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     Earl Hotchkin Jr. was born in 1929 at Durant, Bryan County, OK, USA. Likely that he died at birth or very early as there is no birth date on the gravestone. He was the son of Alfred Earl Hotchkin and Ava Thelma Bennett. Earl Hotchkin Jr. died on 14 October 1929 at Durant, Bryan County, OK.¹ He was buried at Highland Cemetery, at Durant, Bryan County, OK, USA.

     Earl is buried next to his father and Aunt Christine at Highland Cemetery with a baby marker that says Earl Hotchkin Jr. October 14 1929.

     Earnest Hotchkin was born in 1872 at Sullivan County, NY, USA. He was the son of Seth Hotchkin and Fanny Twaddell.

     Ebenezer Hotchkin DD was born on 5 July 1869 at Livingland, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA.^3,4,5 He was the son of Henry W. Hotchkin and Mary Jane Semple. He married Maria Emaline Moore at Wynnewood, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA, on 13 July 1893. This marriage date comes from her obituary.. Ebenezer Hotchkin DD appeared on the census of 1910 at Durant, Bryan County, OK, USA. The census lists the family as: Ebenezer Hotchkin, age 40; b OK, father b OK, mother b OH; Maria, age 36, m1, 15 years, 7 children, 5 living, b MO, father b KY, mother b MO; Earl, son, age 13, b OK; Tommie, son age 10, b OK; Christine M., dau, age 4, b OK; Mary L., dau, age 3, b OK, Infant, dau, age 1/2 of 1/12, b OK.
     The next page of the census has the following, as if they are a continuation of Ebenezer's family, but as the father is listed as born in AL, this unlikely: Velma Hartley, dau, age 4, b OK, father b AL, mother b MA; Ruby May Hartley, dau, age 1 1/2, b OK, father b AL, mother b MA; Lucy Hartley, mother, age 63, wd, mother of 2 children, 2 living, b GA, parents b Carolina.. He was a Minister & Teacher circa 1920 at Durant, Bryan County, OK, USA. He resided at Sherman, Grayson County, TX, USA, in 1956. He died on 6 November 1956 at Sherman, Grayson County, TX, at age 87. According to funeral home records, he died at 2:45 pm. Services were held at the First Presbyterian Church of Durant, OK. His birth, death date and location is confirmed by funeral home records. Notice of his death is given in the November 8th edition of the Antler American in Antlers, OK..^6,7 He was buried at Highland Cemetery, at Durant, Bryan County, OK, USA. Lot 33.

     Ebenezer received his early education from his mother and in the schools where she taught, but since these schools gave only elementary schooling, he was forced to attend other places for high school and college work. These were Park College near Kansas City, Fort Worth University and Austin College, Sherman, Texas, from which he received his DD. After leaving the government Indian School, Haskell Institute, at Lawrence, Kansas; he worked as a cowhand on the old Bar-Z ranch near Pauls Valley. In those days the cattle business was dangerous, for there were white and Indian rustlers and Negro outlaws. Many times the cowboys would have to fight these rustlers, and Ebenezer saw many of his associates shot. The cowboys have a code of ethics as to the use of obscene language around the camp house; anyone using such language was given 20 lashes with a wet rope. He once violated the code and was unable to ride his horse for a week. He gave up this rough life and finished his education at Park College, Missouri and Fort Worth University in Texas.
     Ebenezer said of himself, "I am about half Indian in heart and mind. I still associate with them almost as much as I mingle with my white neighbors. I know their weaknesses and their strengths, their problems and their desires, and am able to talk and advise with them when they bring their troubles to me, and many still do. Even the full bloods, who are becoming rarer as the civilization of the white encroaches on what I like to term the Indian civilization, count me as one of them."
     He, along with his mother, founded Oklahoma Presbyterian College in a small frame building on the main street of Durant, OK. This college grew to a recognized, accredited junior college with a plant valued at more than a quarter-million dollars. The depression placed a large financial burden on the school and in 1933 they were forced to merge its work with the State Teachers College. Lack of financial support finally caused the school to close its doors on 31 May 1966.
     Ebenezer's family favorite vacation place was Tin Cup, Gunnison Co., CO and they owned property there starting in 1941 when a County Treasurers Deed was Granted to Ebenezer on 10 September 1941 for Lots 13 to 24 of Tin Cup, Book 274, pg 329. At the date of this transfer, Ebenezer's address was Bennington, OK. Ebenezer then sold these lots to Ed Nissen on 5 April 1946.
     The Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home in Durant, OK furnished the Compiler records of Ebenezer's death and burial. These records confirm the established birth and death dates and locations. His funeral was conducted by four ministers; Revs Mueller, Craig, Helber, and McIntire. The records say that his physician was Dr Stanley Monroe. He is buried beside his wife Marie E. and his gravestone says Ebenezer Hotchkin July 5 1869--November 6 1956. The 1906 Durant City Directory shows Ebenezer Jr. living at 606 North 9th Ave.^1,6,8,9

     Ebenezer J. Hotchkin Rev. was born on 20 March 1803 at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, USA.^4,5,6 He was the son of Ebenezer Hodgkin Dea. and Ruth Hubbard. He married Philena Thatcher at Goshen, Choctaw Nation, MS, USA, on 2 November 1830.^7,8 Ebenezer J. Hotchkin Rev. was employed circa 1850 at Goodwater, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA, as a Minister. He appeared on the census of 1860 at Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Ebenezer, 57 (1802), MA, Presbyterian minister; Philena F., 56 (1803), MA; Henry W., 23 (1836), Choc Nation, farmer; Charles E., 14 (1845), Choc Nation; Ann I., 28, MA, seamstress.. He died on 26 October 1867 at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, USA, at age 64.⁹ He was buried at Church on the Hill Cemetery, at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, USA.

