Hotchkin, John

HOTCHKIN

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Date: 12/4/2008 at 09:36:48

HOTCHKIN, John
Farmer; Sec. 15; P. O. Grinnell; was born Aug. 6,1832, in Lincolnshire, England, and came to this country in 1850, and to this county in 1870; owns 180 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. His wife, Rose Ann was born Oct. 31, 1834; married March 31, 1855; children-Martha Ann, born April 4, 1856; John Henry, born Dec. 11, 1857; Charles A. and William W. (twins), born Aug. 31, 1861; Rose H., born Oct. 31, 1864; Elizabeth L., born Feb. 15, 1867; Philip E., born May 25, 1869; James Alfred, born May 11, 1871. Mr. HOTCHKIN is a good, industrious farmer and well educated. ~ "Rock Creek Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)