Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Hitchcock, W D 1857 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com February 20, 2006, 8:13 am Author: History of Grundy County 1914 Hitchcock, W. D., formerly County Clerk of Grundy County, and a prominent resident of Morris, was born in Champlain, N. Y., August 16, 1857, a son of H. D. Hitchcock. The family came to Morris in 1857, and here W. D. was educated. His father being elected County Clerk, Mr. Hitchcock became his deputy, and when his father died in 1880, the son was elected to fill the unexpired term on the Republican ticket. He joined the Masons a number of years ago. Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. Publishers; 1914, p826 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/hitchcoc220nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb