Allen Vane Hutson
Allen Vane Hutson, of Bentonville, was born July 12, 1848, in Sprigg Township, on the farm adjoining the one on which he now resides. His parents were Henry and Maragaret (Vane) Hutson. Major Hutson, grandfather of our subject, was a native of Ireland. He located in Kentucky in 1804 on the old Daisy Plantation near Millersburg. Here he reared a family of children, five of whom lived to maturity. They were Henry, father of our subject; Henna, who married James Bishop, of Falmouth, Kentucky; Rachel, the wife of Hon. John P. Bloomhuff; Elizabeth, wife of William Stevenson, and the wife of William Hurd. The last named is the only survivor. Major Hutson removed to Adams County in 1812. He located on what is known as the Bloomhuff farm, and resided there until his death, at the age of ninety, in the year 1852. Henry Hutson, father of our subject, married Margaret Vane, who was also a native of Maryland. His daughter Margaret was born in 1804 and her father left Maryland for Ohio in 1807. Henry Hutson resided, for the greater portion of his life, on the farm in Sprigg Township, now occupied by James Froman. He reared a family of five sons and two daughters, John, of West Union; Handy, deceased; Henna, married first to George Brittingham and afterward to James M. Froman; Allen V., our subject, and Thomas Hamer, of Hillsdale, Kansas. Henry Hutson was a man of the strictest integrity and of more than ordinary ability. He was a recognized leader in his community in social, church and public affairs. He was deacon, clerk and trustee of Union Church at Bentonville, for about forty years.
Our subject attended the common schools until the age of nineteen, when he became a teacher and followed that profession for ten years. He studied surveying under Nathaniel Massie and Jeremiah Bryan. He has Massie's old compass which belonged to Gen. Nathaniel Massie. It was brought to this country by Lord Baltimore. Mr. Hutson has an extensive knowledge of French and German and is able to enjoy the best works in each of those tongues. He was County Surveyor of Adams County from 1877 to 1880. and again from 1887 to 1893. He made a most efficient officer. Mr. Hutson is a Democrat in his political views.
From "A history of Adams County, Ohio: from its earliest settlement to the present time" By Nelson Wiley Evans, Emmons B. Stivers, 1900