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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 436-437]

   JONATHAN J. HITCHCOCK, an early settler of Cherokee County, Iowa,
   was born in White Pigeon, St. Joseph County, Michigan, December 15,
   1830. His parents were JOHN B. and MARY (ELLERTON) HITCHCOCK, nat-
   ives of New York and Virginia respectively.  JOHN B. HITCHCOCK was
   a son of JOHN HITCHCOCK, a native of New York, of English descent;
   he was a farmer by occupation, and served as a soldier in the War of
   1812.  The mother of our subject was a daughter of WILLIAM ELLERTON,
   of Scotch-English descent. When JONATHAN J. was two years of age his
   parents removed to La Porte, Indiana, and remained there five years,
   when they went to Monroe County, Illinois; there they made their home
   until he was fourteen years old, when they moved to Jo Daviess County,
   Illinois, where he grew to manhood; he obtained his education in the
   district school, and remained on the farm with his parents until he
   was twenty-one years old.  He was then engaged in various avocations
   for some time.  He was married in Carroll County, Illinois, to LAURA
   E. WILDER, a native of the State of Ohio, and a daughter of R. W.
   WILDER, Esq. She died in 1863, and Mr. Hitchcock was again married in
   1864, to NANCY A. POWERS, who is still living.  Mr. Hitchcock settled
   in Carroll County, carrying on farming until the spring of 1869, when
   he came to Cherokee County and took a homestead in Pitcher Township of
   eighty acres; this land he brought to an advanced state of cultivation,
   and improved with excellent buildings.  For thirteen years he made his
   home on this farm, and then bough a place in Grand Meadow Township.
   In the fall of 1888 he came to Cherokee, and has since lived a some-
   what retired life; he exchanged his farm for town property, which he
   rents. Mr. and Mrs. HITCHCOCK are the parents of ten children: MARTHA,
   wife of R. D. LEETS; EMMA B., wife of ABRAHAM SLINER; JOHN R., DANIEL
   H., ANNA M., ELIZABETH E., wife of A. N. BAILEY; JEREMIAH, deceased;
   WILLIAM B., JONATHAN I. and ALTA J. Mr. HITCHCOCK has served in Pitch-
   er Township as trustee, road master, supervisor, and school director.
   During the Civil War he enlisted as a recruit in October, 1864, in
   Company C, Ninety-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry.  While at Camp
   Butler, Illinois, he was taken ill, and remained there some time;
   he was promoted to Second Sergeant of the Commissary Department, in
   which he served until he was honorably discharged, May 22, 1865.  He
   is a member of Custer Post, No. 25, G.A.R. Mr. and Mrs. HITCHCOCK are
   devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr.
   HITCHCOCK is Republican.


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