Hon. Myron Hutchinson    

JUDGE MYRON HUTCHINSON. The life history of Judge Myron Hutchinson was indissolubly identified with the early annals of Erie county, and stood exponent for the most sterling personal characteristics. He was born in Madison county, New York, October 5, 1795, a son of David Hutchinson. The common schools of the Empire state afforded the son with his educational training, and he remained in New York until he came to Erie county, Pennsylvania, in an early period in its history and enrolled his name among its most prominent and earnest citizens. He was one of the first to establish his home in Girard, and his farm was located on what is now the main street of the city, he having donated a part of that tract for the park in the center of the town, and although a farmer all his life he took a very active and helpful part in the upbuilding and well being of the beautiful village and was one of its most public spirited citizens.

Judge Hutchinson married in his native state of New York Miss Nancy Wells, born June 12. 1792, and the only surviving member of their eight children is Mrs. David Olin, mentioned below. Judge Hutchinson was a devout Universalist, and he was not only one of the first to assist in the establishment of that church in Girard but he also remained one of its most active members throughout life, a pious Christian gentleman. His political affiliations were with the Democratic party, and he held the offices of justice of the peace, postmaster and associate judge of Erie county. This honored pioneer citizen of Erie county now lies buried at Girard, a city which he helped to build and maintain, and he died on the 1st of September, 1859.

Within less than a week after the death of Mrs. Martha Cutler the oldest inhabitant and residing directly across the street from where Mrs. Cutler lived, died Mrs. Nancy Hutchinson, the relict of the late judge Myron Hutchinson. After the death of Mrs. Cutler, Mrs. Hutchinson was the oldest person residing in Girard borough, she having attained the ripe old age of eighty-seven years. She also retained her mental faculties to the last moment, but had for several years not enjoyed as good bodily health as had Mrs. Cutler, and for the last four or five months was entirely blind.

Mrs. Hutchinson was closely connected with the earliest history of this borough, as will be seen by the following brief biographical sketch:
She was born in Saratoga county, New York, June 12, 1792. Her maiden name was Nancy Wells. She married Myron Hutchinson (the late Judge Hutchinson) in Fenner, Madison county, New York, and with him removed to Girard in the spring of 1818, her brother, Joseph Wells, coming and settling here at the same time. Her father, Thurston Wells, had preceded them some time, and had purchased two hundred acres of land, upon which the hulk of our borough now stands. Upon his death the land was equally divided between her husband and her brother Joseph. The latter donated the public square to the new town about being laid out on the lands comprising the Wells farm and named the town Girard, out of compliment to Stephen Girard, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Hutchinson’s mother’s name was Irene Badger; she was descended from the Thurstons and Greenes of Rhode Island, and was a not very distant relative of General Nathaniel Greene, the Rhode Island blacksmith of Revolutionary fame. She was a good and true woman, and a kind and affectionate mother. She- is survived by four children, namely Monroe, Mrs. Lydia Clemens, of Erie, Mrs. Eliza Olin, and David Wells.

A twentieth century history of Erie County, Pennsylvania : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests, Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1909, pages 473-474. More Erie County History Books   Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!   Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.