Octavius Grafton Hitch

Served as a Private/Commissary Sargeant, Company A, 5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, enlisted 9/16/1861.

In the Federal Census of 1880, Octavius G. Hitch is listed in Hamilton County, Ohio (page 609, Cincinnati, Ward 1) in a household as follows: - Octavius G. Hitch, grocer, age 45, born in OH - Elizabeth G. Hitch, age 42, born in OH - Ella L. Hitch, age 9, born in IN - William Hitch Jr., age 16, born in IN - William Hitch Sr., age 77, born in KY (notes he is disabled due to rheumatism).

In the Federal Census of 1900, Octavius Hitch is listed in Crawford County, Kansas in a household as follows: - Octavius Hitch, born 11/1836 in OH - Elisabeth Hitch, born 12/1837 in OH.

In the Federal Census of 1910, Octavius G. Hitch is listed in Girard, Crawford County, Kansas in a household as follows: - Octavius G. Hitch, age 75, born in OH - Elizabeth Hitch, age 72, born in OH.

In a file of Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards (Index) 1907-1933 in the National Archives, it states that Octavius G. Hitch died on February 3, 1914 and that he had been a Quartermaster Sergeant in Comp nay A, 5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. (Cert. No. 382608)

Octavius married Elizabeth Gaddis, daughter of William Frazier Gaddis and Naomi Sargent, on 26 Dec 1863.^{1 2} (Elizabeth Gaddis was born on 07 Nov 1838 in Ripley, Brown Co., OH,^{1 8 9} died on 06 Mar 1916 in Medford, Grant Co., OK ^{1 7} and was buried about 09 Mar 1916 in Girard Cemetery, Crawford Co., KS.)