Grover Washington Hitch

Benjamin Hitch
(1815-1896)

Euphemia Martha Armstrong
(1816-1894)

James E. Ellis
(1811-1886)

Fernetta Hearn
(1811-1870)

George Hargis Hitch
(1843-1914)

Mary Ann Ellis
(1842-1894)

Grover Washington Hitch
(1885-1946)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Cora Evelyn Wheatley

Merle Hitch

Grover Washington Hitch

Born: 22 Feb 1885, Sussex Co., DE ² ³ ⁴
Marriage (1): Cora Evelyn Wheatley about 1907 ¹
Died: 11 Dec 1946, Sussex Co., DE
Buried: Abt 14 Dec 1946, Galestown Methodist Cemetery, Galestown, Dorchester Co., MD

In the Federal Census of 1910, Grover Hitch is indicated in ED 344 (visit 151) in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania in the George W. Reeves Jr. household as follows: - Grover Hitch, age 24, born in DE - Cora Hitch, age 20, born in MD.

In the Federal Census of 1920, Grover Hitch is indicated in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania in a household as follows: - Grover Hitch, age 34, born in DE - Cora Hitch, age 28, born in MD - Merel Hitch (male), age 8, born in PA.

Grover married Cora Evelyn Wheatley, daughter of Holiday Hicks Wheatley and Irene McWilliams, about 1907.¹ (Cora Evelyn Wheatley was born on 17 Jul 1887 in MD,⁵ ⁶ ⁷ died on 22 Aug 1989 in Seaford, Sussex Co., DE ⁸ and was buried about 25 Aug 1989 in Galestown Methodist Cemetery, Galestown, Dorchester Co., MD.)

2 Notes of Helen R. Hitch (Mrs. Earl R. Hitch); 6511 Lacona Street, Forestville, MD 20747-2882;.

3 1900 DE Census, Listed as born in February 1885 in DE in the 1900 Sussex Co., DE Census.

4 1920 PA Census, Listed as age 34 in the 1920 Philadelphia Co., PA Census, born in DE.

5 Helen (Thorne) Hitch correspondence of December 28, 1994. She is wife of Earl Raymond Hitch (4/12/1909-4/8/1977).

6 Social Security Death Index (Name: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011;).

7 1920 PA Census, Listed as age 28 in the 1920 Philadelphia Co., PA Census, born in MD.

8 Social Security Death Index (Name: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011;), SSN 197-24-7585.

Grover Washington Hitch

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