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Spencer Hitch
(Abt 1750-1797/1797)
Sophia (?)
(Bef 1755-After 1814)
Clement Ross
(Bef 1765-1808/1808)
Sarah Collins
(-After 1808)
William Hitch
(1788-1871)
Nancy Ross
(1791-1861)
Edward C. Hitch
(1835-1864)

 

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Edward C. Hitch

  • Born: 25 Jul 1835, Ross Co., OH 1 2
  • Died: 25 Feb 1864, Confederate POW Prison, Danville, Pittsylvania County, VA 3 4
  • Buried: Abt 28 Feb 1864, Danville National Cemetery, Danville, Pittsylvania County, VA
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Edward Hitch enlisted to serve for 3 years and became a Private in Company K of the 89th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. On Sep 20 1863, he was captured and taken prisoner at the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. He died five months later (on Feb 25 1864) of typhoid pneumonia while a prisoner-of-war in Danville, Virginia.


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1 1850 OH Census, Listed as age 15 in the 1850 Ross Co., OH Census, born in OH. He is in the household of his grandfather William Hitch.

2 Bible Records - William & Nancy Hitch. Viewed original at the home of William F. and Virgene Hitch (Frankfort, OH) on August 23, 2000. The bible was published in 1833.

3 Civil War Service Records - OH.

4 Gravestone Record.


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