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     Hannah was born at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT, USA, circa 1705. She was the daughter of Barnabas Beers and Mary Hodgkin.

     Elnathan was born at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT, USA, circa 1702. He was the son of Barnabas Beers and Mary Hodgkin.

     Abiel P Beers was born in 1698 at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT, USA. He was the son of Barnabas Beers and Mary Hodgkin. He married Elizabeth Cornwell at CT, USA, on 16 January 1723. Abiel P Beers died circa 1778. He was buried at West Side Soldiers Monument, at CT, USA.

     Joseph was born at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT, USA, on 16 March 1688. He was the son of Barnabas Beers and Mary Hodgkin. Joseph Beers married Sarah Clark on 6 March 1722 at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT. Joseph Beers died on 3 March 1744 at Stratford, Fairfield County, CT, at age 55.

     Nettie L. Hotchkin was born in September 1869 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA. At the 1870 census she was age 9/12 and born in Sept, in IL. She was the daughter of Charles Marion Hotchkin and Emma Louise Palmer.

     According to the NY Marriage Index, a Nettie Hotchkin was married on 8 April 1894 in Woodhull, Steuben Co., NY. There is no proof that it is this Nettie.

     Emma Louise Palmer was born on 27 February 1848 at Utica, Oneida County, NY, USA. At the the 1870 she was age 24 and born in NY. Her 1900 Passport Application gives a 27 Feb 1852 birth.^1,2 She was the daughter of Chauncey Palmer and Dorcas Wright. She married Charles Marion Hotchkin at Utica, Oneida County, NY, on 30 May 1866.³ Emma Louise Palmer appeared on the census of 1930 at Oak Park, Cook County, IL, USA. The census lists the family as: Emma Hotchkin, 84 (1845), widow, born NY, father born Ct, mother born NY, is a guest at the Boulavard Chateau Hotel at 330 N. Austin.. She died on 17 November 1932 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA, at age 84.^4,2 She was buried at Rosehill Cemetery, at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA.

     Emma's maiden name is found on birth records of her daughter Emma C., 17 January 1882. These records say that Emma was the third child; however, only two have been identified.
     The wedding of Emma and C. M. Hotchkin was announced in the Syracuse and Utica newpapers. The Syracuse Journal stated, "Mr C. M. Hotchkin, the managing partner of the extensive cloak emporium of Messrs. Hotchkin, Marquisee and Co., of this city, has entered into another partnership which bids to be a lasting one. He has embarked in the business of life with Miss Emma L. Palmer, one of Utica's fair daughters, as his partner. The happy event took place at the residence of the bride's father, in Utica, on Thursday last. We congratulate our friend Hotchkin on this occasion, and hope that his future years may be attended with all that makes life happy, and that his wedded life may be prolonged to, "years unnumbered."
     Mrs Emma Palmer Hotchkin was DAR member #85293 and listed herself as a descendant of Thomas Barber as follows: Chauncey Palmer (1792-1884) m 1828 Dorcas Wright (1810-1896); Benjamen Palmer (1759-1841) m 1784 Martha Barbour (b 1760); Thomas Barber m 1752 Martha Case (b 1735). Thomas Barber served as private in Lieut. Job Case's company at New York, in 1776. He was born in Simsbury, CT; died in Wyoming, PA.
     The 1910 Chicago City Directory shows Mrs E. P. Hotchkin living at the Windermere Hotel. At the 1920 Census, Emma Hotchkin, age 74, born NY living with son Paul.

     Mary Catherine Hotchkin was born on 26 November 1848 at Schenevus, Otsego County, NY, USA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Ashley Hotchkin and Christina Haynes. Mary Catherine Hotchkin died on 26 February 1851 at Schenevus, Otsego County, NY, at age 2.^1,2 She was buried at Schenevus Cemetery, at Schenevus, Otsego County, NY, USA.

     Dorothy Louise Rogers was born on 22 June 1901 at PA, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Morris Newell Rogers and Kate Earle Conklin. She married Arthur Howard Hotchkin at Binghamton, Broome County, NY, USA, on 10 April 1923.² Dorothy Louise Rogers died on 31 January 1977 at Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, CA, USA, at age 75.^3,4

     Dorothy's parents are given in her death certificate. At the time of her death, the family lived at 125 N. Oak Hurst Dr, Beverly Hills, CA.

