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     Donald was born at Arkansas City, Cowley County, KS, USA, on 17 February 1921.¹ He was the son of Mac Leod Hotchkin and Susie May Heth. He married Beatrice Arlene King at KS, USA, circa 1940. Donald Eugene Hotchkin Sr. and Beatrice Arlene King were divorced circa 1942 at KS. He married Shirley Geraldine Snook at KS circa 1945. Donald Eugene Hotchkin Sr. enlsted on 8 November 1945 while living at Cowley County, KS, USA. His enlistment notes said: " Donald E. Hotchkin Sr., native of Kansas, Cowley County, enlisted in Signal Corps, Technician 4th Grade, Segt, Hawaiian Dept, Regular Army, source enlisted man, scout, or recall to AD of enlisted man transferred to ERC. He has 1 year of high school, divoreced without dependents.". He and Shirley Geraldine Snook were divorced circa 1965 at KS. He married Sue A. Unknown at KS on 27 July 1983. The marriage date is on their gravestone.. Donald died on 9 May 1996 at Arkansas City, Cowley County, KS, at age 75.² He was buried at Hope Cemetery, at Arkansas City, Cowley County, KS, USA, .

     Donald James Hotchkin was born on 12 November 1901 at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI, USA. He was age 8 at the 1910 census.¹ He was the son of James Elliott Hotchkin and Sophia C. Weber. He was baptized at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI, on 4 May 1913. At the 1st Baptist Church of Benton Harbor and became a member on 11 May 1913.. He married Julia Mae Smith at Jellico, Campbell County, TN, USA, on 17 December 1921.^2,3 Donald James Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1930 at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI. The census lists the family as: Donal Hotchkin, 28 (1901), born in MI, parents born in MI, forst married at age 20, clerk in grocery store; wife Julia M., 26 (1903), born in KY, fayther born in KY, mother in TN, polisher in glass factory, first married at age 18; daughter Doris J., 6 (1923), born in MI; daughter Betty J., 4 3/12 (1925), born in MI.. He was a Grocer circa 1940. He died on 18 July 1946 at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI, at age 44.⁴ He was buried at Crystal Springs Cemetery, at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI, USA, .

     Donald James was a grocer in Benton Harbor, MI and his death certificate also described him as a machinist. According to his death certificate, he died at Mercy Hospital of intestinal blockage after an operation. He is buried in Crystal Springs Cemetery with a gravestone that also has his wife Julia's name on the stone; however, as of 1992 Julia is alive and living in TN.

     Donald was born at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI, USA, on 26 November 1924. His birth was calculated from his death certificate 2 months-- 17 days.. He was the son of Donald James Hotchkin and Julia Mae Smith. Donald James Hotchkin Jr. died on 12 February 1925 at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI.¹ He was buried at Crystal Springs Cemetery, at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI, USA, .

     According to his Death Certificate, he died of Valular Heart Disease.

     Donald William Hotchkin is the son of Earl Edward Hotchkin and Rita Catherine Cypert. He married Barbara Jean Bivins at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA, on 6 July 1974.¹

     Donn Charles Hotchkin is the son of Donald Dale Hotchkin and Dolores Joyce Shipski. He married Catherine Ann Snauko at MI, USA, on 15 May 1976.

     Doris Jean Hotchkin was born on 6 June 1923 at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI, USA. She was the daughter of Donald James Hotchkin and Julia Mae Smith. Doris Jean Hotchkin married William Wilson Lt., son of Marvin J. Wilson and Ellen Broden, on 2 May 1942 at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI. The marriage information comes from his obituary.. Doris Jean Hotchkin married Walter A. Davis on 25 February 1946 at Louisville, Jefferson County, KY, USA. Their Wedding Announcement published in Herald-Press, St Joseph, MI 7 Mar 1946. Married by Justice of the Peace, H. G. Jorris.. She married Irving Berkowitz after 1947. She resided at Lincolnwood, Cook County, IL, USA, in 1991. Doris Jean Hotchkin died on 20 April 1996 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA, at age 72.²

     Doris Katherine Hotchkin was born on 10 March 1934 at Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, OH, USA. She was the daughter of Walter James Hotchkin and Pearl Lula Rosell. She married Gerald Eugene Putland at OH, USA, on 9 June 1955. Doris Katherine Hotchkin died on 29 June 1999 at Miami, Miami Dade County, FL, USA, at age 65.

