ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO - BIO: HITCHCOCK, William E. (published 1894)

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A PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF DELAWARE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES,
INDIANA, A.W. Bowen & Co., 1894

Page 309

        WILLIAM E. HITCHCOCK, one of the leading manufacturers of Muncie,
and a gentleman well known and highly regarded by all with whom he comes in
contact, is a native of the state of Connecticut, born on the 30th of
January, 1839, in the city of Meriden. He is the elder of two children born
to E.A. and Mary A. (Greene) Hitchcock, and was reared to manhood in
Ashtabula, Ohio, to which city the family removed in his childhood, and in
the schools of which he received a practical English education. Leaving his
books at the age of fifteen, he accepted the important position of teller
in an Ashtabula bank, the duties of which he discharged in a very
creditable manner; and subsequently, from 1876 to 1879, was bookkeeper for
the Meriden Britannia company, of Meriden, Conn. In the latter year he
severed his connections with the above company, and, returning to
Ashtabula, embarked in manufacturing, becoming associated with his father
in the manufacture of skewers, etc., an enterprise which was conducted very
profitably in that city until the removal of the business, in 1884, to
Muncie, this state.
        On locating in the latter place, Mr. Hitchcock, in partnership with
A.L. and J.C. Johnson, organized the Muncie Skewer company, for the
manufacture of butcher's skewers, flag sticks, trunk slats, dowels, etc.,
etc., an enterprise which has proven eminently satisfactory, the factory at
this time having a daily capacity of over one million skewers, the product
in the several other lines being in proportion, for all of which there is a
great demand in the markets of the United States and other countries. As
sole manager of this large and important enterprise, Mr. Hitchcock has
displayed rare executive ability, and his judgment on all matters of
business policy pertaining to his manufacturing and other interests  is
seldom, if ever, called in question by his business associates. In addition
to looking after the various interests of the firm with which he is
identified, Mr. Hitchcock is prominently connected with a number of public
enterprises, being a director in the Muncie Savings & Loan company. He
holds a similar position with the Industrial Savings & Loan association,
and is also a director of the Merchants' National bank, of Muncie;
president and treasurer of the Muncie Transfer company; and represents his
party, the republican, on the Metropolitan Police board of the city.
        As a business man he is zealous and ambitious, and successful in
the fullest sense in which that term is usually accepted; but no act
inconsistent with the strictest honor and integrity has ever been imputed
to him. Absorbed in the prosecution of his various enterprises, he still
finds time to devote to political matters, being, as already noted, a
republican, in the deliberations of which party, in Delaware county, he has
been a potent factor. Fraternally he is a member of the A.F.& A.M., and in
the social circles few stand higher in the estimation of the best people of
Muncie.
        The marriage of Mr. Hitchcock was solemnized September 30, 1885,
with Miss Estelle Morehouse, of Muncie, a union blessed with the birth of
two children: Edward H. and Fred W., the latter of whom, a most interesting
boy, was spared to his parents until October 4, 1892, when he was called
away, aged three years, six months and eighteen days.


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