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Lucy Ann Virginia Allen
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Lucy Ann Virginia Allen 2 3
- Born: 03 Apr 1839, VA 4 5
- Marriage (1): Richmond T. Hitch on 24 Dec 1863 in Glasgow, Barren Co., KY 1
- Died: 10 Aug 1899, Horse Cave, Hart Co., KY 6
- Buried: Abt 13 Aug 1899, Family Burying Ground Near Park, KY 6
 Notes:
Her obituary appeared in the Semi-Weekly News in Barren Co., Kentucky on August 14, 1899. It stated, "Mrs. Richard Hitch died at the home of her son John Hitch, Horse Cave, Thursday night of consumption, age 64. Daughter of Mrs. Caroline Allen who died at Horse Cave the week before last, and widow of Dick Hitch who died at Park last spring. Interment is at the family burying ground on the old Drury Roberts farm near Park."
Lucy married Richmond T. Hitch, son of John Hitch and Martha A.V.E. Young, on 24 Dec 1863 in Glasgow, Barren Co., KY.1 (Richmond T. Hitch was born on 18 Nov 1827 in KY 5 7 8 and died in 1899 in Park, Barren Co., KY 6.)
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Sources
1
KY Marriage Records.
2
"A Hitch Orchard", by Daisy Hitch, 1931, Maiden name Allen comes from "A Hitch Orchard."
3
Kentucky: A History of the State, 1885 (Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, 7th Edition; 1887, Pendleton Co.).
4
1880 KY Census, Listed as age 40? in the 1880 Metcalfe Co., KY Census, born in VA.
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Correspondence from L. Ledon Hitch (1/30/97).
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Semi-Weekly News Obituary (Barren Co., KY - 8/14/1899).
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1850 KY Census, Listed as a stage driver, age 23, in the 1850 Hart Co., KY Census, born in KY.
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1880 KY Census, Listed as Richmond Hitch, age 50, in the 1880 Metcalfe Co., KY Census, born in KY.