     Doris' son Kenneth says that she was a Registered Nurse and earned her BS NR at Ohio State University.

     Doris Louise Hotchkin is the daughter of Leon Stanley Hotchkin and Lenora Bush. She married William Saunders at Niagara County, NY, USA, in 1954.¹

     Doris Mae Hotchkin was born on 23 April 1923 at Washington, Warren County, NJ, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Harold Donald Hotchkin Sr. and Charlotte Marguerite (Lottie) Leek. She married Rolland Earl Young at Washington, Warren County, NJ, on 4 July 1943. Married at the Methodist Church in Washington, Warren County, NJ.. Doris Mae Hotchkin died in 2004 at Hampton, Hunterdon County, NJ, USA.¹ She was buried at Musconetong Valley Cemetery, at Hampton, Hunterdon County, NJ, USA, .

     Doris supplied a lot of the information in the Brown book. Her address as of 1990 was in Washington, NJ.²

     Dorothy Hotchkin was born circa 1911 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Horace Nathan Hotchkin and Mary (May) Ishultz. Dorothy Hotchkin died before 1920 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY. Not with the family at the 1920 census..

     She was not included in the 1900 Census or the 1920 census.

     Dorothy Hotchkin is the daughter of Charles Fenton Hotchkin and Cora Grace Bartoo.

     Dorothy Alice Hotchkin was born on 14 March 1913 at Jasper County, IA, USA.¹ She was the daughter of James Alfred Hotchkin and Mary Frances Duggan. She married Proctor Odell Stepp on 31 October 1932. Dorothy Alice Hotchkin died on 16 January 2003 at Grinnell, Poweshiek County, IA, USA, at age 89.¹

     Douglas Robert Hotchkin is the son of Albert Leet Hotchkin and Amelia Unknown. Douglas Robert Hotchkin married Angie M. Unknown.

     Duane (Dwayne) William Hotchkin was born on 26 July 1955 at Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR, USA.² He was the son of William Russell Hotchkin Jr. and Jean A. Jamison. He resided at Anchorage, Anchorage County, AK, USA, in 2005. Duane (Dwayne) William Hotchkin died on 18 August 2009 at Sumner, Pierce County, WA, USA, at age 54. Daily World, The (Aberdeen, WA) - August 22, 2009

Duane W. Hotchkin
Aberdeen resident Duane William Hotchkin died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, at his home. He was 54.Arrangements are by Whiteside Family Mortuary of Aberdeen.²

     Dustin Arthur Hotchkin is the son of Wilbur Arthur Hotchkin and Rebecca Sue Jurgenson.

     Dustin Wayne Hotchkin is the son of Brent Wayne Hotchkin and Linda Mae Haines.

     Earl Anthony Hotchkin is the son of Earl Edward Hotchkin and Rita Catherine Cypert. He married Mary Jane Horvath at NY, USA, on 24 August 1968.

     Earl Edward Hotchkin was born on 11 January 1919 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA.² He was the son of William Mead Hotchkin and Pearl May Grant. He married Rita Catherine Cypert at NY, USA, on 12 April 1942. Earl Edward Hotchkin enlsted on 13 May 1942 while living at Sullivan County, NY, USA. His enlistment notes said: " Earl E. Hotchkin, native of NY, Sullivan County, enlisted at Ft Jay, Governors Island, branch inmaterial, Private, grammer school, height 69, weight 147.". He resided at Parksville, Sullivan County, NY, USA, in 1991. Earl died on 25 May 1992 at Parksville, Sullivan County, NY, at age 73. Death date also given in Rita's obituary..³

     Geoffrey Brown says that Earl was the source of most of the information on the descendants of Albert Hotchkin and an active historian of that branch of the family. They resided on Aden Rd., Liberty, NY.