     The Chronicles of Oklahoma, says that, "Ebenezer Hotchkin was a native of Richmond, MA. He received a good common school education in his native state, but never enjoyed the benefit of a college or seminary education. He received an appointment as a teacher from the American Board, and went to the Choctaw Country of Mississippi in 1828. There, he married Miss Thatcher of Lucerne County, PA, who was one of the earliest recruits when Dr. Kingsbury opened Mahew station. He applied to the Presbytery of Tombigbee for licensure to preach under what is known as the extraordinary clause in 1830, and after completing the requirements of Presbytery, was duly licensed at Columbus, MS, in 1832. He removed with the Choctaws in 1832 to Indian Territory, which is now Oklahoma." This trip is often called, The Trail of Tears. The Compiler has a copy of a letter, dated Goodwater, 10 August 1843 where he reports to a Major William Armstrong, Acting Superintendent of the Choctaw Schools, and describes his performances and budget for the period. The History of American Missions to the Heathen, published by Spooner and Howland gives the movement of Ebenezer: Born in Richmond in 1803, arrived Goshen, MS on 15 November 1828, Clear Creek January 1833, and Goodwater, OK in 1837.
     The Indians had Negro slaves and the southern missionaries, sometimes reluctantly, supported slavery. It was said that they did not know how the kitchens or laundries would operate without these slaves. This slavery problem caused the great break in the Presbytery and the result was the split of the Church Mission operation into northern and southern bodies. A group of letters, dated around 1856, is in the American Board of Foreign Missions files regarding slavery and a trip that George W. Wood took to Goodwater in an attempt to resolve the problem regarding the boards stand against slavery. A letter dated 15 April 1856, signed by Kingsbury, Byington, Hotchkin and Stark notifies the board that unless they withdraw all past legislation regarding slavery, the Goodwater group will resign effective 31 December 1856. "At the start of the Civil War, many Indians left their homes and fled into Kansas. The larger number of these were Creeks and Cherokees but there were some from every tribe. They were a destitute, pitiful sight, homeless and penniless, where a short time before they had been living in good homes. In the midst of these trying times, some Missionaries forsook them." The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, an organization of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches, which had engaged in Missionary work in the Indian Territory since 1817, withdrew all support from their missionaries due to their opposition to slavery. Most of the Missionaries under the Board were active abolitionists. When the Civil War started, many fled the country; but a few such as Dr. Elizur Butler, Dr. Cyrus Kingsbury, Cyrus Byington, Ebenezer Hotchkin, Ebenezer's fatherinlaw Charles C. Copeland and O. P. Stark remained. The leadership of these missionaries was taken over by the Southern Presbyterian Church.
     A History of the State of Oklahoma, by Luther B. Hill, says that Ebenezer spoke the Choctaw language and often preferred Choctaw to English. The Daily Oklahoman, 13 Aug 1981 published a picture of the gristmill built by Ebenezer and the Indians on Clear Creek in 1820's. Ebenezer operated a Choctaw school at this site from 1836 to 1842. According to a newspaper article, it is believed that this is where the song Swing Low Sweet Chariot was composed. Rev. Ebenezer is buried back near where he was born, in the cemetery of the Little Church on the Hill, in front of the grave of his brother Rev. John Hotchkin. Ebenezer's head stone had been knocked over and the Compiler and his wife Cathy had to straighten it to find his grave. The stone has an inscription to his memory, "Forty-one years he labored as a zealous missionary to the Choctaw Indians." Presbyterian Missions of the Southern United States
