Clara Bertha Hitchcock

Notes:

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Charles and Clara owned and operated the Wetherby Funeral Home in Jackson. She continued managing it after Charles' death until shortly before her death at age 91. They had no children but helped her nephew, James S. HITCHCOCK, and his family during the Depression of the 1930's. They were known as Uncle Charles and Aunt Tad to James and his family.

REF: Personal knowledge of H.Patricia (HITCHCOCK) MILLER
History of Jackson Co, MI
Census Records- 1870-1920 MI
Cemetery records - Woodland Cemetery, Jackson, MI
MI Marriage Index 1887-1890 [MI State Library]

Clara Hitchock Wetherby and Charley Wetherby had the finest funeral parlor in Jackson Michigan.

Clara married Charles Wetherby. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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+ Hitchcock Genealogy- 1894- p 170
+ History of Jackson Co (MI)- p ?
+ Index to Marr. License Applications,Cuyahoga Co,OH- Vol 1-6. p ?
+ Census records- 1850,60 OH; 1870,80 MI
+ Jackson City directories
+ Death certificate
+ Descendants of Thomas and Richard Brush of Huntington, L.I.; S.C & R.B.Brush; 1982; page 190.

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[Is this Mark and Polly?]
1840 Ohio: Hitchcock, Marcus
Township: Munson
County: Geauga
State: Ohio
Year: 1840
Page: 163
1 male - (20-30) and 1 female - (20-30)

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[From Michigan Historical Society Records, Vol. 11 page 17 (found on Ancestry.com 09.Dec.2005)]
After a long illness, Mark S. Hitchcock died at his residence, No. 506 West Main street, Oct. 18, 1886, in the 66th year of his age. Some weeks ago Mr. Hitchcock was stricken with typhoid fever, but had nearly recovered, when a severe cold developed a chronic urinary trouble which ended his life.

Mark S. Hitchcock was born in Ontario county, New York, in 1821, his parents, Manly and Chloe Hitchcock, being natives of Waterbury, Conn. They moved to Lorain county, Ohio, in 1824, and lived in Cleveland until their death. While a youth Mark Hitchcock worked on a farm summers and attended district school winters until he married Miss Polly Morgan, at the age of twenty years, and then engaged in buying and shipping live stock for several years, after which he embarked in the grocery business, which he followed in connection with farming until 1864, when he was elected sheriff of Lorain county and held the office for four years. He removed to Jackson county in 1868 and purchased the farm three miles north of this city, which he owned until last year, when he sold it to Charles R. Durand, and bought the store, No. 188, in the Durand block. In 1879 he bought the hardware stock of Rice & McConnel in this city and managed it one year in partnership with his son-in-law, George W. Fifield, who then sold out and a new firm was organized January 1, 1880, with M. S. Hitchcock, Reuben E. Clark and Charles S. Hitchcock as partners. Three years later Mr. Hitchcock sold his interest in the business and the firm became Clark, Helmer & Houk, who conducted the business a years and then transferred it back to M. S. Hitchcock & Co., the present firm. In 1880 Mr. Hitchcock purchased an interest in the Eureka Coal Co. and was elected superintendent and treasurer the same year.

Mr. Hitchcock’s first wife died in May, 1854, leaving five children, and two years later he married Mary A. Bush, of Lorain, Ohio, who survives him.

During his illness all of Mr. Hitchcock’s children were at his bedside, but, with the belief that he was recovering, his son Henry returned to his home in Nebraska some days ago, and his daughter, Mrs. Henry Kennedy, returned to her home at Tougaloo, Mississippi. The other children are Wallace W. Hitchcock, grocer, of 504 North Blackstone street; Mrs. George W. Fifield, 420 Williams street; Mrs. David Town, of Blackman; Charles S. Hitchcock, [p.69] No. 240 West Main Street, and Miss Clara, who resides with her parents.

Mr. Hitchcock was a prominent and active member of the First Methodist Episcopal church, a man of good business ability and highly esteemed by a very wide circle of friends.

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[From a letter written by E. W. Powers March 7 1950 for Ruth Hitchcock Bressler]
Mark Hitchcok was sheriff in Elyria Ohio. Later he moved to Jackson Michigan.

