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Robert Hitch
(1780-After 1844)
Elizabeth (Betsy) Wright
(1770-1839)
Thomas Phillips
(1801-1877)
Eleanor S. (Nellie) Cordrey
(1810-1887)
Rev. Elijah Hitch
(1807-1888)
Drucilla Caroline Phillips
(1843-1917)

Elon Gardner Hitch
(1885-1972)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Truman Collins

2. Jennie Kerry Neal

Elon Gardner Hitch 1

  • Born: 21 Aug 1885, Laurel, Sussex Co., DE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  • Marriage (1): Mary Truman Collins about 1918 in Sussex Co., DE 1
  • Marriage (2): Jennie Kerry Neal in 1925 in Laurel, Sussex Co., DE 1
  • Died: 09 Sep 1972, Peninsula General Hospital, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD 1 11
  • Buried: Abt 12 Sep 1972, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Sussex Co., DE 1
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From "A Hitch Orchard", Daisy Hitch Davies, 1931: Elon J. Hitch was a farmer. On our call at his home in 1930, we found him a cordial person. In the front yard of his farm home was a boxwood 150 years old.

In the Federal Census of 1920, Elon G. Hitch is indicated in Sussex County, Delaware in a household as follows: - Elon G. Hitch, age 34, born in DE - Fannie E. Hitch, age 44, born in DE.


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Elon married Mary Truman Collins, daughter of Charles G. Collins and Mary A.T. (?), about 1918 in Sussex Co., DE.1 (Mary Truman Collins was born in 1883 in Laurel, Sussex Co., DE,1 12 died in 1919 in DE 12 and was buried in 1919 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Sussex Co., DE 1.)


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Elon next married Jennie Kerry Neal, daughter of Charles Kerry and Elizabeth McKenna, in 1925 in Laurel, Sussex Co., DE.1 (Jennie Kerry Neal was born on 19 May 1894 in New York City, NY,1 2 5 13 died on 27 Dec 1973 in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford, Sussex Co., DE 1 14 and was buried about 30 Dec 1973 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Sussex Co., DE 1.)


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Sources


1 "Genealogy of Womach, Scott, Hitch, Kerry & Related Families", compiled by W. Richard Womach, 502 Bayfront Drive, Broadkill Beach, Milton, DE 19968. (302) 684-3170 [1995].

2 Holloways of the Eastern Shore.

3 "A Hitch Orchard", by Daisy Hitch, 1931.

4 DE Birth Records.

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

6 1900 DE Census, Listed as born in August 1885 in DE in the 1900 Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex Co., DE Census.

7 1920 DE Census, Listed as age 34 in the 1920 Sussex Co., DE Census, born in DE.

8 1910 DE Census, Listed as age 24 in the 1910 Sussex Co., DE Census, born in DE.

9 World War I Civilian Draft Registrations (WWW).

10 1940 DE Census, Listed as age 54 in Sussex Co., DE.

11 Social Security Death Index (Name: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011;), SSN 221-24-4249.

12 Gravestone Record.

13 1940 DE Census, Listed as age 43 in Sussex Co., DE.

14 Social Security Death Index (Name: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011;), SSN 221-50-8031.


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