     , by E. T. Thompson, 1934, has several paragraphs regarding the family’s trip from Mississippi to Indian Territory. The material on the Hotchkin's and the Trail of Tears is taken from two pages under the title, A Trail of Tears. "Choctaw's were as loath to give up their homes as the Cherokees, but they saw the folly of resisting the white man and moved peacefully to Oklahoma between 1830 and 1848. Fifteen hundred to two thousand of the tribe died on the journey or shortly after reaching their new homes, from exposure, fatigue or cholera. Many of the most faithful of the older missionaries could not be retained; some of them remained in Mississippi, while others sadly made their way back to the East. The only missionary who actually accompanied the Choctaws on the Trail of Tears was Ebenezer Hotchkin. Mother Hotchkin. as she was called, rode a little Indian pony and carried her child on her lap from Natchez to Doaksville." When they arrived, writes one of their descendants, "There was nothing but the Wilderness. . . flour hauled from Little Rock cost $50 a barrel and all the meal must be ground on a little hand mill; pumpkin was the staff of life." Ebenezer Jr. says in a letter to the Presbyterian Historical Society, dated 5 September 1950 that some material on his grand parents is romantic and should not be believed. He quotes Dr. Kingsbury's diary that Hannah Maria was born on Clear Creek and not in MS, but Grant Foreman, The Five Civilized Tribes, clearly says that Hannah Mariah was a baby in arms on the great trip to Indian Territory. The Kingsbury's Diary mistake could have been caused by the fact that Rev. Kingsbury did not arrive in Indian Territory until 1835. Foreman's book is probably the best and most detailed on the Trail of Tears trip. He says that Mr. Williams of the Presbyterian Missionaries arrived first in the Choctaw country, on 12 July 1832, ten miles west of the Arkansas line, on Mountain Fork, a stream called Nonih Hacha by the Indians. Alfred Wright arrived at this location on 14 September 1832 after he had recovered from his heart attack in Little Rock, AR. In December 1832, Mr. Wright left the William's home and moved west to a place ten miles from Fort Towson, centrally located between the Mountain Fork and Kiamichi rivers, which he named Wheelock, and where he organized the church of Wheelock. Mr. Wright says "it was the next year, the year of the devastating fever, that the little log house had to accommodate also the family of Rev. Ebenezer Hotchkin, during the period of six months that they were helpless. They arrived in the west, the early part of the proceeding winter and were received in the home of Mr. Williams after Mr. and Mrs. Wright had left." This would make the Hotchkin's arrival in Choctaw country, late 1832.
     According to an obituary written in the Missionary Herald, Vol 63, No 12, p 404; Ebenezer was known by the Choctaw name of Lapish Hanta (Peace Trumpet), and "thousands of Choctaw's have heard him sound the gospel's trumpet."
     The 1860 census of Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, later to be Oklahoma, finds him in Doaksville, living with his wife, two sons and a daughter. An 1885 Census labeled "1885 Choctaw Freedmen- Doubtful Claims", has a listing as follows with no explanation: The publication says that the original document is at the National Archives in Record Group 75. Reuben Hotchkin/E. Hotchkin, Missionary (Unamed) Cherokee Womans's Children by Hotchkin-- Silas Hotchkin, James Hotchkin, Sallie Hotchkin, William Hotchkin, Robert Hotchkin, Seah Hotchkin, Lottie Hotchkin, Joe Murray.
     The Goodland Acadamy of Hugo has a website with this opening statement. "In 1835, Ebenezer Hotchkins and Cyrus Kingsbury, Presbyterian ministers, established the Yakni Achukma Mission station. In 1838, William Fields, a full-blood Choctaw, built the first home on the Goodland campus. As the community grew, the most vital concern of the Choctaw people was the education of their children. In 1848, the first full-time minister took up residency on the grounds of present day Good Land (Yakni Achukma). John Lathrop and his wife built the first manse and ministered for two years to the Choctaws. As they returned home in 1850, the Rev. Oliver Porter Stark and his wife were assigned to Good Land. His wife began the next day teaching any Choctaw children that would come to their two room log manse. Orphaned children were boarded by families on present day Goodland property, so they could receive an education. Within two years, the number had grown to 42 children. This was the humble beginnings of the boarding school. The Church building served for 42 years as both school and church for the area. Renovated several times since being built in 1852, the same church -- restored and enlarged -- stands on the Goodland campus today. It serves as a constant reminder of God's faithfulness to each successive generation."
A short article in 1852 shows Ebenezer and two other Hotchkin's returning to Indian Territory from Lenox. He must have been home for a visit.^{10,11,1,12,13,14,15,16}