     William Samuel Hotchkin was born on 17 June 1843 at Maryland, Otsego County, NY, USA. Age 26 at the 1870 census.² He was the son of Ashley Hotchkin and Christina Haynes. William Samuel Hotchkin was registered for Civil War Draft on on 1 July 1863 at 19th Congressional District, Maryland, Otsego County, NY, USA. Age 20, clerk, unmarried.³ Heserved in Company E, 1st Regt., NY Light Artillery, during the Civil War. He wrote two diaries during his war time service that are now held by the Univ. of Virginia Libary. He served during the capture of Petersburg and Richmond, VA and was in Richmond for some time after the surrender of the city.
A note in one of the diaries says that the diaries were read to the May 19, 1907 Baptist Convention at Washington, DC by his son Charles F. Hotchkin. He married Celida Amanda Wright at Westford, Otsego County, NY, USA, on 24 December 1868.^4,1,5,2,6 William Samuel Hotchkin was a Real Estate Broker in 1880 at Binghamton, Broome County, NY, USA. He appeared on the census of 1890 at Binghamton, Broome County, NY. The census lists the family as: 1890 Veteran Census, Binghamton, Broome Co., NY, SD 9-ED42. He resided at Binghamton, Broome County, NY, in 1890. He died on 8 April 1899 at Binghamton, Broome County, NY, at age 55.^7,8 He was buried at Schenevus Cemetery, at Schenevus, Otsego County, NY, USA.

     William Samuel Hotchkin took his middle name from his grandfather. He was born in Maryland, NY on 17 May 1843 according to calculation from his Death Certificate, which gives his age as 55 years, 10 months, 22 days. This date differs from that given to the Compiler by his granddaughter Ruth Elizabeth Clapper. She furnished a date of 17 June 1843. Several generations of the family lived at a family home at 101 Main Street, Binghamton, NY.
     William enlisted in the Union Army at Schenevus on 29 August 1864 as a Pvt and Artificer in Co. E, 1st Regt NY Engineers. (The dictionary describes an Artificer as a soldier mechanic who does repairs.) He served until 30 June 1865 and was discharged at Richmond, VA. His pension application says that he suffered from rheumatism, which specially affected the right shoulder and arm. His application was never completed and was abandoned at a later date. The enlistment documents described William as age 21, 5 feet-7 1/4 inches tall, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair and born in Maryland, Otsego Co., NY. He said that he was a clerk at that time.
     William had two real estate transactions recorded in Otsego County; the first in 1877 when he acquired a property from W. H. Gurney and second in 1890 when he acquired a property from C. Hotchkin (his wife or his mother).

The 1st New York Engineers was initially organized in New York City during 1861 but some of its companies were organized in New Jersey and Pennsylvania during 1862-1864. In December 1861 the regiment was sent to Washington and then to Fortress Monroe in Hampton Roads, Virginia. It was assigned to forces under General Thomas Sherman for an expedition under the command of Admiral Samuel F. DuPont for Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, and became the 10th Corps Engineers in the Department of the South. The regiment served in Union campaigns in South Carolina and Georgia during 1862-64. Transferred to Virginia in April 1864, it participated in the major campaigns of the Army of the James and the Army of the Potomac, 1864-65, resulting in the capture of Petersburg and Richmond in April 1865. As part of the engineer corps of the Army of the James, the 1st New York Engineers constructed the Bermuda Hundred Line, laid miles of corduroy roads, operated an engineer depot, and constructed the Dutch Gap Canal. The regiment built fortifications and roads that contributed to the ultimate victory of the Army of the Potomac. Its companies were separately mustered out on June 29, 1865. Hotchkin's New York home is unknown; his regiment included men from sixteen New York counties (Allegany, Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Kings, Monroe, New York, Ontario, Orange, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, and Westchester) and New Jersey and Pennsylvania.¹

1. Frederick Phisterer, New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865(Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, State Printers 1912), 1: 72-78 and 2: 1634-1650; Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion,(New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959), 3:1403-1404.

