Gene Ralph Hitchcock

Gene married Living [Group Sheet]

1. Living
2. Living

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Marriage date may be 6-20-1921. Buried Fairfield Montana

Ralph married Esther Anna Sheldon on 31 Jan 1921 in Lewiston, Fergus, Montana U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Clarence and Maria farmed in Denton Montana and were members of the
Methodist Church.

Clarence married Maria Curtis Holdeman on 14 Jan 1890. Maria (daughter of Abraham A. Holdeman and Elizabeth Curtis) was born on 01 Aug 1869 in Burr Oak, Noble Township, Branch, Michigan U.S.A.; died on 09 Oct 1949 in Lewistown, Fergus, Montana U.S.A.; was buried on 11 Oct 1949 in Lewistown City Cemetery, Lewistown, Montana U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Maria died at 3:30 p.m on Oct. 09, 1949 in St. Joseph's Hospital in Lewistown, Montana while on a visit to Montana from her home in Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. She died of Coronary Occlusion.

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+ Standard Certificate of Death for Physicians; Registered No. 1548; South Dakota Department of History, Division of Census and Vital Statistics. Document # 29782.
+ Information from Colleen (POWERS) MAHAN
+ Index to Marr. License Applications,Cuyahoga Co,OH- Vol 1-6
+ Portrait & Biographical Album of Jackson Co- Chapman Bros- 1890
+ The Hamlin Family - Gen. of James Hamlin of Barnstable, MA - p 694-5
+ http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/sd/biography/memor99/hitchcock.txt (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sd/sdfiles.htm)

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[From E. W. Powers March 7, 1950 for Ruth Hitchcock Bressler]
Henry was in the Civil War and when he came home his wife, Clifford, Clayton and Clarend were living down in Coss County just south of Van Buren County Michigan

During the Civil War served for the North.

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[riverrat1981.ged]

"...member 103rd OH Inf. Vols, enlisted 1862; discharged 1866; farmer; removed to Edwardsburg, MI in 1866; to Bloomingdale (MI) 1868; (Sophia) died near Jackson, MI July 2 1870; he remarried and moved to Dakota, 1883; postmaster, Albion, South Dakota..."

One reference gives birth as 19 Jan 1839

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[Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated
compendium of biography, containing a compendium of local biography,
including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and
representative citizens of South Dakota...; Published by G. A. Ogle &
Co., Chicago, 1899. Pages 954-956]
Henry S. Hitchcock Biography


HENRY S. HITCHCOCK, one of the first to settle in Richland township, is now one of the substantial agriculturists of that portion of Edmunds county. His success has been due to his own perseverance and good management, and his efforts have not been expended for his own good alone but for the upbuilding of the better interests of his community. He is one of the prominent citizens of that region, and takes an active part in matters pertaining to the growth of the thriving district where he chooses to make his home. He is an ex-soldier who may well be proud of his army record, and no soldier ever served his country with a more loyal heart or earnest effort. Mr. Hitchcock has a fine estate, and his home farm is the southeast quarter of section 22, in Richland township, Edmunds county. Here he is passing his declining years enjoying the peace and comforts of a pleasant home.

Our subject was born in Eaton township, Loraine county, Ohio, January 17, 1839, and was the eldest in a family of five children, two sons and three daughters, born to Mark S. and Polly (Morgan) Hitchcock. The
paternal grandfather of our subject, Manly Hitchcock, was of English descent, and the maternal grandfather, Ira Morgan, was a native of Connecticut, and both were by occupation farmers. The parents of our subject were married in Loraine county, Ohio, and the father was a farmer during the greater part of his life, but engaged in the hardware business during the last years of life at Jackson, Michigan.

Our subject was reared on a farm and had little school advantages, those early days affording the country pupil a limited education. Mr. Hitchcock engaged in farming in 1869 in Ohio and afterward went with his family to Bloomingdale, Michigan, and was a farmer there for sixteen years. The farm was well improved, consisted of fifty acres; a small stream running through the land afforded good water for stock,
and an orchard of one hundred and fifty trees with small fruits in abundance made a model farm, but sickness visited the family and three children and the wife our subject died while there and the health of
Mr. Hitchcock was failing. He went to Edmunds county, South Dakota, in 1882 and located on his present farm.

He erected a ten by twelve shanty and was his own housekeeper for two years, at the end of which time the family joined him in the new home. He had a small house erected, and a barn and granary and the
improvements on the property had already begun. When he located in Dakota Richland township was the extreme western limit of the surveyed land, and all supplies were hauled from Aberdeen, eighteen miles
distant. Our subject now possesses one hundred and sixty acres of land, and cultivates about one hundred and fifty acres. He engages mostly in raising small grains, but is interested to some extent in the raising of cattle and horses.

Mr. Hitchcock enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Third Ohio Infantry, July 22, 1862, and spent the winter of 1862 -63 in Frankfort, Kentucky, and the following summer went through Tennessee and Kentucky after Morgan's men. Many skirmishes and active duty kept them on the move through the summer of 1864, and the winter following our subject was taken ill with typhoid fever at Louisville, Kentucky. He was discharged early in 1865 and went back to old home.