     Eber Hall Hotchkin Segt. was born in 1833 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA. He was the son of Zebulon Hotchkin and Elizabeth Ann Hall. He married Celia Ann Bayne at El Paso, Woodford County, IL, USA, on 3 November 1857.¹ Eber Hall Hotchkin Segt. was a Segt, andserved in Co A, 86th IL Infantry, during the Civil War. He died as a prisoner. Mustered in on 27 August 1862. Pension file.

Joined AUG 6, 1862 at EL PASO, IL
Joined CAPT MAGARITY for a period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 In PEORIA, IL

When Magarity had about 100 volunteers, he took his company across the Illinois River to Peoria, Illinois where they went into camp at Camp Lyon, near present day Glen Oak Park. On August 27, 1862, 96 men of the Woodford County company were mustered into service as Co. A of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Magarity was elected Captain of Co. A. Eber Hotchkin was elected by the men of Co. A to serve as their 4th Corporal.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 86th marched out of Camp Lyon through the streets of Peoria, with much fanfare, to the railroad station where they boarded trains bound for Camp Joe Holt, in Jeffersonville, Indiana, which was located on the Ohio River across from Louisville. After several weeks of drilling, the men of the 86th were assigned to a Brigade being commanded by General Daniel McCook and they were sent into Kentucky in pursuit of the last Confederate troops in Kentucky.
On Oct. 8, 1862, McCook's Brigade caught up with those Confederate troops and were briefly engaged withe them in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the coming years. After the Battle of Perryville, the Confederates withdrew from the State of Kentucky and the men of McCook's Briagde marched on to Nashville, Tennessee, where they would spend the winter of 1862/63.
During the next 2 years, Eber Hotchkin would serve faithfully in Co. A. During this time he was also promoted to the rank of Sergeant as a sign of his military bearing and his dedication to the service and to the men of Co. A. During this time he was also a witness and a participant in some of the bloodiest fighting of the Western Theatre of the war, including the Battles of Chickamauga, Georgia; Resaca, Georgia; Rome, Georgia; Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, Jonesboro, Georgia; and also participated on General Sherman's Infamous "March to the Sea."
In 1866, J. R. Kinnear, a member of the 86th Illinois, with the help of several other members and officers of the 86th wrote one of the earliest Regimental histories. An incident occured on November 30, 1864, during the infamous "March to the Sea" that he wrote the following about in his HISTORY OF THE 86TH. "However, about noon on the 28th, the command having left Sandersville, arrived on the west bank of Rocky Comfort creek. The bridge over this stream being burnt, it was obliged to wait till late in the evening before a crossing could be effected into Louisville, where it went into camp one mile east of the town. At this camp, on the evening of the 29th, Colonel Fahnestock took his regiment on picket, and on the next day fought a force of the enemy's cavalry which was making a demonstration on our lines in several places, keeping the pickets on the maneuver most of the day. At the first alarm of the enemy on the lines of the Eighty-sixth, the Colonel ordered his men to advance to a line two hundred yards to his front and throw up a line of barricades for protection. While this was being done a constant fire was kept up on the rebels, whose course was soon turned, being compelled to withdraw in confusion across a large cornfield. When they reached the farther side of this field they formed their lines, and also threw up a line of barricades which they held until late in the afternoon, when the regiment charged them away and took possession, and following them up for more than a mile, returned. Though the casualties of the regiment in this day's skirmish were not great, the excitement, nevertheless, ran high. Its loss was four missing or captured. The company loss was as follows: Co. A, two; Co. F, one ; Co. K, one. The foragers from our division on this occasion were made to suffer severely. The enemy came upon them so suddenly that they were unable to get back to the lines; not a few of them were killed and captured, and many of them, being overbalanced with wines, were shot in cold blood."
The four men from the 86th who were captured on November 30, 1864 at Louisville, Georgia were Private Charles Wiley, of Co. K, Private Alfred Reeder, of Co. F, and Private Robert Chittick and Sergeant Eber Hotchkin, both of Co. A. Sergeant Hotchkin may have initially been sent to the infamous Andersonville Prison in Andersonville, Georgia. The other three were most likely "guests" there as well. That Stockade was opened in September, 1864 and continued in operation until February 1865. During this time between 15,000 and 18,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned on less than 24 acres. It is estimated that between 2,500 and 2,800 prisoners died in captivity during the five months the prison was operational. After the capture of Atlanta, Georgia by Union forces, Confederate authorities decided to transfer the majority of Union prisoners from Andersonville, Georgia. Due to its proximity to major rail lines, Florence was chosen as the site for a new prison camp. In this book, Rev. Ledoux, a board member of the Friends of the Florence Stockade (FFS), documents over 1,500 Union soldiers who died in the Florence Stockade. The majority of the original records of the Florence Stockade did not survive the War Between the States, thus documenting those who died there proved to be challenging.
Sergeant Eber Hotchkin is known to have died of starvation on February 20, 1865 as a Prisoner of War in the Confederate Stockade at Florence, South Carolina. This information is recorded in Celia Ann (Bayne) Hotchkin's Pension Certificate #79216, where she asks for a pension for herself and their son Ernest F. Hotchkin. The earthly remains pf Sergeant Eber Hall Hotchkin were buried in a mass burial trench outside the prison walls. He died on 20 February 1865 at Florence, Florence County, SC, USA. According to his Pension file, he died of starvation in a prisioner of war camp at Florence, SC..² He was buried at Florence National Cemetery, at Florence, Florence County, SC, USA. Corporal EBER HALL HOTCHKIN, Co. A, 86th Illinois

Eber Hall Hotchkin was born in 1833 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York.

Eber was married to Celia Ann Bayne on November 3, 1857.

The Stockade was opened in September, 1864 and continued in operation until February 1865. During this time between 15,000 and 18,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned on less than 24 acres. It is estimated that between 2,500 and 2,800 prisoners died in captivity during the five months the prison was operational. After the capture of Atlanta, Georgia by Union forces, Confederate authorities decided to transfer the majority of Union prisoners from Andersonville, Georgia. Due to its proximity to major rail lines, Florence was chosen as the site for a new prison camp. In this book, Rev. Ledoux, a board member of the Friends of the Florence Stockade (FFS), documents over 1,500 Union soldiers who died in the Florence Stockade. The majority of the original records of the Florence Stockade did not survive the War Between the States, thus documenting those who died there proved to be challenging.

