In 1883, Hutchins established a legal practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Soon afterwards he was divorced from his wife Clara. On May 25, 1887, he married Cora Martin in Chattanooga and they had two children, Viola, born in May 1887, and Stiles Leonard (or Lennard), born in October 1893. Cora Hutchins died on November 14, 1895, and was buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga. Three months later, in February 1896, Hutchins married Mattie Smith, who was 23 years his junior. They remained married until Hutchins' death in 1950.