Our subject was married in 1859 to Sophia Hamlin, a native of Dover, Ohio. Three sons and one daughter were born of this union. Mrs. Hitchcock died July 2, 1870. Our subject remarried, Miss Annie Graham
becoming his wife August 20, 1871. Mrs. Hitchcock is a native of Preble county, Ohio, and was born in 1847. Her grandfather, James Graham, was a native of Virginia. Her father, Joseph Graham, was a harness maker by occupation, and the mother died when Mrs. Hitchcock was but twelve years of age, after which the family was broken up and she was thrown on her own resources for a livelihood. She was reared in Morning Sun, Ohio, and there received her education. Two children, a son and a daughter, have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock, as follows: Fred S. and Ella C. Our subject has been called upon to fill various local offices, and has given his service freely, and for the good of all. He has been a member of the town board two years, of the school board nine years, and seven years has acted as assessor. He has been a delegate to many county conventions and advocates the principles of the Republican party.

Henry married Sophia Amanda Hamlin on 20 Nov 1858 in Lorain County, Ohio U.S.A.. Sophia (daughter of David Hamlin and Roxana Crocker) was born on 18 Mar 1841 in Dover, Tuscarawas, Ohio U.S.A.; died on 30 Jun 1870 in Bloomingdale Township, Van Buren, Michigan U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Ref: Index to Marr. License Applications,Cuyahoga Co, OH - Vol 1-6


Mi Death Index - Rec. 590, Ledger page 141[ Inflammation of the bowels]

Alternate birth year: 1842

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[riverrat1981.ged]

(The Hamlin Family Genealogy says that she and Henry S. were married in Laporte. OH??)

REF: The Hamlin Family - Gen. of James Hamlin of Barnstable, MA - p 694-5

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SOURCE: "Holdeman Descendants" A Compilation of the Genealogical and
Biographical Record of the Decendants of Christian Holdeman 1788-1846,
by Edwin L. Weaver, E. V. Publishing House Nappanee, Indiana, 1937, Vol. I, Page 241-242 and "Holdeman Descendants, Vol II " by Ella Holdeman , Schilling's Printing County, Inc. South Bend, Indiana, 1973, Page 550.

Abraham was a soldier in the Civil War, having enrolled, September 5, 1861 at LaPorte, Indiana for three years. He was a member of Company C, 9th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and on December 26, 1862 at the battle of Lavargne was severely wounded. He was discharged September 15, 1864. [http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/i/Philip-D-Bailey/GENE1-0007.html]

A daughter of Abraham, who had not reached her ninth birthday when her father died, wrote of him as follows: "He exacted obedience and might have been considered stern, but he never seemed so to me; he must have been quite patient , for he helped me all one summer after I had failed in the second grade. I do not remember any coercion about the study, for I distinctly remember that I was tempted to give up when I reached the place where the fine print began. It seems the decision to continue was entirely my own. When I was small I sat beside him a great deal on winter days and remember that, though I had two places to play, I was never allowed to have more than one strewn with paper dolls, etc. at a time. When I went to the other place the one where I had been playing had to be put in order first. I have always been thankful for that training in order. My father's word was counted good and he was able to say "It's alright" before his sudden death. He was one of those whose life was shortened as a result of his three years in the army." (Weaver, 1937)
[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/i/Philip-D-Bailey/GENE1-0007.html]

Abraham married Elizabeth Curtis on 25 Dec 1864 in Elkhart County, Indiana U.S.A.. Elizabeth (daughter of Burton H. Curtis and Elizabeth Koblin) was born on 15 Mar 1848 in Waterloo County, Canada West; died on 08 Nov 1924 in Lee, Allegan, Michigan U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Married by Samuel Holdeman, Justice of the Peace.

Less than three years after marriage Abraham and Elizabeth moved to Noble Township, Branch County, Michigan, where a few Mennonite families had settled shortly before, and in a neighborhood where there had seldom been any religious services. As early as 1866 Mennonite ministers made trips to Branch County, and John M. Brenneman has reported a visit he made there when on November 20, 1867 a meeting was held at the home of Abraham Holdeman, where two persons were received into the church. The membership then numbered twenty-eight, and they were in need of a meeting-house. In 1873 Abraham moved with his family back to Elkhart County, Indiana near Wakarusa, and later near Nappanee, but returned to Branch County, Michigan. The final move was to Bloomingdale Township, Van Buren County, Michigan.

Abraham was a soldier in the Civil War, having enrolled, September 5, 1861 at LaPorte, Indiana for three years. He was a member of Company C, 9th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and on December 26, 1862 at the battle of Lavargne was severely wounded. He was discharged September 15, 1864.

A daughter of Abraham, who had not reached her ninth birthday when her father died, wrote of him as follows: "He exacted obedience and might have been considered stern, but he never seemed so to me; he must have been quite patient , for he helped me all one summer after I had failed in the second grade. I do not remember any coercion about the study, for I distinctly remember that I was tempted to give up when I reached the place where the fine print began. It seems the decision to continue was entirely my own. When I was small I sat beside him a great deal on winter days and remember that, though I had two places to play, I was never allowed to have more than one strewn with paper dolls, etc. at a time. When I went to the other place the one where I had been playing had to be put in order first. I have always been thankful for that training in order. My father's word was counted good and he was able to say "It's alright" before his sudden death. He was one of those whose life was shortened as a result of his three years in the army." (Weaver, 1937)
[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/i/Philip-D-Bailey/GENE1-0007.html]