The Following is an abstract of some of the information is Williams Civil War Diaries held by the Univ. of Virginia, Special Collections Department. Civil War Diaries of William S. Hotchkin, 1st Regiment New York Engineers 1864-1865 Collection number: 11226
Physical Characteristics: There are two small volumes, each measuring 3 x 5½ inches in size.

These two Civil War pocket diaries, 1864 and 1865, of a Union soldier, Williams S. Hotchkin, Company E, 1st Regiment New York Engineers ["1st Regiment New York Volunteers (Engineers)," "First New York Regiment of Engineers (Veteran)," "New York Volunteer Corps Engineers," "Serrell's Engineers"] includes daily entries from September 15, 1864 to July 15, 1865. According to the 1864 volume's flyleaf, Hotchkin enlisted on August 30, 1864. During the period covered by these diaries his regiment served in Virginia during the Army of the James' and the Army of the Potomac's (Union) campaigns against the Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate), eventually culminating in the siege and capture of Petersburg and Richmond. In brief entries Hotchkin recounts marching, the weather, Confederate attacks, camp life, and his duties as a company clerk.

After the Union victory Hotchkin, on his own or as part his regiment’s assigned posts, visited Richmond and other Virginia cities during April-July 1865. He describes his regiment's mustering out and his trip home (July 1-15, 1865), carefully noting the hours and cities their steamer passed by or docked during the trip from Richmond to Albany, New York. Hotchkin visited various sites in New York City and expresses the soldiers' unhappiness and frustrations over delays in reaching home and receiving their final pay. The diaries measure 3 x 5½ inches and total contains 200 pages; entries are in pencil (and occasionally, ink), and are at times faint and illegible. Due to constraints in their size entries are often limited to brief sentences.

The 1864 pocket diary (brown binding) contains 120 numbered pages and entries from September 15, 1864 to May 17, 1865, pages 2 to 112. Of interest is "Amount of Clothing Drawn" (page 113), a listing of blankets, canteens, drawers, pants and similar items purchased by Hotchkin from July 16, 1864 to May 2, 1865. Pages 114 to 120 include miscellaneous business accounts, valuation of personal items received from home, and lists of various persons.

The flyleaf of the 1865 pocket diary (black binding) bears a blue five cent Confederate postal stamp of Jefferson Davis [Confederate States Scott No. 7] and an inscription: "W. S. Hotchkin/Co. 'E' 1st N. Y. Engineers/Richmond, Va./May 19th 1865/Traded with James H. Quakenbush at Manchester, Va./May 18th 1865." A second inscription reads: "Read by his son Charles F. Hotchkin at Washington, D.C. May 19, 1907, while delegate to the Baptist Convention. Boat to Norfolk May 20, 1907."

Page one lists regimental officers and their home addresses: Colonel Edward W. Serrell, Lieutenant Colonel James F. Hall, Major Frederick H. Cruso, [James Wainbold?--no rank] and [Wendall Noah?--no rank]. A roster of officers and enlisted men is on pages 13 to 37. The end page of this pocket diary contains Colonel Serrell's address: No. 57 W. Washington Place, New York. Pages 2 to 16, 38 to 48 and several pages after the July 15, 1865 entry are blank. Diary entries begin on page 49 and cover the period of May 6 to July 15, 1865. The earliest entries, May 6-17, 1865 (pages 49-51), are extremely illegible, but a cursory comparison of the handwriting and record-keeping style suggests someone made these other than Hotchkin, perhaps the volume's previous owner, James H. Quakenbush. (Hotchkin consistently begins his entries with the day of week, month, day and year but here these first entries do not.)

Prominent soldiers and civilians mentioned include: P. T. Barnum (1810-1891); Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881); Benjamin Butler (1818-1893); George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876); James F. Hall (?-1884); Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885); Robert E. Lee (1807-1870); Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865); George B. McClellan (1826-1885); George Gordon Meade (1815-1872); Edwin O. Ord (1818-1883); Francis H. Pierpont (1814-1899); John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906); Philip H. Sheridan (1831-1888); and William T. Sherman (1820-1891). Union regiments mentioned by name include the 16th Battery, New York Light Artillery (September 28, 1864), Batteries A & M, 1st U. S. Artillery (January 16 & April 16, 1865), the 3rd New York Cavalry (October 6, 1864), 121st New York Infantry (March 28, 1865), the all-black 25th Corps (April 16, 1865), and two militia (?) units--the 8th and 7th New York (July 3 & 6, 1865).