Eber died on February 20, 1865 as a Prisoner of War in the Confederate Stockade at Florence, South Carolina. His earthly remains were buried in the mass burial trench outside the prison walls. Today his earthly remains lie buried in this unmarked grave..

     Eber Hall Hotchkin, the oldest son of Zebulon, left home as a young man and wandered across the states of Ohio and Indiana and ended up in El Paso, IL; where he meet and married Celia Bayne, the daughter of an early pioneer of the area. Eber enlisted in the Union Army on 6 August 1862 and joined Co. A, 86th Regt of the Illinois Volunteers as a Sergeant. According to the records he died of stravation, in a Rebel prison camp at Florence, SC on 20 February 1865. This information is recorded in his wife's Pension Certificate #79216, where she asks for a pension for herself and their son Ernest F. Hotchkin, who she says was born on 1 June 1859 in El Paso. One of the documents in the file refers to a death date for Eber of 3 or 4 March 1865. Caroline Bayne, relationship to Celia not given, says in a sworn statement that Eber and Celia had no other children. Some of the Civil War records refer to Eber as Eben.

     Edgar Elwyn Hotchkin is the son of Franklin Elwyn Hotchkin and Margaret Josephine Smith. He married Sarah Catherine (Cathy) Edwards at Lansing, Ingham County, MI, USA, on 11 July 1947.¹ Edgar Elwyn Hotchkin married Evangeline Puring Domasin, daughter of Peter Lorisca Domasin and Evelyn Olivia Bain, on 29 October 2011 at Annandale Golf Club, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA, USA.²

     Edith Hotchkin was born circa 1825. This birth date is really a wild guess. Edith died in March 1876 at Meadville, Crawford County, PA, USA. She was buried at Greendale Cemetery, at Meadville, Crawford County, PA, USA. Compiler could not read all of the information but it said Stayers Grove and something else unreadable..

     Edith Amy Hotchkin was born on 11 June 1894 at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI, USA. 1900 census says birth June 1893.¹ She was the daughter of Franklin Evi Hotchkin and Mary Winona (Minnie) Hendrick. Edith Amy Hotchkin died on 12 November 1907 at Grand Ledge, Eaton County, MI, USA, at age 13.¹ She was buried at Oakwood Cemetery, at Grand Ledge, Eaton County, MI, USA.

     Edith Amy was in poor health all her life and died within a few years after the family returned to Michigan from Nebraska.

     Edith Rozella Hotchkin was born on 10 October 1883 at Spring Arbor, Jackson County, MI, USA. She was the daughter of Smith Curtis Hotchkin and Mary Elizabeth Crispell. She married Lavata August Fritz at Charlotte, Eaton County, MI, USA, on 14 February 1901.^1,2 Edith Rozella Hotchkin died on 2 June 1942 at Concord, Jackson County, MI, USA, at age 58.³ She was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, at Concord, Jackson County, MI, USA.

     Edith's birth is recorded in Jackson Co. Vital Records, page 55, #1883, under the name of Edith Rozella Hodgkiss of Spring Arbor. This record gives her parents as Mary E. Hodgkiss (wife of Smith Curtis Hotchkin) and Joseph B. Klinesmith of Spring Arbor. It is possible that this report is accurate and Edith is not the daughter of Smith Curtis. At the 1884 special census of Spring Arbor, Jackson Co., MI she is with her parents and her age is given as 0, born 1 October 1883. The 1900 census finds her living with her father and brother in Mills Twp., Midland Co., MI. Her age is given as 16, and born in MI, October 1883. According to their marriage license (pg 56, 1901 Jackson Co. Marriage Records), Larata and Edith Hotchkin were married on 14 February 1901 at Charlotte, by Hirim D. Allen, MG, with Theron and Alice Hotchkin serving as witnesses.

     Edna Teresa Hotchkin is the daughter of Lee Thomas Hotchkin Sr. and Edna Louise Zuchelli. Edna Teresa Hotchkin married David Gayton circa 1995 at CA, USA.

     Edward (Edwin) John Hotchkin was born on 13 February 1889 at Newton, Jasper County, IA, USA. He was the son of William Arthur Hotchkin and Mary Ellen Dowling. Edward (Edwin) John Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1910 at Malaka Twp, Jasper County, IA, USA. The census lists the family as: Edward J. Hotchkin, 21, married 0/12, born IA, father born IL, mother born IA; wife Laura, 19, married 0/12 years, no children, born IA, father born IL, mother born IA. Living next door to Irene and son Ode.. He married Laura Marie Polhamus at Sacred Heart Church, Newton, Jasper County, IA, USA, on 4 April 1910. Married 0/12 at the 1910 census..¹ Edward (Edwin) John Hotchkin lived in 1915 at Detroit, Wayne County, MI, USA. Edward J. Hotchkin lived at 550 Penn Ave in Detroit and is listed as a Cond. whick likely means Conductor. He registered for the World War I Draft on 5 January 1917 while living at Detroit, Wayne County, MI. The registration card gave additional information on him: "He give his birth as 13 Feb 1889 in Newton , IA. He is a street car conductor in Detroit. He has a wife and 2 children age 3 and 6. Names are not given.". He married Rosa S. Mithelman at Grinnell, Poweshiek County, IA, USA, on 15 March 1935.¹ Edward (Edwin) John Hotchkin died on 17 September 1953 at Grinnell, Poweshiek County, IA, at age 64. He was buried at Hazelwood Cemetery, at Grinnell, Poweshiek County, IA, USA.

