When John Riley Hutchings was born on 12 July 1859, in Caldwell, Missouri, United States, his father, Abram Fulkerson Hutchings, was 23 and his mother, Mahala Jane Keeling, was 21. He married Ada Luella Scott on 2 May 1883, in Clinton, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Shoal Township, Clinton, Missouri, United States for about 20 years and Grand River Township, DeKalb, Missouri, United States in 1910. He died on 6 February 1914, in DeKalb, Missouri, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Fordham, DeKalb, Missouri, United States.
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English (Devon and Somerset): variant of Hutchins .
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