Phoebe Cassandra Hitchcock

Married Josiah C. Hitchcock 3/16/1858 @ Muscatine IA. 10 children. Wm. Pierce, Nancy B. (West), Josiah, Cornelia (Hoopes), Alice May, George F., Joanna A., Iva, Cora, and Fanny.

Read more at Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 347 W. P. HITCHCOCK

He is a son of J. C.and CASSANDRA (CHAPMAN ) Hitchcock, the former a native of Kent, Ohio and the latter of Cass county, this state. The father came to Muscatine county in 1847 and the mother in 1856. During the gold excitement J. C. Hitchcock went to California but soon came to the conclusion that mining was not according to his taste and he returned to Muscatine county, where later he took up land under a Mexican land warrant. He was married in 1858 and continued upon his farm until his death, which occurred February 15, 1904. He was an industrious and energetic man and at the time of his demise was the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of well improved land. Mrs. Hitchcock died January 5, 1911.

In their family were nine children : WILLIAM P., our subject ; NANCY B., the wife of W. W.WEST, of Alabama ; CORNELIA L.,now Mrs. John HOOPES of Lake township ; JOSIAH, who was born May 15, 1863, and departed this life November 25, 1865 ; ALICE MAY, who was born May 15, 1868, and died September 16, 1870 ; JOHANNA B., the wife of John T. DIRSTINE, of the state of Washington ; GEORGE F., who was born June 16, 1873, and died June 7, 1874 ; CORA P., who was born May 15, 1875, and died May 4, 1891 ; and FRANCES H., a graduate of Valparaiso University, and also of the Chicago Training School for Home and Foreign Missions, who went to China as a missionary in 1905, of New Jersey.

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Married Josiah C. Hitchcock 3/16/1858 @ Muscatine IA. 10 children. Wm. Pierce, Nancy B. (West), Josiah, Cornelia (Hoopes), Alice May, George F., Joanna A., Iva, Cora, and Fanny.

Read more at Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 347 W. P. HITCHCOCK

He is a son of J. C.and CASSANDRA (CHAPMAN ) Hitchcock,

the former a native of Kent, Ohio and the latter of Cass county, this state. 

   The father came to Muscatine county in 1847 and the mother in 1856. 

     During the gold excitement J. C. Hitchcock went to California but soon came to the conclusion that mining was not according to his taste and he returned to Muscatine county, where later he took up land under a Mexican land warrant. 

    He was married in 1858 and continued upon his farm until his death, which occurred February 15, 1904.

   He was an industrious and energetic man and at the time of his demise was the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of well improved land. 

   Mrs. Hitchcock died January 5, 1911. 

In their family were nine children :
WILLIAM P., our subject ;
NANCY B., the wife of W. W.WEST, of Alabama ;
CORNELIA L.,now Mrs. John HOOPES of Lake township ;
JOSIAH, who was born May 15, 1863, and departed this life November 25, 1865 ;
ALICE MAY, who was born May 15, 1868, and died September 16, 1870 ; JOHANNA B., the wife of John T. DIRSTINE, of the state of Washington ;
GEORGE F., who was born June 16, 1873, and died June 7, 1874 ;
CORA P., who was born May 15, 1875, and died May 4, 1891 ; and FRANCES H., a graduate of Valparaiso University, and also of the Chicago Training School for Home and Foreign Missions, who went to China as a missionary in 1905, of New Jersey.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 7 2024, 16:14:20 UTC