     Edward was born at Akron, Summit County, OH, USA, on 14 December 1873. He gives this date at his draft registration..¹ He was the son of Samuel Beriah Hotchkin and Louisa Cornelia Seward. Edward (Edwin) Seward Hotchkin registered for the World War I Draft in 1918 while living at Winfield, Cowley County, KS, USA. The registration card gave additional information on him: "He gives birth date as 4 Dec 1873 and says that he does clerical work for F. Collier and Sons in Kansas City, KS. He gives as a dependent his Mothe, Louisa Cornelia Hotchkin.". He appeared on the census of 1930 at Winfield, Cowley County, KS, USA. The census lists the family as: Edwin is called Edward S., age 56, iving with his brother Mac Leod at 406 Lomis St.. Edward died on 22 September 1961 at Wellington, Sumner County, KS, USA, at age 87. He was buried at Union Cemetery, at Winfield, Cowley County, KS, USA. East 1/2, Lot 39, Block 2.²

     He gives his name as Edwin Seward Hotchkin at his draft registration.

     Edward Augustine Hotchkin was born on 29 August 1855 at Pulteney, Steuben County, NY, USA. He was the son of Beriah Hervey Hotchkin and Martha Bridge Prentiss. Edward Augustine Hotchkin died on 9 April 1887 at Pulteney, Steuben County, NY, at age 31. He was buried at Glenview Cemetery, at Pulteney, Steuben County, NY, USA.

     Edward Ernest Hotchkin is the son of Earl Edward Hotchkin and Rita Catherine Cypert. He married Ann Margaret Devery at Sullivan County, NY, USA, on 4 September 1976.

     Edward H. Hotchkin was born in October 1881 at OH, USA. He was the son of Alfred Melancthon Hotchkin and Charlotte M. Hotchkin.

     The 1900 census Of Meadville gives Edward's birth in OH and his parents birth in NY. It also clearly says that he is a son of Alfred and Charlotte who were both born in NY.
It is possible that he is the Edward Hotchkin, born 1881 in IN that at the 1940 census is living in Chicago with wife Lee.

     Edward was born at Greenville, Greene County, NY, USA, on 8 October 1811. Cemetery records give a death year of 1812..² He was the son of Joseph Harvey Hotchkin and Alethea Judson. He married Experience Hempstead Benton at Pulteney, Steuben County, NY, USA, on 21 June 1835.^3,4 Edward Judson Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1840 at Prattsburgh, Steuben County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: E. J. Hotchkin, 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 20 to 30.. Edward died on 28 August 1840 at Pulteney, Steuben County, NY, at age 28.² He was buried at Glenview Cemetery, at Pulteney, Steuben County, NY, USA.

     Edward Porter (Payson) Hotchkin was born on 2 August 1833 at Prattsburgh, Steuben County, NY, USA. He was the son of James Hervey Hotchkin II and Nancy Elizabeth Jackson. Edward Porter (Payson) Hotchkin died on 7 August 1833 at Prattsburgh, Steuben County, NY. Age 5 days according to cemetery records.. He was buried at Prattsburgh Pioneer Cemetery, at Prattsburgh, Steuben County, NY, USA.

     The inscription on his gravestone in Prattsburg Old Cemetery says, "Edward Payson, son of James H. and Nancy Hotchkin, died August 7, 1833, aged 5 days. A joyous sojourner was I, only born to weep and die."

     Edward Thomas Hotchkin is the son of Bernard Eugene Hotchkin and Caroline Genevive Lidtka.

     Edwin Hotchkin was born on 10 July 1856 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA. He was the son of Nathan G. Hotchkin and Orpha Jane Everts. Edwin Hotchkin died on 6 March 1879 at Neversink, Sullivan County, NY, USA, at age 22. He was buried at Hodge Cemetery, at Neversink, Sullivan County, NY, USA.

     He is buried with his parents and his gravestone says died at 22 years, 8 months, 25 days.¹

     Edwin (Eddy) Hotchkin was born on 8 January 1878 at Newfane, Niagara County, NY, USA.¹ He was the son of James H. Hotchkin and Frances A. Michal. Edwin (Eddy) Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1880 at Newfane, Niagara County, NY. The census lists the family as: He is with his parents.. He died on 18 February 1882 at Newfane, Niagara County, NY, at age 4.¹ He was buried at North Ridge Cemetery, at Ransomville, Niagara County, NY, USA. Sec 2, Lot 102.

