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JOHN R. HUTCHINGS

Was born in Pittsylvania county, May 14, 1854, the son of Dr. John
M. Hutchings, who was born in this county, and was an honored resident
of Virginia through life, dying April 5, 1887, aged sixty-two years.
Dr. Hutchings served in the late war as surgeon in Virginia Infantry,
C. S. A. The mother of Mr. Hutchings was Celestia A. Carter, who died
in 1856, aged twenty-two years. In Danville, May 5, 1880, Mr. Hutchings
married Sue R. Doe, born in Danville, and they have two daughters:
Lucy A. and Sue D. Mrs. Hutchings is the daughter of Thomas B. and
Sarah A. (Ross) Doe. Her mother died on September 8, 1881. Her
father, who was born in New Hampshire, died September 8, 1883. He
was a brother of Judge Charles Doe, of the United States Supreme
Court.

In early youth, John R. Hutchings attended school at Chatham, Virginia,
after which he took the academic course at Blacksburg, Virginia.
He began his business career as clerk for Lee & Laytor, merchants of
Lynchburg, with whom he remained three years, then was with Capt.
William T. Clark of Danville one year. From 1876 to 1882 he was
with the firm of Hutchings, Thomas & Co., warehouse business, Danville;
1882-3 was in warehouse business at Durham, North Carolina,
then returned to Danville. With his father, he established the firm of
John M. Hutchings & Son, which was continued until the father's death,
in 1887. The firm is now John R. Hutchings & Co., proprietors of the

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