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Rev Luke Hitchcock

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Rev Luke Hitchcock

Birth
Lebanon, Madison County, New York, USA
Death
12 Nov 1898 (aged 85)
East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.9854931, Longitude: -87.6822486
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Rev. Dr. Luke Hitchcock was the son of Julius and Myra (Ingersoll) Hitchcock. He was the husband of Jane Eliza (Birdsall) Hitchcock. They were married Fabius, New York February 14, 1837. He was a minister in the Oneida Conference and Rock River Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died East Orange, New Jersey.

US Census
September 4, 1850
Lee Center, Lee Co., IL
Family Number 18
HITCHCOCK
Luke age 37, b1813 NY, Methodist minister
Jane age 31, b1819 Ohio
son Birdsall age 12, b1838 NY
dau Maria age 10, b1840 NY
dau Marge A., age 8, b1842 IL
dau Mary Jane age 1, b1849 IL
David H. BIRDSALL age 56, b1794 NY, clk.
Elizabeth BIRDSALL age 55, b1795 NY

Death Notice
The New York Times
Wednesday, November 13, 1898, Page 7
HITCHCOCK.--The Rev. Dr. Luke Hitchcock of Chicago, who is well known to the Methodist Episcopal Church, died yesterday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Archer Brown, in East Orange, New Jersey. He was eighty-six years of age, and his death was due to his advanced years. He was born in Lebanon, New York and from there went to Chicago in 1842, becoming prominent in Methodist Church work. He was a member of the firm of Hitchcock & Walden of Cincinnati, Ohio, publishers of church literature, for about twenty years. Rev. Bishop Charles H. Fowler is his son-in-law. The funeral will take place in Chicago on Wednesday.
Rev. Dr. Luke Hitchcock was the son of Julius and Myra (Ingersoll) Hitchcock. He was the husband of Jane Eliza (Birdsall) Hitchcock. They were married Fabius, New York February 14, 1837. He was a minister in the Oneida Conference and Rock River Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died East Orange, New Jersey.

US Census
September 4, 1850
Lee Center, Lee Co., IL
Family Number 18
HITCHCOCK
Luke age 37, b1813 NY, Methodist minister
Jane age 31, b1819 Ohio
son Birdsall age 12, b1838 NY
dau Maria age 10, b1840 NY
dau Marge A., age 8, b1842 IL
dau Mary Jane age 1, b1849 IL
David H. BIRDSALL age 56, b1794 NY, clk.
Elizabeth BIRDSALL age 55, b1795 NY

Death Notice
The New York Times
Wednesday, November 13, 1898, Page 7
HITCHCOCK.--The Rev. Dr. Luke Hitchcock of Chicago, who is well known to the Methodist Episcopal Church, died yesterday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Archer Brown, in East Orange, New Jersey. He was eighty-six years of age, and his death was due to his advanced years. He was born in Lebanon, New York and from there went to Chicago in 1842, becoming prominent in Methodist Church work. He was a member of the firm of Hitchcock & Walden of Cincinnati, Ohio, publishers of church literature, for about twenty years. Rev. Bishop Charles H. Fowler is his son-in-law. The funeral will take place in Chicago on Wednesday.


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