Alfred Charles Hitch
- Born: 05 Oct 1873, Sussex Co., DE
- Died: 13 Jun 1945, Los Angeles Co., CA
- Buried: Abt 16 Jun 1945, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
From "A Hitch Orchard", Daisy Hitch Davies, 1931: "Alfred Hitch was well educated and a deep thinker. In his book of poems published in 1920-29, he shows abhorrence of drink, drugs, and cruelty. In his following poem, he shows his love for his birthplace in Laurel, DE.
SPRING IN DELAWARE
"Spring in Delaware -- You can see it in the flowers, You can feel it in the air, You can hear it in the singing O the birds a-building there.
Spring in Delaware -- In the heart and in the air, Once I felt it and I lived it Spring and youth in Delaware."
In 1930 he was living in Stockton, CA."
From the Denver Land Office Records, 1862-1908:
Name: HITCH, ALFRED C. BLANDM: 6 Township: 2 Township Direction: South Range: 74 Range Direction: West Land Office: Denver, Colorado Type: Mineral entry Book: Registers of Applications for Mineral Patents, 2 vols. Act: Claim Name: BULLION KING
In the Federal Census of 1920, Alfred Hitch is listed alone in a household in Shasta County, California as follows: - Alfred Hitch, age 47, born in DE.
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