Mark Sylvanus Hitchcock

1821 - 1886  (65 years)

• Name	Mark Sylvanus Hitchcock  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	07 Feb 1821	Canandaigua, Ontario, New York U.S.A.   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Oct 1886	Jackson, Jackson, Michigan U.S.A.   [6]
  Buried	Mount Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan U.S.A.   [5]
  		Hitchcock Family Monument
  		Mark S. Hitchcock marker
  Notes	- - - - - Sources - - - - - + 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. - - - - - - - - - - [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) - - - - - - - - - - [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. - - - - - - - - - - [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. - - - - - - - - - - [riverrat1981.ged] 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
  Person ID	I5461	Devin Timber | David Devin Pedigree
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2012

  
  

  Father	Manley Hitchcock,   b. 23 Dec 1783, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut ,   d. 12 Jul 1852, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio U.S.A.  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Chloe Adams,   b. 04 Feb 1785, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut ,   d. 19 Sep 1873, Bloomingdale Township, Van Buren, Michigan U.S.A.  (Age 88 years)
  Married	abt.1824  [1]
  Family ID	F1697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Morgan,   b. Abt 1817, Ohio U.S.A. ,   d. 27 May 1853, Lorain County, Ohio U.S.A.  (Age 36 years)
  Married	05 Jun 1839	Elyria, Lorain, Ohio U.S.A.   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Henry S. Hitchcock,   b. 29 Jan 1839, Eaton township, Lorain County, Ohio U.S.A. ,   d. 31 Mar 1912, Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota U.S.A.  (Age 73 years)   2. Wallace W. Hitchcock,   b. 19 Apr 1842, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio U.S.A. ,   d. 21 Dec 1909, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan U.S.A.  (Age 67 years)   3. Fidelia Louisa Hitchcock,   b. 19 Jun 1845, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio U.S.A. ,   d. 1906  (Age 60 years)   4. Chloe Janette Hitchcock,   b. 25 Jan 1847, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio U.S.A. ,   d. 1916, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan U.S.A.  (Age 68 years)   5. Henrietta Irene Hitchcock,   b. 23 May 1851, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio U.S.A. ,   d. 1940, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan U.S.A.  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2010
  Family ID	F1694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Adeline Brush,   b. 20 Jul 1831, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut U.S.A. ,   d. 21 Nov 1916, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan U.S.A.  (Age 85 years)
  Married	08 Jun 1856	Eaton Township, Lorain, Ohio U.S.A.   [5]
  Children	1. Charles S. Hitchcock,   b. 27 Jan 1858, Lorain County, Ohio U.S.A. ,   d. 17 Mar 1908, White Pigeon, St. Joseph, Michigan U.S.A.  (Age 50 years)   2. Clara Bertha Hitchcock,   b. 05 Mar 1867, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio U.S.A. ,   d. 09 Apr 1958, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan U.S.A.  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2010
  Family ID	F1695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S04621] Chart by Colleen Powers Mahon. [S64099] Hitchcock, Henry S.: Certificate of Death, 29782. Middle initial and birthplace of Mark Hitchcock. [S64291] e-familytree.net, F37804.htm viewed 12.Dec.2005. full middle name [S65960] Pat Miller, Imported 21.Oct.2005. [S65960] Pat Miller. Date of Import: 21 Oct 2005 [S64418] Michigan Historical Society Records, Vol. 11 page 17.