The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVIth Year, No. 37, Ed. 1, Friday, May 11, 1900
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WILLIAM McCUTCHEON DEAD.
He was One of the Pioneers of Williamson County.
Hutto, Texas, May 10- Few deaths have occurred in Williamson County that will be more greatly lamented than that of Mr. William McCutcheon, which occurred at the home of his son, Mr. Jesse McCutcheon. Monday evening, May 7, 1900, at 7:55 p. m. He had reached the advanced age of 87 years and 4 months, and after a lingering illness in 1899 recovered so much that hope held out the thought that he might yet be spared a few years, but it was as the fitting halo that precedes the sunset and the going out of his life was as peaceful and calm as the setting of the sun in a clear sky.
The deceased was a native of Tennessee, but moving to Texas at the early age of 13 he lived through the turbulent times when Texas was a Republic and on through the fearful days of pioneer citizenship that tried men's souls. Mr. McCutcheon was one of the few remaining pioneers who fought in the Black Hawk war under Captain Bean. The stirring events of the many years of pioneer life was calculated to bring out the stern and just qualities of a naturally kind heart. His wife was a Miss Jane E. Harrell,(Elizabeth Jane Harrell) and endured with him the privations usual to an early life in Texas. His aged wife survives him, and to them were born twelve children of whom there are living Willis, at Victoria; J. A. , John, J. T., George of Hutto, James and Beauregard of Alpine, and three daughters, Mrs. Fanny Evans and Mrs Bettie Swindall (Elizabeth Alzada Swindoll) and Mrs. Sally Highsmith of this place.
Mr. McCutcheon was a member of the Methodist church and also a Mason. Mr. McCutcheon was a good man, loved and honored by all who knew him; his sympathetic heart was ever open to the appeal of the distressed. He was a great husband, indulgent father and a kind, thoughtful friend, and to his large family of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren the sympathy of this entire community goes and with them we bow in humble submission. "Thy will be done." And may time --age their sorrow and blend it into a sweet and tender memory of this dear old man.
He was interred in the Shiloh Cemetery by the Masons, many visiting Masons from Round Rock and Taylor attending.
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William McCutcheon was born in Davidson County, Tennessee on December 25, 1812. His parents were William and Catherine Cynthia Overton Avery McCutcheon.

Son William came to Texas with his older half-brother Willis Avery in 1832 and the following year his mother, Catherine (Overton), her third husband Gordon C. Jennings and their four children joined William and Willis. William met and married Elizabeth Jane Harrell in 1835. Elizabeth was the daughter of Jesse Harrell and niece of Jacob Harrell, who was her guardian after the death of her parents. Jacob Harrell came to Texas in 1834 and lived in Travis and Williamson Counties.

William and Elizabeth were the parents of 13 children, Willis, Mary Jane, John "Jack", Jesse Anderson, Sarah, Joseph Thomas, George Aubrey, William Franklin, Fannie
Ellen, Elizabeth Alzada, James Walter, Beauregard, and Jefferson Davis.

William, his wife, Elizabeth Jane, and six of their children, John, Jesse Anderson, Joseph Thomas, George, Fannie E., and Jeff, are buried in the cemetery.