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Mark came to OH with his parents abt 1824; worked on the family farm until he was 20, when he engaged in buying and shipping livestock for several years; then was in the grocery and provision business and farming until 1864, when he became Sheriff of Lorain Co and served four years in this office. In 1868,
he moved his family to a farm 3 miles north of Jackson, MI. He purchased a hardware store (Rice & McConnell) in 1879 and settled in the city. His son-in-law, George Fifield, was his partner for a year; he ran the store for a year by himself and Jan 1, 1880, took his son, Charles S, and Rueben E. Clark as
partners, each owning one-third interest.
Mark purchased an interest in the Eureka coal mine and was elected Supt. and Treasurer in Dec 1880. He also served as a Justice of Blackman Twp for some years. He and Mary were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.


Find-A-Grave Memorial Number: 23909394

Mark married Mary Adeline Brush on 08 Jun 1856 in Eaton Township, Lorain, Ohio U.S.A.. Mary was born on 20 Jul 1831 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut U.S.A.; died on 21 Nov 1916 in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan U.S.A.; was buried in Mt Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Michigan U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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REF: Desc.of Thomas and Richard Brush of Huntington,L.I.- S.C & R.B.Brush- 1982- p 190
Hitchcock Genealogy- 1894- p 170
History of Jackson Co (MI)- p ?
Index to Marriage License Applications, Cuyahoga Co,OH- Vol 1-6. p ?
Census records- 1850,60 OH; 1870,80,1900,10 MI
Death certificate

Notes:

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[From a letter written by E. W. Powers March 7, 1950 to Ruth Hitchcock Bressler]

Manley Hitchcock born and raised in Massachusetts, came to the State of Ohio when that part of the state was a wilderness, settled where the City of Cleveland now stands, on the Cuyhoga River, county by the same name.

Sold that property for eight dollars per acre. Moved to the next adjoining county, being Lorain County where he bought land for one dollar and twenty five per acre near the center of Eton TWP where he lived and raised a large family.

Manley married Chloe Adams related to John and Quincy (Adams) that became our second and sixth presidents. She was raised in Massachusetts where they were married.

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[From "Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family 1894" Page 170]

In the War of 1812 he was employed as a teamster to carry munitions of war between Sacketts Harbor and Buffalo. He had twelve children, five boys and seven girls. About 1825 he and his brother Samuel moved to Ohio on the Western Reserve, Lorain Co. They were pioneers and on a small tract of land where they endured the hardships incident to that early day. Two boys died in infancy.

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[From Michigan Historical Society Records, Vol. 11 page 17]
Mark S. Hitchcock was born in Ontario county, New York, in 1821, his parents, Manly and Chloe Hitchcock, being natives of Waterbury, Conn. They moved to Lorain county, Ohio, in 1824, and lived in Cleveland until their death.[riverrat1981.ged]

* Manley & Chloe had 12 ch- 7 girls & 5 boys- 2 boys d in infancy. He was employed as a teamster to carry munitions of war between Sacketts Harbor and Buffalo (NY), in War of 1812. He and brother Samuel moved to the Western Reserve, Lorain Co, OH abt 1825.
** He came in 1823 to Lot 44 in Eaton Twp. (OH)

REF:* Hitchcock Genealogy- 1894- pp 146,170
Name & Fam of Hotchkiss..Hotchkiss Fam Assoc- p 97
Wallingford Vital Records
Cheshire " "
Families of Ancient New Haven-Jacobus
** History of Lorain Co (OH)- 1879
John Hopkins of Cambridge, MA & Descendants- Timothy Hopkins- p 83

Find A Grave memorial #43175176

Manley married Chloe Adams in abt.1824. Chloe (daughter of Sylvanus Adams and Sarah Hopkins) was born on 04 Feb 1785 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 19 Sep 1873 in Bloomingdale Township, Van Buren, Michigan U.S.A.; was buried in Lindsey Cemetery, Cheshire Corners, Allegan, Michigan U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

According to E. W. Powers March 7, 1950 to Ruth Hitchcock Bressler

Chloe Adams related to John and Quincy (Adams) that became our second and sixth prsidents. She was raised in Massusetts wher they were married
(Manley Hitchcock). Chloe Adams Hitchcock died at home in Michigan[riverrat1981.ged]

REF: John Hopkins of Cambridge, MA & Descendants- Tim. Hopkins- 1932- p 83
Hitchcock Genealogy- 1894- p 170
Waterbury, New Haven CT Vital Records

Notes:

Twin of Rhoda[riverrat1981.ged]

REF: Hitchcock Genealogy- 1894- pp 132,146
Name & Fam of Hotchkiss..Hotchkiss Fam Assoc- pp 96-7
Wallingford Vital Records
Cheshire " "
Families of Ancient New Haven-Jacobus
CONNECTICUT. New Haven County. Waterbury Deaths 1797-1825 [Rootsweb]
Name: HITCHCOCK, Benjamin
Age: 56
Death Date: 1809
Place of Death: New Haven Co. CT

Benjamin married Eunice Hotchkiss on 21 Apr 1774 in Cheshire, Connecticut. Eunice (daughter of Daniel Hotchkiss and Eunice Doolittle) was born on 08 Jan 1755 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut; died in 1799 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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1) "Name & Family of Hotchkiss"; Hotchkiss Family Association; page 96-97.

