Edith Kuykendall Hutcheson

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1910, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; Age 12, with widowed father L.T. (55), siblings Mattie(21), John (16), David(9), LT(5)
• Education: Abt 1918, Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; Burritt College (Private K-12 school)
• Residence: 1920, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; Civil District 4; Age: 21; Single; living with parents
• Residence: Betw 1924 and 1981, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1930, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1940, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
• Occupation: Betw 1950 and 1963, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Teacher; Taught grade school after the children were grown
• Residence: 1955, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: Betw 1981 and 1995, Searcy, White County, Arkansas, USA; Moved to Searcy, AR near her daughter, Ann, after her husband died.
• Residence: 1995, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA; Lived in a nursing home near her son, Clarence

Notes:

My grandmother was very dear to me. I spent several weeks in several summers with my Richmond grandparents in Cleveland, Tennessee. They knew of my love for baseball, and enrolled me in little league at least a couple of times. We'd run up into the Smoky Mountains occasionally, or go down to Rock City or up to Aunt Mattie's home. They took me to a family reunion in Spencer at least once. Granddad also would take me fishing on Tennessee River lakes.

I remember Grandmother as nurturing, and I remember her smile - and I long for the taste of her dill seed bread. She taught grade school, and I learned about the Trail of Tears and other stories of American history from her. In later years, she was an avid bird-watcher and was able to attract many birds to her garden window.

I suppose that her nurturing attitude toward me is sadly ironic, considering that, as a mother, she was so dedicated to the overwhelming care of her physically and mentally disabled son Joe Robin (my namesake, who died at 17) that she was not particularly nurturing to my father and his sisters when they were young.

She carried pain from her younger years throughout her life. She was not able to talk about Joe Robin; I never learned where his name came from. She never got over her anger toward the girl who tripped her 14-year-old sister Clemma, causing a fall from which she died with a ruptured spleen. Nor could she let go of her bitterness toward her step-mother, who was disliked (to put it mildly) by all of her siblings, and who repeatedly threatened to send Edith to an orphan home.

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From James Murphy (her sister Mattie's son-in-law):
Edith Kuykendall Hutcheson married Clarence L. Richmond on July 23, 1923. They had four children. They lived in Cleveland, Tennessee where Clarence had a successful insurance agency. Since Edith was the youngest daughter, she had the youngest husband. Her sisters were all widows. In their retirement years Clarence and Edith would take Mattie, Fannie and Mary on long trips through the west and other parts of the country. They were all big talkers and all would try to tell you about the trips at the same time.
- Transcribed from Jame's journals by Alice Holloman Murphy, James' daughter in law

Buried:
GRid=39692855; In-ground grave marker

Edith married Clarence Lester Richmond, Sr on 18 Jul 1923 in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA. Clarence (son of Jacob Rogers Richmond and Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bacon) was born on 30 Nov 1895 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 25 Jan 1981 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ann Frances Richmond was born on 4 Aug 1924 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 5 May 2021 in Searcy, White County, Arkansas, USA.
2. Mary "Nancy" Richmond was born on 22 Jun 1926 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 28 Apr 2008 in Irvine, Orange County, California, USA.
3. Living
4. Joe Robin Richmond was born on 7 Jan 1930 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 4 Apr 1947 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; Age 5; Son of Joseph and Narcissa Hutcheson, along with 2 siblings.
• Residence: 1870, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; Listed as "G.V", age 15, son of FJ and NA Hutcheson, with 6 younger siblings. Occupation:Farm Hand.
• Residence: 1880, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; 26; Single (living alone); Farmer
• Residence: 1900, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; As Lee A Hutcheson. 45, Married 19 years. Wife Ollie(40), plus Pearly(18), Katie(17), Mary(15), Mattie(13),Fannie(10). John(7), Clemma(3), Edith(2); Farmer; Owns own farm free from mortgage.
• Residence: Abt 1902, Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; Moved to Spencer and worked as a shopkeeper to send children to Burritt College (a Church of Christ elementary/secondary school) in Spencer.
• Residence: 1910, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; As L.T. Hutcheson. Widowed; farmer, age 55. Children Mattie(21), John (16), Edith(12), David(9), LT(5)
• Residence: 12 Sep 1917, Rock Island, Warren County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1920, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; Civil District 4; As L.T. Hutchison, 65, wife Alma, and 4 children: including Pearlie (38), Edith (21),JamesDavid (19), and L.T. Jr (15). Occupation:Farmer.
• Residence: 1930, White County, Tennessee, USA; Age 75; Married; Wife Alma, also Rebecca "Farley", an Aunt (of his wife). Occupation: Farmer (actively working)
• Probate: 11 Jan 1934, White County, Tennessee, USA; Died intestate; estate administered by W.L. Swallows, his son-in-law

Notes:

Leander Travis Hutcheson Sr. married Alma Freiley in 1910. None of his children approved, or got along well with her - to say the least. My (Robin's) Grandmother, Edith, was 11 at the time, and she told us that her stepmother regularly threatened to send her away to an orphanage. At age 98, Edith still resented her step mother bitterly.

James Murphy (husband of L.T.'s granddaughter Elizabeth Swallows) reports:
None of Leander Travis Sr.'s children should have married "Miss" Alma and as soon as they could they went on their own. After Grandpa died Jan. 16, 1934 she never shared anything from the home with any child. There was one exception: "Miss Alma" after some time married a Mr. Howard and lived on the Sparta-Cookeville highway and then one day in the 1950's Mattie Hutcheson Swallows stopped and asked her to give the family Bible with all the family records to her. She agreed to do so. It was rebound and the broken sheets were laminated.

See also the attached letters written by and about him


Birth:
Some records identify him as "Lee" Hutheson

Buried:
GRid=61645406; Short obit. Small upright stone. Inscription: Married to Olive Kuykendall Sept. 23 1880

Leander married Olive Irene Kuykendall on 23 Sep 1880 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA. Olive (daughter of James Edward Kuykendall and Mary Ann (Polly) Matheny) was born on 28 Feb 1860 in Putnam County, Tennessee, USA; died on 13 Sep 1908 in Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Town Cemetery, Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA; Age 3/12, with parents J.E (21) and Mary Kuykendall (20)
• Residence: 1870, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1880, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1900, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; As Ollie Hutcheson(40). Husband Lee A (45), Children Pearly(18), Katie(17), Mary(15), Mattie(13),Fannie(10). John(7), Clemma(3), Edith(2)

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=80945818; Inscription: "Wife of L.T. Hutcheson" and "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on... they will rest from their labor" (Revelation 14:13)

Died:
"Slow fever"; remembered by her daughter Edith as Typhoid fever

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Eastern District, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; Age 19. With parents John (50) and Nancy (44), and two sisters, Martha (17) and Mahaly (15)
• Residence: 1860, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; Post office: Pikeville. As Joseph Hutcheson(30), Farmer; Wife Narcissa(26), Children: "S Travis"(5), Martha N(3); James(1). Real Estate Value: $3000, Personal estate: $2725
• Residence: 1870, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; District 5. As F.J. Age 40. Wife N.A. 36. Children: G.V. (Leander Travis !?) 15; M.M. (Martha) 13; J.B. (James) 11; T.A. (Thomas) 8; D.E (Darius) 6; N.S. (Nancy) 3; A.C. (Andrew Campbell) 2
• Residence: 1880, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; District 5. Age 40, Farmer; Wife: N.A (48); Children: T.A.(18), D.L.(15), N.S.(13); A.C.(10), S.E.(9)
• Residence: 1900, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; District 5. As Joe F. (70); Widowed; Minister. Son Alex (actually Andrew) 31. and boarder Willie Farmer(18 )

Notes:

Gloria Robertson reports: "My grandmother, Anna Pankey Hanberry, told me of the occasion of her Grandfather Hutcheson's marriage. (I'm not sure if it was his second or third marriage.) His grandchildren staged a chivaree outside his house on the wedding night. After a lot of noisemaking from them he stormed out onto the porch pounding his cane and yelled "You kids, GIT!!" And they did!"

Buried:
GRid=66790500; Old, very dirty stone. His FindAGrave record has the obituary of his wife, Narcissa Myers Hutcheson.

Flavius married Narcissa Ann Myers on 7 Jun 1852 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA. Narcissa (daughter of John Blackburn Moyers and Mary Snoddy) was born on 10 Feb 1834 in Warren County, Tennessee, USA; died on 6 Nov 1896 in Cold Spring, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Warren County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1860, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1870, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1880, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

EJ Langtree says:
My grandmother, Anna Pankey Hanberry, told me of a memory from her mother, Melcena Hutcheson Pankey. As a little girl she hid with her mother, Narcissa Myers Hutcheson, under a trundle bed when Union raiders came into their home. She remembered the sounds of spurs on the steps as they approached. They survived undetected.

Buried:
GRid=66790642; Dark, dirty stone. Inscription: Wife of F.J. Hutcheson. (Obituary at husband's FindAGrave site.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA; Age 8, with parents Noah(39) & Katharine(35) and 7 siblings.
• Residence: 1860, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA; J.E. Kuykendall (21), with wife Mary (20) and daughter Olive (3/12). He's at the bottom of one page, with wife and daughter on the next. His parents follow immediately.
• Residence: 1870, Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA; Age: 31; Farmer. Wife Sallie E(32), Daughters Illegible(6) Mary(4); RealEstateValue: 600; Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: 1870, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA; J.E. Kuykendall (31), Farmer, Spouse Sallie E(32), children Louis P(6), Mary A(4) (10 year old Olive is with his parents higher on the same page) Personal esrtate:1000, Real estate: 600.

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=64944850; as Rev James Edward Kuykendall. brief obit-Minister for the Churches of Christ. Round topped tall rectangular gravestone is barely legible

James married Mary Ann (Polly) Matheny on 26 Dec 1858 in Putnam County, Tennessee, USA. Mary (daughter of John Anderson Matheny and Lucinda Deatherage) was born on 24 Jun 1839 in Roane County, Tennessee, USA; died on 28 Oct 1860 in Putnam County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1860, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=40623708; no photos