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gates in the late forties and early fifties, and was presiding justice of the county for many years under the old court system; he was also one of the trustees for Randolph-Macon College before it was moved from Boydton to Ashland; he was the father of Captain John William Hutcheson, who was a graduate of the University of Virginia, and was practicing law in Anderson. Texas, upon the outbreak of the civil war; he raised a company at his own expense, marched to Virginia, participated in the great battles of the early part of the war, and was killed at the first battle of Cold Harbor; and Captain Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, also a graduate of the same university, entered the Confederate army as a private in Company C. Twenty-first Virginia Regiment, served in the valley under "Stonewall" Jackson, and by his courage and fidelity gained promotion, and when the army was surrendered by General Lee at Appomattox was captain of Company E, Fourteenth Virginia Regiment; he moved to Texas, began the practice of law in Grimes county, thence moving to Houston; in 1874 he was a member of the Texas legislature, in 1880 chairman of the State Democratic Convention, in 1890 member of the fifty-third and fifty-fourth United States Congresses. declined re-election to a third term and then settled down as the head of one of the leading law firms of the state; he is an able lawver and man of high character, combining the ability to think deeply with readiness of speech. 3. Joseph Collier, of whom further. By the second marriage Joseph Hutcheson had one son, John Valentine, who enlisted in the Boydton cavalry as a private and was killed in battle early in the war, and three daughters.

Joseph Collier Hutcheson, born April 11, 1816, died December 14, 1890. He was a prominent man in the county, being one of the largest landowners, and a farmer. He never held any office except that of justice of the peace. In 1855 he was nominated by his party for the house of delegates, but was defeated at the general election. married Ann Goode Farrar, who bore him seven children: 1. James Nathaniel, the first Democrat to be elected to office in Mecklenburg county after the reconstruction period, having been elected to the house of delegates in 1889; he also served in the state senate from the twenty-fifth district. He being elected in 1901; he served as chairman of the County Democratic Committee for several terms. 2. Lulu Rebecca (Smaw). 3. Charles Samuel, served twenty years as a member of the board of supervisors of the county and as chairman of the board for the past ten years. 4. Sterling Neblett, a prominent merchant and farmer of the county; served for twenty-three years as postmaster of Baskerville. 5. Joseph Emmett. 6. Herbert Farrar, of whom further. 7. Conway Goode.

The coat-of-arms of the Farrar family is as follows: "Argent, on a bend sable, three horse-shoes of the field. Crest: Horse-shoe sable between two wings argent. Motto: Ferre va ferme." The earliest known ancestor of the family was Nicholas Farrar, an eminent Londoner. born 1546, died 1620; he was a member of the Virginia company; he married Mary Wodenoth, of Cheshire, and among their children was William, through whom the line is carried. William Farrar. a barrister-at-law, came to Virginia, where he was a member of council from 1627 to 1633, and served as justice for Charles City and Henrico county. He died there on or about the year 1637, leaving two sons, William and John, the line being carried through William. who patented two thousand acres of land in Henrico county, situated in a neck of land some twelve or fifteen miles below Richmond, and came to be known as Farrar's Island. He was succeeded by his son, William, as the head of the family, and the grants of land to the original patentee and his successors, between 1637 and 1722, aggregated some thirty-five hundred acres in Henrico county. The Mecklenburg family was founded by George Farrar, son of William Farrar, who moved to Lunenburg county before Mecklenburg county was cut off from it, and died there in 1772. The next in line of descent was John, son of George Farrar, and he was succeeded by his son, Samuel Farrar, who was succeeded by his son, Samuel Farrar II. who married Lucy Hudson, a sister of Dr. John R. Hudson, a noted surgeon and iron manufacturer of Nashville, Tennessee, and a daughter of Charles and Nancy (Goode) Hudson, of Bedford county, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Farrar were the parents of ten children, among who were: Ann Goode. aforementioned as the wife of Joseph C. Hutcheson; Samuel Goode, served