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Male Ernest Preston Hutchcraft Click to view Ernest Preston Hutchcraft in the family tree

Ernest Preston was born on March 27th, 1884 in Paris, KY (Bourbon Co.).1   Ernest Preston's father was William Luther Hutchcraft and his mother was Katherine Elizabeth Wells.  His paternal grandparents were Reuben Lee Hutchcraft and Frances Hedges. He had three brothers and eight sisters, named Reuben Franklin, William, Joseph, Nancy Ellen, Mary Hattie, Fanny, Ida May, Effie, Nettie, Katherine Harris and Pearly.  He was the second youngest of the twelve children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Clarence Samuel and Lillie B..  He died at the age of 87 on March 11th, 1972 in Union Star, MO (DeKalb Co.).  He was buried in 1993 in Hutchcraft Book page 86.1 


Ernest Preston's family with Bertha Mae McMillen

‌Ernest Preston and Bertha Mae were married in a religious ceremony on December 31st, 1910 in King City, MO (Gentry Co.).  They had nine sons and seven daughters, named Carl Edward, Harold D., Preston Ernest, John William, Reuben Lee, Clyde Archer, Floyd Vernon, Billie Jene, Living, Katherine Elizabeth, Hazel May, Dorothy Jane, Gertrude Nancy, Hattie Belle, Living and Living.

1 Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames 
2 Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames 


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