William Henry Hitch

  Notes:

In the Federal Census of 1900, William Hitch is listed in Gibson County, Indiana in a household as follows: - William Hitch, born 9/1846 in IN - Hattie J. Hitch, born 4/1885 in IN - Ethel A. Hitch, born 9/1886 in IN.

In the Federal Census of 1920, William H. Hitch is listed in Gibson County, Indiana in the household of his son-in-law Fred P. Spain as follows: - William H. Hitch, age 73, born in IN.

This is from a correspondence from John Key on December 19, 1999: William Henry Hitch saw Abraham Lincoln in person as a young boy. It is not known if this was in Princeton or Patoka, IN. He spent most of his life in the Patoka area until he came to live with Hallie in Hazleton.

William married Mearha Ann (Mattie) Russell on 16 Aug 1883 in Gibson Co., IN.^{1 2} (Mearha Ann (Mattie) Russell was born on 23 May 1864 in OH,¹ died in 1889-1899 and was buried in Patoka, Gibson Co., IN.)