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Mary Beatrice Field
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Mary Beatrice Field
- Born: 1841-1845, LA 1 2 3 4
- Marriage (1): Capt. Ebenezer Vose Hitch about 1865 in LA
- Died: 10 Dec 1895, Chicago, Cook Co., IL 1 5
- Buried: 12 Dec 1895, Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., IL
Story is told in "Where the Wings Grow" by Agnes De Mille published by Doubleday, NY, 1978. Note, this source states that there were 11 children in all - including the six listed here. However, three daughters died young of yellow fever and there were two stillbirths.
Mary married Capt. Ebenezer Vose Hitch, son of Frederick Augustus Hitch and Caroline Amanda Soule, about 1865 in LA. (Capt. Ebenezer Vose Hitch was born on 20 Sep 1841 in Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA,1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 died on 01 Oct 1914 in New York City, NY 8 13 and was buried about 04 Oct 1914 in Woodside Cemetery, Main & Morgan Streets, North Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA 8.)
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Sources
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"A Hitch Orchard", by Daisy Hitch, 1931.
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1870 LA Census, Listed as age 27 in the 1870 Orleans Parish, LA Census, born in LA.
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1880 LA Census, Listed as age 35 in the 1880 Orleans Parish, LA Census, born in LA.
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"Where the Wings Grow," Agnes De Mille, Doubleday, 1978.
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"Where the Wings Grow," Agnes De Mille, Doubleday, 1978, Page 171.
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1850 MA Census, Listed as age 8 in the 1850 Bristol Co., MA Census, born in MA.
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1870 LA Census, Listed as a bookeeper, age 29, in the 1870 Orleans Parish, LA Census, born in MA.
8
MA Vital Records (Library of Congress).
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1880 LA Census, Listed as age 39 in the 1880 Orleans Parish, LA Census, born in MA.
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1900 IL Census, Listed as born in September 1842 in MA in the 1920 Chicago, Cook Co., IL Census.
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1855 MA State Census, Listed as Ebenezer Hitch II, age 14, in the 1855 Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA Census, born in MA.
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1860 MA Census, Listed as age 18 in the 1860 Bristol Co., MA Census.
13
Veteran's Administration Pension Payment Records 1907-1933, National Archives.