Among significant events mentioned in the diaries are: the cost of uniforms (September 17, 1864); the battle of Chaffin's Farm (September 29, 1864); soldiers' support of Lincoln's 1864 reelection (November 8, 1864); military camp life, especially a detailed account of a typical day in camp (November 11, 1864); Thanksgiving Day (November 24, 1864); a Union soldier killed by a Confederate sharpshooter (October 5, 1864); comments and activities concerning deserters (December 19, 1864 & May 29, 1865); description of a breakfast (April 6, 1865); visits to City Point (March 17, 1865) and Richmond, Virginia, after its capture (April 23 & 25, 1865); itineraries and descriptions of Hotchkin's trip home after his discharge (July 1, 2, 3, 1865); a visit to and subsequent burning of P. T. Barnum's American Museum (July 4 & 13, 1865); the sights of New York City and Albany (July 10, 14 & 15, 1865); descriptions of military engineering projects and bridges (November 26, 1864; May 18 & 25 & June 28, 1865); a dance and its musical instruments (December 27, 1864), a snowball fight (January 4, 1865); baseball games (February 14 & 28 and March 4, 1865), his toothaches (November 24, 1864, January 22 and February 10, 1865), and a salute celebrating the Richmond arrival of Francis H. Pierpont (May 26, 1865), governor of the "restored government" of Virginia.

     Christina Haynes was born on 10 January 1813 at NY, USA.² She was the daughter of William Haynes and Catherine Decker. She married Ashley Hotchkin at Otsego County, NY, USA, on 10 March 1831.^1,2 Christina Haynes died on 18 January 1890 at Binghamton, Broome County, NY, USA, at age 77.^3,4 She was buried at Schenevus Cemetery, at Schenevus, Otsego County, NY, USA.

     Ashley Hotchkin was born on 5 April 1805 at Maryland, Otsego County, NY, USA. Age 45 at the 1850 census and 55 at the 1860 census.^1,2 He was the son of Samuel Hodgkin and Mary (Polly) Spencer. He married Christina Haynes at Otsego County, NY, USA, on 10 March 1831.^1,2 Ashley Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1840 at Maryland, Otsego County, NY. The census lists the family as: pg 264; A. Hotchkin, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 20-30.. He died on 18 March 1877 at Schenevus, Otsego County, NY, USA, at age 71.^1,3,4 He was buried at Schenevus Cemetery, at Schenevus, Otsego County, NY, USA.

     Ashley says in his book, "The Concise History of the Town of Maryland," that he opened the first tin shop and sash and blinds store in Maryland in 1844.
     Ashley's first recorded real estate transaction in Otsego County was in 1828, at age 23, was a sale of a property to J. & A. Willcox. His purchase of this property wasn't recorded unless the Compiler missed it. After that date he purchased properties in 1835 through 1854 from A. H. Brown, H.G. Sperry, A. Horse, G. Wright, H. G. Spencer, and A. Wicox. His sales started in 1828 and continued until 1848 to N. Alexander, J. G. Hawkins, H. Follett, J. A. Spencer, and J. F. Romaine. His wife Christina acquired and sold properties during the years of 1854 through 1883 with C. Brown, Eliz. Haynes, W. H. Gurney, her son W. S. Hotchkin, G. A. Shultz, C. W. Martin, and A. J. Welton.⁵

     Emma Katherine (Kate) Hotchkin was born in 1866 at DeWitt, Onondaga County, NY, USA. She was the daughter of Addison R. Hotchkin and Susan Avis Wright.

     Emma is listed in the 1897-98 Syracuse City Directory as Katherine E., who boards at 1375 James, the home of her parents. She is called Kate at the 1880 census.