     Earl was born at Neversink, Sullivan County, NY, USA, on 12 August 1899. Birth calculated from age at death 2 yr- 2 mo - 8 days.. He was the son of Frank William Hotchkin and Eunice E. Lewis. Earl died on 20 October 1901 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA, at age 2.¹

     Earl Hotchkin Jr. was born circa 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 Thelma Unknown. 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 circa 1872 at Sullivan County, NY, USA. He was the son of Seth Hotchkin and Fanny Twaddell.

     Earnest H. Hotchkin was born on 12 January 1906 at CT, USA.² He was the son of Walter Raymond Hotchkin and Minnie Bushey. Earnest H. Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1920 at Torrington, Litchfield County, CT, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkins, Ernest, 14, b CT; living with grandfather Michael Bushey.. Heserved during the World War II. He enlsted on 23 September 1943 while living at Hartford, Hartford County, CT, USA. His enlistment notes said: " Ernest H. Hotchkins, born 1906, native of Connecticut, no branch indicated, Private, enlisted for duration, grammer school, vocational counselor, single, no dependents, height 00, weight 00.". He died on 2 February 1975 at Torrington, Litchfield County, CT, at age 69.³ He was buried at Hillside Cemetery, at Torrington, Litchfield County, CT, USA, .

     His listing in the Connecticut Death Index 1949 - 2001 calls hin Ernest Hotchkins, died 02 Feb 1975 at age of 69 years in Torrington, CT and never married. It looks as if Ernest used the spelling Hotchkins all of his life.

     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.. According to conflicting evidence, he married Maria Emaline Moore at Wynnewood, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, on 13 July 1895. The 1910 census would support this wedding date..⁶ 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 appeared on the census of 1920 at Durant, Bryan County, OK, USA. The census lists the family as: E. Hotckin, 50, born OK, father born USA, mother OH, evangilist of church; wife May, 45, born MO; son Earl, 23, born OK, bank teller; son Tom, 19, born OK, no occup; daughter Christine, 14, born OK; son Marion, 12, born OK; daughter Anna, 9, born OK; daughter Lilly, 7, born OK.
. He was a Minister & Teacher circa 1920 at Durant, Bryan County, OK. He appeared on the census of 1930 at Durant, Bryan County, OK. The census lists the family as: Ebenezer Hotchkin, 61 (1868) married at age 25, born in OK, father born USA, mother born in OH, President of Oklahoma Presbyterian College; wife Marie 55 (1874), married at age 19, born in MO, father born in KY, mother in MO, no occupation; daughter Christine, 23 (1906), single, born OK, teacher at Prebyterian College; daughter Anna, 23, (1916), single, born in OK; daughter Lilly, 17 (1912), single, born in OK; son Thomas, 27 (1907), single, born in OK.. 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..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.^1,7,8,9

     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 was baptized at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, on 1 April 1804.⁷ He married Philena Thatcher at Goshen, Choctaw Nation, MS, USA, on 2 November 1830.^8,9 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 64.¹⁰ 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.^{11,12,1,13,14,15,16,17}

     Eber Hall Hotchkin was born in 1833 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA. He was the son of Zebulon Hotchkin and Elizabeth Ann Hall. He was baptized at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, on 8 June 1834. At the Presbyterian Church of Liberty, NY.. He married Celia Ann Bayne at El Paso, Woodford County, IL, USA, on 3 November 1857.¹ Eber Hall Hotchkin was a Segt, andserved in Co A, 86th IL Infantry, during the Civil War. He died as a prisoner. 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

     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 on 8 March 1876 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.