Mr.
Alexander Hutchinson died at his home in Port Rowan on Saturday
evening, 17 December, after a somewhat prolonged illness.
The late Mr.
Hutchinson was born in the County of Autrum, in Ireland, in the year
1837, and came to this country as a boy, settling in the Township of
Walsingham sixty-five years ago.
He was one of the
pioneers of the township, and after clearing his farm on the 8th
concession became one of its most prominent men.
He married Miss
Ann Craig forty-four years ago, and his widow and a large family of
five daughters and three sons survive him. The daughters are Mrs. Wm.
Franklin of North Dakota; Mrs. S. Smith and Mrs. John Smith of Port
Rowan, Mrs. C. H. Pierce of Hespeler, and Miss Delia Hutchinson of
Victoria Hospital, London. The sons are R. A. Hutchinson, B.A.,
Inspector of Public Schools of North Ontario County; Dr. W. G.
Hutchinson, Port Rowan, and James Hutchinson who lives on the old
farm.
Two years ago Mr.
Hutchinson retired from active live and moved to Port Rowan. He was a
lifelong Conservative and a Methodist. He was a kind and indulgent
father, a good neighbor and was very highly respected by all who knew
him.
The funeral on
Tuesday afternoon was largely attended, the service being held in the
Methodist church and conducted by the Rev. J. Schofield, the burial
being in the cemetery at Walsingham
Centre. The pallbearers were the
deceased's sons and sons in law.
