Eunice Chellis Hitchcock

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Eunice Chellis Phelps Hitchcock BIRTH 10 Jan 1840 South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont, USA DEATH 26 May 1935 (aged 95) Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA BURIAL Old Pine Grove Cemetery Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA MEMORIAL ID 31493436 · View Source SHARE SAVE TOSUGGEST EDITS MEMORIAL PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 0 Mrs. Eunice Hitchcock

Mrs. Eunice Chellis Phelps Hitchcock, 95 years old, Massena's oldest woman, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Evan W. Summers, 17 North Allen Street, at 1:45 o'clock Sunday morning.

Mrs. Hitchcock had been confined to her bed for the past 14 months and her condition had been serious most of that time.

She was born in South Hero, Vt., January 10, 1840, a daughter of Heman and Phoebe Chellis Phelps. She was the oldest one of five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Phelps and all have preceded her in death. Her father was troubled with asthma and it was necessary for the family to move away from the lake, they coming to Bombay when Mrs. Hitchcock was a young woman.

She married Reuben Hitchcock of Bombay, on July 4, 1859 and for a number of years they resided at Racket River where they conducted a general store, moving from that place to Cornwall where they resided for 17 years. When the power canal was started in 1897, they moved to Massena and for several years conducted a grocery store, first on North Main Street and later on Center Street. Mr. Hitchcock died in 1909, and the funeral services being held on New Year's day in 1910.

Since Mr. Hitchcock's death, Mrs. Hitchcock has been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Summers, North Allen Street.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. A.W. Allen, of Wallingford, Vt., and Mrs. Summers, Massena; three sons, Wilbur R. Hitchcock, of Cornwall, Ont., Erven H. Hitchcock, of Detroit, Mich., and Milo J. Hitchcock, of Brockville, Ont. Also surviving are seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Mrs. Hitchcock was a member of the Massena Methodist Episcopal church and Rev. Barber L. Waters, pastor of that church, conducted the funeral services at the home Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. Burial was made beside her husband in Pine Grove cemetery.

Massena Observer Thursday, May 30, 1935

Family Members

Parents Heman Phelps 1809–1898

Phoebe Challis Phelps 1814–1872

Spouse Photo Reuben L. Hitchcock 1837–1909

Siblings Lucy A Phelps 1839–1909

Henry A Phelps 1847–1913

Jonas Phelps 1848 – unknown

Children Photo Phoebe Hitchcock Summers 1870–1953

Photo Milo J. Hitchcock 1874–1954