In the Federal Census of 1870, "Elgat" Hitch is listed in Gibson County, Indiana (page 367, White River Township) in a household as follows: - Elgat Hitch, age 32, farmer, born in DE - Cynthia Hitch, age 34, born in IN - Elizabeth Hitch, age 5, born in IN - John Hitch, age 4, born in IN - Oscar Hitch, age 2, born in IN.
Elgate and all of his descendants were Democrats."
He shook all over when he laughed and his smile was more than contagious. It gave his face the appearance of being exceptionally broad. His frame was so bulky he filled the largest chair to overflowing and his kindly face was circled all around the lower half with a roll of fat, sort of an exaggerated double chin. When I was a little fellow, he was a big, fat, jolly, old, retired farmer who spent his last days at Patoka, IN, four miles from Princeton - I can see ELGATE now as he sat in the shade at the side of his modest little home. Hitch is listed as a patron for the 1881 Map of Gibson County, Indiana (copy in the DAR Library) where he is noted as a farmer in Patoka, his settlement in the region as 1858 and his nativity as Sussex County, Delaware.Įxcerpt from a letter dated Februin "A Hitch Orchard": "I remember 'Elgate' well. She said it was in a wooded area and knocked down in the leaves. 1478īurial Notes: Picture of his tombstone (taken 10/1987) shown to me by Eva Hitch Walker on. Elgate Hitch was born on in Sussex Co., DE, 66 ,72 ,1472 ,1473 ,1474 ,1475 ,1476 ,1477 died on in Gibson Co., IN 66 ,388 at age 71, and was buried about in Hitch-Lathom Cemetery, Patoka, Gibson Co., IN. Descendants of Adam Hitch (1658/59-1731) of Old Somerset Co., MD Descendants of Adam Hitch (1658/59-1731) of Old Somerset Co., MDĨ28.
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