     William was born at DeWitt, Onondaga County, NY, USA, in July 1864. Birth date from the 1900 census.. He was the son of Addison R. Hotchkin and Susan Avis Wright. William Little Hotchkin married Lottie M. Rose on 19 November 1884 at Danforth, Onondaga County, NY, USA. Index does not give brides names..¹ William Little Hotchkin and Lottie M. Rose were divorced in June 1894 at Onondaga County, NY, USA.² William Little Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1900 at Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, William L., age 36, b July 1864 in NY, single living alone, Baggage truckman.. He resided at Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY, USA, in 1900. He married Hattie Orphia Wheeler in 1902 at Onondaga County, NY. William was single at 1900 census and married to Hattie Rose at 1910 census. 1910 census says that they had been married 7 years..¹

     William L. appears in the Syracuse City Directories from 1896 through 1901. He is first listed as a farmer on James road, the home of his parents; next he is called a cartman, boarding at his parent home; then he is called a driver; and the last directory has him as an expressman, still living with his parents.
     William had a difficult, non working life according to a divorce announcement in the Syracuse newspapers.

     Susan Avis Wright was born in 1842 at Otsego County, NY, USA. Age 28 at the 1870 census. She was the daughter of Pomeroy Wright and Tamison (Dolly) Seward. She married Addison R. Hotchkin at Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY, USA, on 2 October 1862.¹ Susan died in 1900 at NY, USA.

     The Will of Eziekel Wright, Susan's father, was probated after the death of her and Jerome and it mentions son William and daughter Florence.

     Hettie Daughtery Hotchkin was born on 29 January 1879 at Caddo, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. She was the daughter of Henry W. Hotchkin and Mary Jane Semple. She married Charles Curtis McIntire at Mt Pleasant, Sanpete County, UT, USA, on 19 May 1904. Utah marriage records Vol 5, pg 100 Id# 260755.. Hettie Daughtery Hotchkin lived in 1909 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT, USA.¹ She appeared on the census of 1920 at Durant, Bryan County, OK, USA. The census lists the family as: Hattie H. McIntire, 40, married, born OK, father born PA, mother born, Librarina at normal school; son Carl, 13, born MI, father born OL, mother born OK; dau Helen, 11, born UT; son Blair, 10, born UT; son Forest, 7, born IL.. She died on 12 December 1955 at age 76. She was buried . Col William Forrest McIntire sent the Compiler this picture of his mother's gravestone, but didn't tell its location. It is likely in Highland Cemetery, Durant, OK..

     Notes of Ebenezer Jr. refers to Hettie as a teacher and Dean of Women at the State Teachers College. Volume II, The History of the State of Oklahoma, dated 1909, says that she is a missionary in Utah and wife of Rev. McIntire of the Presbyterian Church of Salt Lake.²

     Lucy K. Hotchkin was born on 6 August 1877 at Caddo, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. She was the daughter of Henry W. Hotchkin and Mary Jane Semple. She married Joseph Smedley Forrest at Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA, on 23 June 1903. Marriage Index of 2nd Judicial Dist, US Court, Choctaw Nation. He is called J. S. Forrrest and age 51 of Tamaha and she is Lucy K. Hotchkin, age 27.of Durant..¹ She resided at Fort Smith, Sebastian County, AR, USA, in 1909. Lucy K. Hotchkin was buried at Highland Cemetery, at Durant, Bryan County, OK, USA.

     Ebenezer Jr. refers to Lucy as a teacher in notes found at the Presbyterian Historical Society.

     Mary Jane Semple was born on 17 July 1836 at Steubenville, Jefferson County, OH, USA.³ She was the daughter of Alexander Whiteside Semple and Mary Finley. She married Henry W. Hotchkin at Steubenville, Jefferson County, OH, on 21 October 1860.^4,5 Mary Jane Semple appeared on the census of 1900 at Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. The census lists the family as: Mary J. Hotchkin, age 63, b 7-1836 in OH; dau Lucy K., age 22, b 8-1877 in Ind. Terr; dau Hettie D., age 21, b 1-1879 in Ind. Terr., gs Ebenezer Walner, age 11, b 8-1888 in Ind. Terr., gd Marie Hotchkin, age 11, b 10-1888 in Ind. Terr. 14 184 10 5. She died on 31 August 1917 at Stigler, Haskell County, OK, USA, at age 81.³ She was buried in September 1917 at Stigler Cemetery, at Stigler, Haskell County, OK, USA. This grave has been viewed and photographed by the Compiler.
Row 36, #42.