2) "Hotchkiss Family"; Nellie Cowdell; page 825.

3) "Hitchcock Genealogy; 1894; page 146.

4) Wallingford Vital Records.

5) Cheshire Vital Records

6) "Families of Ancient New Haven"; Jacobus.

7) CONNECTICUT. New Haven County. Waterbury Deaths 1797-1825 (www.rootsweb.com)
Name: HITCHCOCK, Benjamin - wife of
Death Date: 1799
Place of Death: New Haven Co. CT

Notes:

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REF:*John Hopkins of Cambridge, MA & Descendants- Tim. Hopkins- 1932- p 83
**History of Waterbury - Jos. Anderson - Vol I,p 443
+CT Men In The Revolution, pg 117
++(Ibid, p 501) +++ (Ibid, p 231)
Bronson's Waterbury, p 458 - (marriage/parent info)
Waterbury Vital Records
Chart, courtesy of Joyce Steeby, Box 385, Schoolcraft, MI 49087
From CD #120
"There is a Sylvanus Adams listed as a private in Captain David Smith's company of Continental Troops. ["At Burnetsfield (German Flats)."] He enlisted 20 April 1776. No other info".
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page 83 of the "John Hopkins of Cambridge" book -

Sarah Hopkins, b. 5 June 1760 m. 4 December 1783, Sylvanus Adams b. 22 January 1759, son of William Adams, b. 1714 and Susanna Bronson b. 29 April 1718. They removed to Henderson, New York, where he owned and dealt in land. A soldier of the Revolution, Private, Capt. David Smith's Company, Col. Samuel Elmore's Regiment, 20 April 1776; also Capt. Samuel Camp's company, Col. No adiah Hooker's Regiment, 1 April 1777; also Captain Smith's Company, Eighth Regiment, Continental Line, Col. John Chandler; enlisted 1 September 1777 for three years. He was among the Waterbury men wintering at Valley Forge in 1778.

Children:
William (or Mark?) Adams, b. 16 September 1784
Chloe Adams, b. 4 February 1786, m. Manly Hitchcock
Mark Adams, b. 18 October 1787; m. Mercy Brown, d. 6 March 1863
Timothy Hopkins Adams b. 29 September 1789
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Valley Forge Muster Roll, Revolutionary War. Family Tree Legends Records Collection (Online Database). Pearl Street Software, 2004.
ADAMS, SYLVANUS ID: CT16355 State: CT Rank: PRIVATE Regiment: 8 CT
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Private from Connecticut in American Revolutionary War

Sylvanus married Sarah Hopkins on 04 Dec 1783 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Deacon Timothy Hopkins and Jemima Scoville, daughter of Deacon Timothy Hopkins and Mary Judd) was born on 05 Jun 1760 in Great Barrington, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

REF: John Hopkins of Cambridge, MA & Descendants-Timothy Hopkins-1932-p 83
Bronson's Waterbury, pg 458--(marriage/parent info)
Waterbury Vital Records

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* Great Barrington was in Hampshire Co, which became Berkshire Co in 1760.


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[John Hopkins of Cambridge, MA & Descendants; Timothy Hopkins; 1932; page 83.]

Sarah Hopkins, b. 5 June 1760 m. 4 December 1783, Sylvanus Adams b. 22 January 1759, son of William Adams, b. 1714 and Susanna Bronson b. 29 April 1718. They removed to Henderson, New York, where he owned and dealt in land. A soldier of the Revolution, Private, Capt. David Smith's Company, Col. Samuel Elmore's Regiment, 20 April 1776; also Capt. Samuel Camp's company, Col. Noadiah Hooker's Regiment, 1 April 1777; also Captain Smith's Company, Eighth Regiment, Continental Line, Col. John Chandler; enlisted 1 September 1777 for three years. He was among the Waterbury men wintering at Valley Forge in 1778.

Children:
William (or Mark?) Adams, b. 16 September 1784
Chloe Adams, b. 4 February 1786, m. Manly Hitchcock
Mark Adams, b. 18 October 1787; m. Mercy Brown, d. 6 March 1863
Timothy Hopkins Adams b. 29 September 1789
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