Kirby Atwood Wilson Hitch

Robert? Tubman Hitch
(1810-1833)

Mary C. Malone
(1812-1854)

Thornton Covington Phoebus
(1807-1871)

Mary E. Wilson
(1811-1872)

Robert John Hitch
(1833-1901)

Sarah Amanda Phoebus
(1836-1904)

Kirby Atwood Wilson Hitch
(1865-1925)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Eleanor Bothum

Kirby Atwood Wilson Hitch

Born: 09 Dec 1865, Somerset Co., MD ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷
Marriage (1): Mary Eleanor Bothum on 10 Feb 1892 ¹
Died: 07 Mar 1925, Wicomico Co., MD ⁸ ⁹
Buried: Abt 10 Mar 1925, Allen Church Cemetery, Allen, Wicomico Co., MD

From "A Hitch Orchard", Daisy Hitch Davies, 1931: Excerpt from a letter of Hannah Hitch Jordan dated April 12, 1923, Norfolk, VA. : "Uncle Kirby is in poor health and has been about 15 years. He has not been able to do anything much for the past seven or eight years. They live in Salisbury, MD. They have seven children. Two are married."

In the Federal Census of 1900, Kirby A.W. Hitch is listed in a household in District 7, Trappe, Wicomico County, Maryland (ED 118, sheet 2, line 68) as follows: - Kirby A.W. Hitch, born 12/1865 in MD - Mary W. Hitch, born 9/1871 in MD - Elizabeth A. Hitch, born 11/1894 in MD - Elesie W. Hitch, born 9/1896 in MD - Nettie May Hitch, born 8/1898 in MD - George W. Toadvine, born 1/1847 MD.

In the Federal Census of 1910, Kirby A.W. Hitch is listed in a household in the Trappe District of Wicomico County, Maryland on Allens Wharf Road as follows: - Kirby A.W. Hitch, age 44, married 17 years, born in MD (parents born in MD) - Mary E. Hitch, age 38, born in MD (parents born in MD) - Elizabeth A. Hitch, age 15, born in MD - Alexine W. Hitch, age 13, born in MD - Nettie M. Hitch, age 11, born in MD - Iva Hitch, age 9, born in MD - George T. Hitch, age 6, born in MD - Kirby W. Hitch Jr., age 3, born in MD - Marguerite S. Hitch, age 2, born in MD.

In the Federal Census of 1920, Kirby A.W. Hitch is listed in a household in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland as follows: - Kirby A.W. Hitch, age 54, born in MD - Mary E. Hitch, age 48, born in MD - Nettie M. Hitch, age 21, born in MD - Iva Hitch, age 19, born in MD - George T. Hitch, age 16, born in MD - Kirby W. Hitch, age 13, born in MD - Mary E. Hitch, age 11, born in MD.

Kirby married Mary Eleanor Bothum, daughter of George T. Bothum and Mary Elizabeth Mitchell, on 10 Feb 1892.¹ (Mary Eleanor Bothum was born on 26 Sep 1871 in MD,¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³ ¹⁴ died on 28 Nov 1952 in MD ¹⁵ ¹⁶ and was buried about 01 Dec 1952 in Allen Church Cemetery, Allen, Wicomico Co., MD ¹⁷.)

1 Notes sent from Henry A. Hitch in Litchfield Park, AZ, The marriage date of February 10, 1892 comes from a copy of the Hitch Bible records he sent.

2 Notes of Henry Hitch of Litchfield, AZ, The birthdate of 12/9/1865 comes from the copy of the Hitch Bible records he sent.

3 1920 MD Census, Listed as age 54 in the 1920 Wicomico Co., MD Census, born in MD.

4 1870 MD Census, Listed as age 4 in the 1870 Wicomico Co., MD Census, born in MD.

5 1880 MD Census, Listed as age 14 in the 1880 Wicomico Co., MD Census, born in MD.

6 1900 MD Census, Listed as born in December 1865 in MD in the 1900 Wicomico Co., MD Census.

7 1910 MD Census, Listed as age 44 in the 1910 Trappe District, Wicomico Co., MD Census, born in MD. Listed on Allens Wharf Road.

8 Notes of Henry Hitch of Litchfield, AZ, The death date of March 7, 1925 comes from a copy of the Hitch Family Bible records he sent to me.

9 Gravestone Record, His tombstone in the Allen Church cemetery gives his birth-death as 1865-1925.

10 Notes sent from Henry A. Hitch in Litchfield Park, AZ, The birth date of September 26, 1871 comes from a copy of the Hitch Family Bible records he sent.

11 1920 MD Census, Listed as age 48 in the 1920 Wicomico Co., MD Census, born in MD.

12 1900 MD Census, Listed as born in September 1871 in MD in the 1900 Wicomico Co., MD Census.

13 1910 MD Census, Listed as age 38 in the 1910 Wicomico Co., MD Census, born in MD.

15 Notes sent from Henry A. Hitch in Litchfield Park, AZ, A copy of the Hitch Family Bible records he sent just show the death year as 1952. Other notes in the same package give the exact date as November 28th of that year.

16 Gravestone Record, Her tombstone in the Allen Church cemetery give her birth-death as 1871-1952.

Kirby Atwood Wilson Hitch

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