Kendall County IL Archives Biographies.....PITCHER, Reuben 1763 - February 15, 1844
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Author: Franklin B. Hough

Reuben Pitcher, the first of the anme in this town, was a son of Elijah 
Pitcher, and a brother of Daniel Pitcher.  The latter settled in Boonville, and 
is the ancestor of a numerous family of this name, and of many of the name of 
Fisk and Jackson, from the inter-marriage of his daughters with men of these 
names.
     The Pitchers are descendants of Andrew, who settled from  England at 
Dorchester, Mass., in 1630.  Governor Nathaniel Pitcher, of Sandy Hill, N. Y., 
also belonged to this family.
     Reuben Pitcher died in this town February 15, 1844, aged 81 years.  His 
wife Martha (Barrett) Pitcher, died in 1829.  Their sons were:-
     David, died in Cecil county, Maryland, while working on the Delaware and 
Chesapeake canal, in 1826.  His sons were: - Edward, Edwin, David, Charles and 
Hiram.  He had three daughters who lived to adult age.
     Daniel, died April 8, 1863, aged 78 years.  Mrs. Rebecca (Rice) Pitcher, 
died April 24, 1874, aged 82 years.  Their sons:-
Moses B., Lyman, Morrison R., Cyrus A., Seymour H., and Marcellus.  All now 
living.
     Reuben, died of cancer, August 5, 1865, aged 81 years.  His widow, Lydia 
(Herrick) Pitcher, is still living at a very advanced age.  Their sons were:- 
Leonard, James, Harvey, and Lewis A.  They had five daughters, who all married 
and have descendants.
     Moses, drowned in Black River bay, December 3, 1846.  Had sons:- Milton, 
(deceased,) and Rev. Oliver P. Pitcher, of Adams.  He had two daughters, who 
married and have children.
     Philander, drowned at mouth of Independence creek, in Black river, 
September 15, 1847.  His sons were:- Horace, Francis, Duane, Almond, William 
and Leicester, who became heads of families.  He had three daughters who 
married.
     Almond, died in Gouverneur in November, 1882, aged 83 years.  His sons 
were:- Albert A., and Orville.  He had three daughters, of whom two married.
     They had three daughters, who married as follows:-
     Martha, married Dr. Horatio Gates Hough, in 1803, and about twenty years 
after his death, married Judge Ichabod Parsons, of Denmark.  She died at the 
home of Warren Arthur, in this town, August 20, 1874, aged 87 years.  Her sons 
were:- Horatio and Franklin B. Hough.  Her daughters were:-Almira, Martha, and 
Dema R. Hough.
     Roxana, married Stephen Ashley.  Removed to Illinois and died there, 
leaving a large family.
     Dema, married Paul B. Yale, died in Martinsburgh about a year after 
marriage, leaving no children.


Additional Comments:
From 'History of Lewis County' by Franklin B. Hough 1883  

This is Lewis County, New York

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