Samuel Scott Orr Hutton1

b. 3 September 1856
FatherJohn Hutton2,3 b. abt 1809, d. 8 Apr 1868
MotherAnn Jane Scott2,3 d. 23 Jul 1866
Birth3 Sep 1856 Samuel Scott Orr Hutton was born on 3 Sep 1856 in Washington County, Virginia.3 
Childhood  Samuel's childhood must have been difficult. His mother died on July 23rd, 1866, a few hours after shooting herself while Samuel lay sleeping. Not quite two years later, on April 8, 1868, Samuel discovered his father's body hanging in the barn. As was the custom of the day, an inquest was immediately called. Records created that day include a deposition from the young boy and bear his signature.4 
Court Record6 Apr 1869  With their father's death, Samuel and his half-sister Sarah inherited his land. Because Samuel was under age a guardian was appointed to represent his interests. As was typical, one heir (in this case William Johnston, representing Sarah, his wife) brought suit against the other heir (Samuel). Joseph T. Campbell was appointed Samuel's guardian ad litem, and 3 men (I. McQuown, A.W. Aston and D.M. Stuart) determined a fair division of the land.5 
Cens-18701870  In 1870 Samuel lived in Abingdon with a Susan Cox who appears to have run a boarding house for young people attending school.6 
Marriage He married Sarah Elizabeth Browning in Russell County, Virginia.1 
Cens-18803 Jun 1880  Samuel and Sarah's first son, John, appears to have been born in Virginia. However in 1880 Samuel and Sarah and 1 year old "J.P" were enumerated farming in Grayson County, Texas.7 
Widowed26 Sep 1882  The family then moved to Christian County, Missouri, where Sarah died in Sept. 1882. Her obituary was written by Susan Cox of Abingdon, the same person with whom Samuel lived in 1870.1 
  Samuel was probably the Saml I.[S.?] Hutton who married Ella F. Peery on Nov. 15, 1888 in Tazewell Co. Virginia. The marriage entry reported the groom's place of birth as Washington Co., Virginia and the year as 1856; his parents were listed as John and Annie J. Hutton, all of which is consistent with Samuel O. Hutton. The record also indicated that Samuel was widowed. In 1900 Ella was enumerated living with her parents in Tazewell County. She was divorced.8 

Research Comment:

Family Records kept by Samuel's descendants list his first wife Sarah's parents as John Price Browning and Arminta Ascue. Sarah's obituary states she was the daughter of John Browning. However, while researching this family I was puzzled to find an entry at Family Search for an extraction of Russell Co., Virginia Marriage Register 2 which listed Sarah Browning's parents as Henry and Julia and Samuel Hilton's parents as Thomas and Martha.

Since I also knew the names listed for Samuel's parents to be incorrect, I located an image of the original register which was laid out with data for each couple spread across facing pages. Page 48, line 94 listed, on the left hand side, S.S.O. Hutton, born Washington Co., VA as the groom and Sarah Browning as the bride. Line 94 on the facing, right hand page, did indeed list the groom's parent's given names as extracted by Family Search. However,directly above, on line 93, were entered the names John & Jane, and Jno P. & Arminta. So, somehow, on a busy day in 1877, while no doubt copying information from several licenses into the register, the county clerk mixed up the parent's names for Samuel and Sarah's with those of another couple.9

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Samuel and Sarah briefly lived in Grayson County, Texas which may be located on the Texas map (also accessible via the Misc. Locations link in the menu bar at the top of any page).

Family

Sarah Elizabeth Browning b. 18 May 1858, d. 26 Sep 1882
Children
  • John Peery Hutton1 (circa 1879 - )
  • Vernon Hutton1
ChartsDescendants of John Hutton and Jane Dickson
Last Edited10 Dec 2013

Citations

  1. [S3224] John Darst, "Samuel Scott Orr Hutton," e-mail to D. Powell, 17 June 2012.
  2. [S234] John Hutton household, 1860 U.S. cens, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Western District, p. 107 original script, dwelling 775, family 751, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jun 2010. Household includes: John Hutton, 51, farmer, owns land worth $6,000, pers, prop of $1,000; Ann, 43; Amanda 5; Samuel 3; Jane Scott, 77, b. PA; O. Scott Crawford, 14; all except Jane b. VA.
  3. [S3] Moore and Stephens, Washington Co., VA Birth and Death Records, p. 71. Samuel O. Hutton, b. 3 Sept. 1856 to John and Ann J. Hutton.
  4. [S2805] Diane Costello research, (e-mail address), provided by Costello to D. Powell; 25 Nov. 2011. Diane cites the "The Virginian" newspaper dated Friday, 3 Aug. 1866: Abingdon. "Suicide" "We are pained to announce the death of Mrs. Hutton, wife of Mr. John Hutton, living near Cedarville in this county. She had been, for some months, partially deranged, but excited no alarm or suspicion of self-destruction. On Monday, the 23d July, after her husband had gone out to his usual labor upon the farm, she shot herself with a musket - the entire load passing through her body - entering immediately under the left breast and passing out under the shoulder blade. she shot herself in the yard, and afterwards crawled into bed where her little son was lying asleep. She lived several hours after the shooting.
  5. [S2805] Diane Costello research, (e-mail address), provided by Costello to D. Powell; 25 Nov. 2011 citing Washington Co. Chancery Book C: 344-345 (6 April 1869) and Book C: 361 (31 Aug. 1869).
  6. [S635] Susan Cox household, 1870 U.S. cens, Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Abingdon township, p. 38 original script, dwelling 239, family 242. Household includes: Susan Cox, 50, keeping house, owns land worth $1,200 and pers. prop of $300. Household includes 5 students incl Samuel Hutton, 13, b. VA, viewed online at Ancestry.com.
  7. [S1553] S.S. Hutton household, 1880 U.S. cens., Grayson Co., Texas, pop sched., Precinct 4, ED 11, page 13A (p. 262 stamped), dwelling 101, family 108, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2006, image 3 of 54.aug. 2013 Enumeration includes: S.S. Hutton, 23 farmer; S.E. Huton (f), 22, wife; J.P. Hutton (m), 1, no relationship stated; all b. VA; __ Powell, 24, boarder, b. TN.
  8. [S2816] "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : viewed Nov. 27, 2011), entry for Saml I. Hutton and Ella F. Peery, married 15 Nov. 1888 at Tazewell Co., VA citing FHL microfilm 34214. Samuel was 32, born in 1856 in Washington Co., VA to John and Annie J. Hutton. He was widowed. Ella was 18, born in 1870 in Tazewell Co. to A.S. & Nannie J. Peery.
  9. [S3259] Russell Co., Virginia Marriage Register 2: 48.