     The 1880 census found him with his parents in Newfane, NY and gives his age as 2. Eddy's death is reported in the Lockport Daily Journal, "In the town of Newfane, Sat 18 Feb, 1882, at residence of his father on Coomer Rd., Eddy, son of James H. and Frances A Hotchkin, aged 5 years." He is buried in North Ridge Cemetery, and his gravestone gives date, and age at death as 4 years and 1 month and his proper name as Edwin.²

     Edwin Andy (Edward) Hotchkin was born on 5 July 1836 at NY, USA. The year on the death certificate is not clear but looks more like 1837 but age at death of 69, 7, 13 calculates to 1836. He was the son of Abram Eli Hotchkin Sr. and Electa Smith. Edwin Andy (Edward) Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1860 at Spring Arbor, Jackson County, MI, USA. The census lists the family as: Edwin Andy Hotchkin, living with Charles Harrington Family, laborer.. He was a Corporal, andserved in Co H, 1st Mich Eng & Mech, during the Civil War| In battles at Lavergne, TN and Perryville, KY.. He married Rufina U. (Rue) Todd at Grass Lake, Jackson County, MI, USA, on 8 December 1864. Edwin Andy (Edward) Hotchkin and Rufina U. (Rue) Todd were divorced after 1880 at MI, USA. He married Alice L. Parshall at Spring Arbor, Jackson County, MI, on 4 March 1888.³ Edwin Andy (Edward) Hotchkin and Alice L. Parshall were divorced circa 1892 at Jackson County, MI, USA. Edwin Andy (Edward) Hotchkin died on 18 February 1906 at Spring Arbor, Jackson County, MI, at age 69.⁴ He was buried at Spring Arbor Cemetery, at Spring Arbor, Jackson County, MI, USA.

     Edwin (Andy as his family called him) was born in New York just before his parents move to Michigan. At the 1860 census he was living with the Charles Harrington family and listed as a Laborer; by the 1870 Census of Spring Arbor he is with his wife Rufina and three children. The special Michigan census of 1894 finds him in Spring Arbor, listed as a widower, living with his son Charles. This census says that he is age 56, born in New York, and has lived in Michigan for 55 years, placing the Abram Eli families move to Michigan in 1837/38. The census says that both of his parents were born in NY, that he was a soldier and is now a mail carrier. His death is recorded in Jackson Co., Mi. death records of 1901-1911. Hotchkin Reunion Notes give his middle name of Andy. Andy is described in History of Jackson County Michigan, as a Civil War Veteran. His Civil War Pension records show that he enlisted on 29 October 1861 at Detroit, MI into Capt Grants, 1st Regt of the Michigan Engineers; after joining at Jackson, MI on 19 September 1861 for 3 years. He was reduced from Corpl to 1st Class Pvt on 24 December 1861 and later reduced from 4th class Corpl to 2nd Pvt on 28 November 1863. Andy was then promoted from 2nd Class Pvt to 1st Class Pvt on 1 January 1864. Michigan Military Index shows him listed in Vol 43, Pg 111. Andy fought in the battles of Lavergne, TN and Perryville, KY. His pension application claims that he was at Camp Wickliff, KY about the end of December 1861 where he got a bad case of diarrhea from bad water, change of diet and exposure. He was reported being at Bridgeport, AL in March and April of 1863 and was mustered out of the service and discharged at Atlanta, GA on 30 October 1864.
     In a December 1880 Pension Application Statement, Andy gave the following additional facts about his life: 1.) He had recently moved from Spring Arbor to Jackson. 2.) During the years 1855-1856 he was a fireman on the Chicago, Quincy and Burlinton Railroad. 3.) He returned to Spring Arbor in 1857 where his occupation was farming until he entered the service in 1861. 4.) Since leaving the military he had lived in Spring Arbor, Hanover and Ypsilanti working as a stone mason.
     Edwin's Will was probated in Jackson Co. and he listed his three children, Blanche Livingston of Sandstone Twp., William E. Hotchkin of Spring Arbor, and Charles M. Hotchkin of Spring Arbor as heirs. The appraiser described his home as very run down and needing immediate repairs. It was located at Jackson and White Pigion Rd., Spring Arbor, Sec. 16, Town 3, S Range 2 West.^5,6

     Edwin C. Hotchkin was born on 3 April 1840 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA. He was the son of Joshua Francis (James) Hotchkin and Lydia Novill Grant. He married Sarah M. Unknown at Sullivan County, NY, USA, circa 1856. Edwin C. Hotchkin was a Private, andserved in the Co I, 12th Infantry, during the Civil War, He was mustered in the Union Army at LaFayette, Onondaga County, NY as a Pvt in Co.I, 12th Regt, NY Infantry, at age 25. Edwin was captured by the Confederates at Groveton Battlefield on 1 September 1862 and was a paroled prisoner at Findley Hospital, Washington, DC until 1 January 1863.. He died on 10 March 1889 at Troupsburg, Steuben County, NY, USA, at age 48.

     Brown says that Doris Young furnished him the information on Edwin and his family. Doris suggests a birth date for Edwin of 1847/1848, but this would seemingly make him much too young to have children of the age indicated. The Compiler can not find Edwin in any census so he holds this family as suspect.

