Otis Frederick Hitch

From "A Hitch Orchard," Daisy Hitch Davies, 1931: "Otis served in the Navy from 1908 - 1912 with duty on the destroyer U.S.S.Decatur of the China fleet and again in 1917 -1921. Was on the Navy Rifle Team. He was a toolmaker and worked for Chevrolet in Indianapolis. Later he started his own machine shop in Indianapolis. They are both buried in cemetery at Wilson's Corner on Route 9 six miles south of Shelbyville, IN."

Otis married Lulu Rosalie Trees, daughter of Alonzo D. Trees and Lillie I. Butler, on 01 Aug 1916 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN.¹ (Lulu Rosalie Trees was born on 17 Aug 1892 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN,¹ died on 15 Mar 1951 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN ¹ and was buried about 18 Mar 1951 in Wilson's Corner Cemetery, Route 9, Six Miles S Of Shelbyville, IN.)