     Ernest Trice Thompson in Presbyterian Missions in the Southern United States, says that Mary was a cultured young society girl who had cane to Indian Territory by boat and wagon in 1856 at the age of nineteen. She married Henry while at Bennington in 1860. Mary taught school and the family lived in Caddo from 1883 to 1887, and then in Paul’s Valley until 1891, and then Wynnewood for the next five years. She was placed in charge of the Oklahoma Presbyterian College for Girls after its formation in 1896. With the able assistance of her son Ebenezer, this school grew. The school was originally named the Calvin Institute after Rev. C. J. Ralston gave $200 to the Home Missions Committee to establish the school in memory of his son who drowned at the age of 4 years. The school had originally been under the direction of Rev. R. K. Mosely from 1894 to 1896 until the responsibility was given to Mary in 1896. Mary consecrated her life and her forty years of service to the Indians. Besides being a teacher, she worked as a friend, nurse, doctor and spiritual advisor. Into her classroom at every station she carried her bible and taught it just as she taught her regular classes. It was a habit of hers to give away marked copies of the New Testament. Her last words as she lay dying were “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet.” Mary’s piousness was shown by an event that happened late in her life when she was returning from Oregon to Oklahoma where she had been ministering to the Klamath Indians and visiting her son Alex. Her children were waiting for her at the train station but she did not return as expected. They found her the following day getting off the train and her explanation was that it had been a Sunday and she felt that she must not ride the train on a day that she should be in church. She had made a stop to attend church. Mary is buried in the Stigler City Cemetery under a white marble stone, that the Compiler had to remove the weeds from to read the inscription, “Came to Indian Territory as a Missionary to the Choctaw Indians in 1857. Taught for 40 years among the Choctaws and Chickasaws.”
     Her obituary, published in the Durant newspaper (name and date not on the clipping), is worth copying completely. “The death of Mrs. Hotchkin on last Friday evening at Stigler, Oklahoma marked the passage of a long life in the Indian service. During the past three years her work has been among the Klamath Indians of Oregon. Last January the department gave her a vacation and she came east to visit her son, E. Hotchkin, of this place, and two daughters, Hettie McIntire and Lucy K. Forrest of Stigler, OK. She suffered a stroke of paralysis in July and lingered in a paralyzed condition until August 31 when she died. Mrs. Hotchkin was born in 1836 in Steubenville, Ohio. She came to the Choctaw country as a mission teacher in 1857. The journey was a memorable one . . . down the Mississippi by boat to Gaines Landing and across the state of Arkansas in wagons. Her first year was at Wheelock. The children were all Indian , none of them knew any English and she knew no Choctaw. Yet at the end of the year, she knew Choctaw and they could speak and write English. She taught Indian schools 40 consecutive years, teaching at Wheelock, Goodwater, Mayhew, Old Bennington, Caddo, Chikika, Wynnewood, and Durant. She came to Durant in 1896 with her son, E. Hotchkin, and taught in the Calvin Institute. Durant College grew out of this school and later Oklahoma Presbyterian College. Mrs. Hotchkin was married in 1860 to Henry W. Hotchkin, son of Ebenezer Hotchkin, missionary to the Choctaws in Mississippi in 1828. Nine children were born of this union, six of whom are yet living. Mr. Charley Semple of Caddo, now deceased, was her youngest brother. He came with her from Steubenville, Ohio, in the 60’s and made his home here with her. Many older citizens of Durant remember well the deceased, and it is for them that these words are written.”
     Mary tells her own story of how she became a Missionary in The Presbyterian Survey, dated Oct 1935. She said that the story started when Dr. Scudder, of India, visited Steubenville, Ohio in 1846 or 1848 and lectured to the Sundayschool children in the Second Presbyterian Church. When he closed his lecture, he said, When you go home ask your mother to let you write in your bible, “Mr. Schudder asked me to be a Missionary.” Mary did write this in her bible at the age of 10 or 12 years old and over the following years wondered if she were really meant to be a Missionary. Mary says that she was totally unprepared for the hard life in Indian country and at one early point, Dr. Kingsbury offered to send her home.
     Shortly after her husband Henry's death Mary had a serious accident. she was thrown from a buggy by a team of young mules and left in the woods for some time with a broken hip. The hip never healed properly and for the rest of her life she walked with crutches.
     Much of this story is told by her son Ebenezer, as he remembers it told to him by his mother but unfortunely there are almost no dates in the biography.^6,7,8,9,10

