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. Annie Brown Hutchison was born in 1877 at Slamanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland, and died a few months later at Slamanan and is burried there. Henry M. Hutchison was born in 1879 at Slamanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland, and died a few months later at Slamanan. Robert M. Hutchison and John Harper Hutchison, twin sons, were born in 1881 at Slamanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Both are buried in the same coffin. Died when a few weeks a day a part at Slammanan.

!P: All the four brothers buried in Slamanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland, together with their nephew, the oldest sone of Uncle Charles and Aunt Janet, side by side in the same graveyard surrounding the Parrish Church in Slamanan, Scotland.

!P: James Hutchison and Olive Rayburn were married at Lyndon, Kansas, June 1, 1887. Aunt Olive [Ollie] is the daughter of John Samuel Rayburn and Henrietta Bingamon, his wife, and was born at Alta Vista, Wabaunsee County, Kansas.

!P: To us were born two daughters, both in Scranton, Kansas, Henrietta Bingamong - March 4, 1888, and Elsie - February 7, 1891. Elsi died October 24, 1896 at Nelson, near Frontenac, Kansas, and lies buried beside her cousin, James Hutchison, in Mount Olive Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Kansas. The cousin mentioned is the oldest son of Uncle Will and Aunt Jeannie.

!P: Our daughter Etta was married July 12, 1911, to Henry Josiah Allsopp, who was born in Green Croft, Durham, England, August 11, 1887. He is one of a large family who landed in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada, in the spring of 1902. His father and mother and some other members of the family still live at that place.

!P: Their children's record is as follows: Elsie Elois Allsopp was born June 12, 1912, at Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada. James LeRoy Allsopp was born February 22, 1919, at Nainaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Robert Loren Allsopp was born September 12, 1920, at Bellingham, Washington. Darrell Roland Allsopp was born April 2, 1929, at Renton, Washington, and died October 26, 1929, at Renton, Washington. Winona Francis Allsopp was born November 29, 1930, at Renton, Washington.