Asahel Hitchcock

HITCHCOCK

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Date: 11/7/2022 at 20:44:45

Asahel Hitchcock

Asahel Hitchcock, whose occupation is farming is located on section 30, Danville township. He has a good farm of 100 acres. He came to Worth county in 1874. he was born in New York, in 1817, where he grew to manhood. The family emigrated to Macomb Co., Mich., where the father died. Asahel then went to Oakland county, engaging in farming. He returned to New York in 1841. In 1846 he married Mary Irish, a native of New York, they moved to Grant Co., Wis. In the spring of 1852 he went to California and engaged in mining until the fall of 1858. He then returned and moved to Olmstead Co., Minn., where they lived sixteen years. The have one child - Elliott D. In politics he is a republican. Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.741