Illustriana Kansas, page 574
Robert Charles Hutcheson, physician, dentist and druggist, was
born near Bellefontaine, Ohio, December 25, 1858, son of Thomas Martin
and Elizabeth Wyley (Mitchell) Hutcheson. The father was born in
County Amarr, Ireland, in 1822, and was an early school teacher and
farmer in Kansas. He died near Olathe, on November 23, 1889. His
ancestry was Scotch-Irish. Elizabeth Wyley Mitchell died near
Olathe, in 1916. Her sncestry was Scotch.
Dr. Hutcheson attended public school in Kansas, was graduated
from the Kansas City Medical College on March 17, 1885, from the Kansas
City Dental School in 1890, and from the Western Dental College in 1914.
In 1892, he was married to Stella Gertrude Kerr at Cottonwood
Falls, Kansas. She was born at Washington, Iowa in 1870. To
them three children were born, Robert, on October 3, 1893, who married
Hannah Hoffman; Walter, on November 5, 1896, died December 25, 1897;
and Helen, born May 7, 1899, who married M. H. Bassey.
Admitted to practice on March 27, 1885, Dr. Hutcheson taught in
the Kansas City Dental College and the Western Dental College, and from
1909 until 1911, was dean of the Topeka Dental College. At the
present time, he is in active practice and operates a drug store at Elk
Falls. He has some farming interests and raises sheep, cattle, hogs,
and Percheron horses. A Republican, he has served as a member of
the Kansas legislature from Pratt county two terms. He is the
author of the Hutcheson Quiz. At the present time, he is a member
of the Kansas State Medical and the Elk County Medical Societies.
He is treasurer of the high school board, secretary of the county
school board association, and is a member of the Kansas City United
Presbyterian Church.
Residence: Elk Falls.
Submitted by L. Morgan
