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William Lowther HITCHCOCK

William Lowther HITCHCOCK

Male 1827 - Bef 1930  (~ 102 years)

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  • Name William Lowther HITCHCOCK 
    Born CA 1827  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Bef 1930  [2] 
    Person ID I112075  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Feb 2017 

    Father William HITCHCOCK,   b. CA 1798,   d. Bef Jul 1870  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Mother Phebe MCKINNEY,   b. CA 1806 
    Family ID F47344  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret Ann ___,   b. CA 1839, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F47345  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary E. JACOBS,   b. 4 Mar 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1938, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 13 Jul 1879  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 16 1880:
      William L. Hitchcox, 53, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), farmer, married during the census year; wife Mary E, 27, b. WVa (father b. Pa., mother b. WVa), married during the census year, cannot write; son John B, 19, single; dau Phoebe E, 7; son William J, 5; dau Laura, 2; son Claud, 2 months; boarder Levi Dawson, 65, widowed, farm laborer.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 20/21 1900:
      Mary E. Hitchcock, 48, b. Mar 1852, widowed, mother of 5 children (4 still living); dau Bertha A, 17, b. Nov 1882, single; dau Laura V, 22, b. Oct 1877, single, ice cream maker; son William, 25, b. Nov 1874, farmer, married 2 yrs; dau-in-law Maud S, 19, b. (unk), mother of 1 child (still living); grandson Paul L, 1, b. Feb 1899; dau Phebe E, 27, b. Mar 1873, widowed, mother of 1 child (still living); grandson Larrence M, 8, b. Dec 1891.

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on May 12 1910:
      Mary E. Hitchcock, 59, widowed, mother of 5 children (4 still living); son William J, 35, farmer, married 12 yrs; grandson Paul, 11.

      1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Mar 2 1920 at Hurshers Run:
      Mary E. Hitchcox, 67, b. WVa (father b. Pa., mother b. WVa), widowed; son William J, 45, b. WVa, married, coal miner; grandson Paul, 20, b. WVa, single, coal miner.

      1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Apr 12 1930 at U.S. Route 50:
      William J. Hitchcock, 55, widowed, age 22 at time of first marriage, coal miner & farming; son Paul, 31, single, coal miner & farming; mother Mary E, 78, widowed, age 20 at first marriage.
    Children 
    +1. William Jackson HITCHCOCK,   b. 19 Nov 1874, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1947, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. Bertha Augusta HITCHCOCK,   b. 20 Nov 1882, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1975  (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F47340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2066] 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    2. [S2055] 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 41, Line 56 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539296&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Wm. L. Hitchcox, widower, 40, b. Va., res. Ritchie Co, son of William & Catharine, farmer; and Mary E. Jacobs, widow, 25, b. Va, res. Ritchie Co, dau of (blank). Married Jul 13 1879 in Ritchie County.
      (NOTE: Wife's widowed marital status appears to be incorrect. She was presumably divorced from Timothy K. Davis, whom she married in 1868 and who lived until 1921.)