     Elaine Marie Hotchkin is the daughter of Jerry Arnold Hotchkin and Lois Ann Frew. Elaine Marie Hotchkin married Dieter Goerke on 27 November 1998 at Las Vegas, Clark County, NV, USA.¹

     Eleanor May Bommer Hotchkin was born on 14 October 1923 at Lansing, Ingham County, MI, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Roy Bommer and Claribel (Clara Belle) Roberts. She married Emery Robert Huntoon at Angola, Steuben County, IN, USA, on 30 July 1939. Eleanor May Bommer Hotchkin and Emery Robert Huntoon were divorced on 18 October 1961 at Multnomah County, OR, USA.² She married Harley Rufus Beasley at Portland, Multnomah County, OR, USA, on 7 October 1966.

     Eleanor May is the daughter of Claribel's first marriage to Roy Bommer and was adopted by Hubert Hotchkin after their marriage. She lives in Portland, OR as of 1993.
Eleanor May Bommer Hotchkin died on 18 March 2008 at Dade City, Pasco County, FL, USA, at age 84.¹

     Electa M. Hotchkin was born on 25 December 1867 at Niagara County, NY, USA.¹ She was the daughter of James H. Hotchkin and Frances A. Michal. She married John Richards at NY, USA, in 1890. Married 10 years at 1900 census. Electa M. Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1930 at Buffalo, Erie County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: John Richards, 63, married at 23, born NY, salesman at public market; wife Electa M., 43, married at 22, born NY.. She died in 1935 at Buffalo, Erie County, NY. She was buried at Elmlawn Cemetery, at Kenmore, Erie County, NY, USA.

     Elijah Durr (Eli) Hotchkin is the son of Van L. Hotchkin and Teri Ann Durr.

     Elizabeth Hotchkin was born on 10 July 1810 at LeRoy, Genesee County, NY, USA. She was the daughter of Noah Hodgkin III and Merab Smith Turner. Elizabeth Hotchkin married Jacob Barringer in 1829 at NY, USA. She married Ira Hatch Cory at RI, USA, on 2 January 1831. This date and location comes from an Internet Posting. The location is very strange and unlikely.. Elizabeth Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1850 at Caledonia, Livingston County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: She might be the Eliz C. living with her brother Augustus. That persons birth date and location is not given.. She resided at Romulus, Wayne County, MI, USA, in 1850. She died on 7 November 1889 at Locke, Ingham County, MI, USA, at age 79. She was buried at Bell Oak Cemetery, at Webberville, Ingham County, MI, USA.

     Following the trail from Noah III Will, referring to his daughter Elizabeth living in Wayne Co., MI, they were found in Romulus Twp., MI. The family moved from New York to Michigan between 1834 and 1839, according to the census, because Adeline's age is given as 16 and her birth in NY, and Alanson's age as 11 and his birth in MI. It is interesting that this move occurred simultaneously with Abram Eli Sr's moved to Michigan and that some names bear a family relationship, such as Alanson, Alonzo and Albert. Brother Abram Eli, wife Electa Smith and her mother Mary William Smith must also have came to Michigan at this same time as the Curtus Smith nRevolutionary War files has a letter dated 1848 regarding her Pension.

     Elizabeth was born at Sullivan County, NY, USA, on 2 March 1844. This birth was recorded in family bible records.. She was the daughter of Joshua Francis (James) Hotchkin and Lydia Novill Grant. Elizabeth Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1860 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkins, Elizabeth, 17, (1842), NY, Domestic; is living with the Fuller family.. She married Peter L. Krum at Sullivan County, NY, on 11 December 1860. Marriage date according to Sullivan County Record.. She married John Teller Evans at Ellenville, Ulster County, NY, USA, on 8 February 1905.² She resided at Ellenville, Ulster County, NY, in 1905. Elizabeth Hotchkin died on 19 May 1918 at Kingston, Ulster County, NY, USA, at age 74.³ She was buried at Liberty Cemetery, at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA.

     Elizabeth and Peter lived in Parksville where he was a carpenter and farmer on 105 acres of land. According to the family bible records she married her sister Celia's husband after the death of Peter and Celia. The NY state Marriage Index has a marriage in Ellenville, NY for an Elizabeth Hotchkin on 8 February 1905.

     Elizabeth Hotchkin was born on 2 June 1819 at Spalding, Lincolnshire County, England. She was the daughter of Henry Hotchkin and Hannah Readman. Elizabeth Hotchkin died on 22 August 1820 at England at age 1.

     Elizabeth (Bessie) Mary Hotchkin was born on 11 December 1916 at NY, USA.¹ She was the daughter of James Henry Hotchkin and Mary Barbara Courte. Elizabeth (Bessie) Mary Hotchkin married Raymond Andrew Peffer on 6 November 1939 at Spencerport, Monroe County, NY, USA.² Elizabeth (Bessie) Mary Hotchkin died on 10 July 1985 at Rochester, Monroe County, NY, USA, at age 68.¹ She was buried at Parma Union Cemetery, at Parma, Monroe County, NY, USA.

     Called Bessie Grace at the 1920 census.