Biography of Arthur L Hutchins, St Francis County, AR

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        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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FORREST CITY LIBRARY: 
BOARD MEMBERS IN 1954: 
Judge A. L. Hutchins-Fifth Chancery District Judge, State of Arkansas. Judge
Hutchins was elected since Jan. 1, 1919, and his term has been characterized by
dignity, humility and an avid preservation of the rights of each individual. In
1939, the state legislature saw fit to remove county judges from the Probate
Courts and conferred jurisdiction to the Chancery Court. Only two men have
presided over this dignified office for the last fifty seven years. Entering his
36th year on the bench as Chancery District Judge on Jan. 1, 1954, he was born
in Benton, Arkansas, Aug. 2, 1878. the son of Robert Morris and Mary Jemima
(Morris) Hutchins. His mother, an accomplished musician, died when Judge
Hutchins was only fifteen. He took the big task of looking after the other five
children, along with his father, when he was away teaching school. He worked his
way thru Hendrix College to graduate with high honors. Immediately afterwards,
he undertook a post graduate course in the University of Chicago Law School,
until illness and a lack of funds forced him to forsake his law degree for
awhile, but in 1910, he was admitted to the bar in Augusta, Woodruff, County.
Judge Hutchins married on Sep. 1, 1904, Miss Ora Elizabeth Smith, daughter of
Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Smith of Conway. The couple have no children of their own, but
have raised three foster children. The Judge is a Master Mason, Scottish Rite
Mason and Shiner, also a member of the Lions Club, and the Country Club. He was
on the Board of Trustees for Henderson State Teachers College and Arkansas State
Teachers College for eight years each.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas