Lemuel Hitch 1
- Born: 01 Sep 1844, Sussex Co., DE 2 3 4 5
- Marriage (1): Margaret Conner about 1869
- Died: 04 Mar 1906, New Castle Co., DE 1 6
- Buried: Abt 07 Mar 1906, Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, New Castle Co., DE
He had moved to Wilmington, DE by 1868 when he is listed in the city directory. with his brother Daniel C. Hitch. A brief obituary appears for him in the Mar 10 1906 edition of the Denton Journal (Denton, MD). His death certificate says he was a railroad conductor and widower and died on Mar 4 1906 of heart disease only 3 days after his brother, Daniel C. Hitch.
IN his wife, Margaret's, obituary he is described as one of the best known conductors on the Delaware Railroad.
Lemuel married Margaret Conner about 1869. (Margaret Conner was born on 15 Jan 1852 in MD,7 8 died on 29 Feb 1904 in New Castle Co., DE and was buried about 02 Mar 1904 in Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, New Castle Co., DE.)
|
Sources
1
"A Hitch Orchard", Volume III, Daisy Hitch Davies, 1931.
2
1850 DE Census, Listed as age 7 in the Sussex Co., DE Census, born in DE.
3
1870 DE Census, Listed as Lemuel Hitch, age 25, in the 1870 New Castle Co., DE Census, born in DE.
4
1860 DE Census, Listed as a laborer, age 16, in the 1860 Sussex Co., DE Census, born in DE.
5
1900 DE Census, Listed as born in September 1844 in DE in the 1900 New Castle Co., DE Census.
6
DE Death Records.
7
1870 DE Census, Listed as age 21 in the 1870 New Castle Co., DE Census, born in MD.
8
1900 DE Census, Listed as born in January 1848 in MD in the 1900 New Castle Co., DE Census.
