Cherokee County History (2024)

 
March 8, 1911; (4) Preston, b. March 12, 1913; (5) Hubert, b. Feb.
27, 1915; (6) Donald, b. July 1, 1917; (7) Myrtie, b. April 27, 1919; (8)
Lesley, b. May 20, 1921; (9) Grady, b. July 7, 1923; (10) Lora, b. July
18, 1925; (11) Lorene, b. Sept. 18, 1927; (12) Jane, b. Dec. 2, 1929;
(13) Carl, b. April 8, 1932; (14) Vernene, b. Dec. 23, 1936; (15)
Delton, d. at birth March 27, 1939.
Jessie Lee and Elizabeth Caroline Hutchins Norton had (1)
Elbert J. D., b. Sept. 16, 1913; (2) Harmon Wilson, b. Oct. 18, 1915
(see J. D. Norton and Harmon Norton).
J. Joseph and Rena Ethel Hutchins Brewster's children: (1)
Jereta Ethel, b. Nov. 4, 1915; (2) Virgil Joseph, b. April 8, 1917; (3)
Hiram Alvin, b. June 19, 1918; (4) Ruth Cynthia, b. July 20, 1920;
(5) Barney Monroe, b. Oct. 27, 1921; (6) Lena Virginia, b. June 27,
1924; (7) Alicie Justine, b. Oct. 2, 1926; (8) Jimmie Roach, b. Oct. 27,
1929.
James Milburn and Ozella Lee Hutchins Wilcox had James
Troy, b. Aug. 16, 1918.
William Luceford and Oleavy Belle Hutchins Dillard had (1)
William Edward, b. Aug. 16, 1921; (2) Maggie Belle, b. Oct. 6, 1924;
(3) Joseph Carley, b. May 1, 1932; (4) Norman Sherwood, b. Aug. 20,
1935.
Vernon Pearson and Mary Pauline Ralls Hutchins had Aubrey
Neal, b. Oct. 18, 1929; he and Juanita Traylor had LaJuan and
Sheron; he and Ethel Walters had Amelia and Verna; he and Odean
Moore had no children. - Doris and J. D. Norton and Brenda
Musgrave.
Robert and Anna Huttash
Robert Huttash (1888-1960) was born in Milwaukee, Wis., the
son of Jacob and Francesca Kalina Huttash ofJevisovice (Znojmo)
Moravia, Austria, who came to the United States through Castle
Garden, N. Y., in 1887.
Jacob was a cabinet maker by trade, but moved to Medford in
1896 and farmed also. By 1911 the family was in Pratt, Kan., and
Robert was a boilermaker for the Rock Island Railroad. In Decem-
ber he m. Anna Penrod, daughter of George and Emma Williams
Penrod. Jacob (1839-1927) and Frances (1845-1928) spent the
remainder of their lives in Pratt.
could keep the children busy and off the streets. Then the great
Depression of the 1930's began. Business was bad, so he sold out.
Again in Kansas, the family raised wheat and broom corn near
Manter. When there was a bumper crop and wheat was piled high,
the price was low - 13 cents a bushel. That was the onset of the
Dust Bowl, and after two successive years of crop failures the
family moved to Hugo, Okla. Robert and Raymond, the older sons,
were able to obtain work on a project created to provide jobs. They
were supposed to work 40 hours a week at 30 cents an hour ($12 a
week each), but often worked as much as 60 hours to help support
the family. It was an interesting job: they helped build the Sawyer
Bridge over the Kiamichi River of U.S. Highway 70 near Hugo.
Robert decided that the town needed a welding and machine
shop. He and his sons took $250 cash and an old Buick car to Dallas
and made a trade for machinery to be delivered to Hugo to start
Industrial Iron Works, a successful venture in the manufacture of
school bus bodies. At one time
worked for the business.
or another, most of the children
Jacob and Frances Huttash Family
Robert and Anna Huttash Family
Robert was a hard worker and an innovative thinker, but he was
not a person to stay in one place too long; he liked to move. When
World War I came, the family was homesteading land in Baca Co.,
Colo. As the father of three and being color blind, he was exempt
from military service. After proving his land claim, he sold it and
moved back to Pratt. The trip was made by covered wagon, and the
speed was determined by how fast the milch cow could walk.
After more years with the Rock Island Railroad in Pratt and
moves to Frontenac and Coffeyville, Robert moved to Shidler,
Okla., and worked for the Osage Railroad. Once he operated a large
chicken farm in Missouri, but that ended when the chickens were
stolen. He was operating a welding shop in Nashville, Ark., when
the twins were born Jan. 1, 1928. That business was expanded to
Idabel, Okla., where he operated a welding and machine shop so he
After several years, Huttash was looking for an expanded mar-
ket and came to Jacksonville in 1939 and moved his family here in
1940. The business was located on West Larissa Street in a building
formerly occupied by the Alexander Box and Basket Factory. The
Cherokee County Banner stated that Jacksonville had taken an-
other step forward toward becoming an industrial center. Commu-
nity leaders not only made everything convenient for the new firm
but also even helped make the first school bus sale to the Bullard,
(Tex.) Independent School District.
Anna Huttash d. in her home on West Larissa Street May 15,
1962. Robert and Anna were parents of (1) Robert A., m. Bonnie
Bateman in Hugo, had Robert and Philip; (2) Raymond (1914-
1963), m. Mrs. Ogreta W. Derrett in 1947, had Mary Ann, m. Maj.
Tom Russell, who have Jamie and Jennifer, and live in Honolulu;
Martha, taught school nine years, now employed by an oil company
in Dallas; Ray, m. Robin Andrews, they live in Sanger, and he is a
carpenter, one son, Benjamin Andrew b. July 24, 1985; (3) Harry
(1918-1971), m. Mary Elizabeth Stone, had Ha olyn and Harry Jr.
who are married and live near their mother in Dallas; (4) Annabell,
m. Dr. John D. Polk (1917-1982), works in the Art Department at
Rusk State Hospital, had Hazel Ann m. Richard Ortyl and have
Constance and Christie, live in Baltimore, Md.; John D. Jr. m. Mrs.
Mary DuAnne Doty Burden, have John D. III, b. in 1975; (5) Hazel,
m. Dave Myers, live in Louisville, Ky., are retired, have Davie, Sue,
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