I would love to hear more about these letters! I have McCutchen's obituary, and it says he moved to Exeter in 1867. It doesn't tell what his occupation was in California. One source cites him as a teacher in Gilmer County, WV before the war. He never married and had three nieces in California. He died on 27 Sept., 1915 and had two brothers, Benson and Robert in Virginia.