James Kerrick Hitch

Moved to Springfield, MO in 1875 and on to Coldwater, OK by 1885. By the time he died in 1921, he owned 30,223 acres of land (12,080 in Texas Co., OK; 9,440 in Seward Co., KS: and 8,703 in Hansford Co., TX).

James married Mary Frances Westmoreland, daughter of Henry Westmoreland and Zilpha Clark, on 06 Mar 1879 in Springfield, Greene Co., MO. (Mary Frances Westmoreland was born in 1857 in MO, died on 22 May 1891 in Coldwater, Texas Co., OK and was buried about 25 May 1891 in Hitch Ranch, Coldwater, Texas Co., OK.)

James next married Josephine Brown on 18 Dec 1899 in Texas Co., OK. (Josephine Brown was born in Oct 1871 in MO and died after 1940 in KS.)