     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 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.^1,6,7,8

     Raymond Harry Hotchkin was born on 29 January 1913 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA.² He was the son of John Francis (Jack) Hotchkin and Marie A. Schmidt. He married Agnes G. Vilickas at Crown Point, Lake County, IN, USA, on 25 May 1936. Raymond Harry Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1940 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA. The census lists the family as: Raymond Hotchkin, Head, age 27 born 1913 in IL, married, Laborer in Ford Plant; wife Agnes C., age 28 born 1912 in IL; son (dau) Ester M. age 2 born 1938 in IL.. He was employed in 1945 as a Machinist. He resided at Chicago, Cook County, IL, in 1993. He died on 17 October 2003 at Hinsdale, DuPage County, IL, USA, at age 90.² He was buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, at Alsip, Cook County, IL, USA.

     Esther Hotchkin was born circa 1910 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA. Chicago Death Index says age 3 months. She was the daughter of John Francis (Jack) Hotchkin and Marie A. Schmidt. Esther Hotchkin died on 22 December 1910 at Chicago, Cook County, IL. Not with the family at the 1910 census. Age 3 months at death according to IL Death Index..¹ She was buried at Mount Greenwood Cemetery, at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA.

     Thomas Hotchkin was born circa 1907 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA. He was the son of John Francis (Jack) Hotchkin and Marie A. Schmidt. Thomas died before 1910 at Chicago, Cook County, IL. Not with the family at the 1910 census.. He was buried at Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens (West), at Willow Springs, Cook County, IL, USA.

     Hugh John Hotchkin was born on 28 December 1915 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA. Age 5 at the 1920 census.¹ He was the son of John Francis (Jack) Hotchkin and Marie A. Schmidt. Hugh John Hotchkin married Anna Marie Patyk circa 1940 at IL, USA. Hugh John Hotchkin enlsted on 27 June 1942 while living at Chicago, Cook County, IL. His enlistment notes said: " Hugh J. Hotchkin, native of Illinois, enlisted in Cook County, IL, no branch, Private, enlisted for the duration, 4 years of high school, married, height 66, weight 163. His birth year is given as 1914 which differs from compilers records.". He died on 16 July 1954 at Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL, USA, at age 38. Florida Death Index gives middle name of John..¹ He was buried on 19 July 1954 at Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL.²

     Hugh died of Polio in 1953 according to his brother Ray. His newspaper obituary gives a 1954 date and says that they had moved to Florida the previous October.

     Roy Peter Hotchkin was born on 1 November 1921 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA.¹ He was the son of John Francis (Jack) Hotchkin and Marie A. Schmidt. He married Eilene (LY) D. Hart at Cook County, IL, USA, on 7 May 1945. Roy Peter Hotchkin was a Navy Pilot circa 1952. He married Marilyn Jane Anderson at IL, USA, after 1956. Roy died on 12 April 1990 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, at age 68. The Chicago Tribune Obituary Index 1988-1997 gives his death date as 13 Apr 1990..^2,3 He was buried at Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery, at Hillside, Cook County, IL, USA.

     His brother Ray says that Marilyn was Roy's second wife. He didn't say who was the mother of the children. The family lived in Clarendon Hills, IL.

     Agnes G. Vilickas was born on 24 June 1911 at IL, USA.¹ She married Raymond Harry Hotchkin at Crown Point, Lake County, IN, USA, on 25 May 1936. Agnes G. Vilickas died on 28 July 1999 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA, at age 88.² She was buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, at Alsip, Cook County, IL, USA.