Brief Life History of Claude
When Claude Hitchcock was born on 28 September 1882, in Paintsville, Johnson, Kentucky, United States, his father, George Alexander Hitchcock, was 34 and his mother, Frances Emeline Mead, was 38. He married Genoa Dove Pennington on 30 October 1904, in Kaymoor, Fayette, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Grant District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States in 1930 and Valley District, Preston, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 31 May 1960, in Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Tunnelton, Preston, West Virginia, United States.
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- Clyde Kritchcoau, "United States Census, 1920"
- Claude Hitchcock, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Claude Hitchcock, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1892 · The Radio is invented
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
English: from a pet form of the Middle English personal name Hitch , a pet form of Richard , with the Middle English diminutive suffix -cok. Compare Heacock .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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