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Hitchcock, Reuben
Biography
2 Sept. 1806–9 Dec. 1883. Attorney, judge, railroad executive. Born in Burton, Geauga Co., Ohio. Son of Peter Hitchcock and Nabby Cook. Moved to New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Graduated from Yale University, 1826. Taught at Burton Academy, ca. 1826–1829, in Burton. Admitted to Ohio bar, ca. 1831. Moved to Painesville, Geauga Co., ca. 1831. Married Sarah Marshall, 18 Sept. 1834, in Colebrook, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Served as prosecuting attorney in Geauga Co., 1835–1839. Partner in law firm of Hitchcock & Wilder, 1837–1846. Involved in legal proceedings that included JS. President of First National Bank, 1838–1841, in Painesville. Served as presiding judge of court of common pleas for district that included Lake Co., Ohio, 1841. Moved to Cleveland and headed firm of Hitchcock, Wilson & Wade, 1846. Returned to Painesville, 1851. Served as judge of court of common pleas for district that included Geauga and Lake counties, 1852–1855. Served as vice president and legal advisor of Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad, 1855. Elected mayor of Painesville, 1874. Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario Co., New York.
Links
papers
- Declaration, 22 April 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. JS ]
- Declaration, circa 10 July 1837 [ JS for the use of J. Hitchcock and J. R. Hitchcock v. Cheney ]
- Declaration, circa 24 April 1837 [ Martindale v. JS et al. ]
- Deed, Abel and Betsey Owen to Oliver Granger, 10 October 1840
- Deed, Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger to Zalmon and Robert Mead, 22 February 1841
- Deed, William and Rosannah Robinson Marks to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837
- Docket Entry, 21–22 April 1835 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Assault and Battery ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 24 October 1837 [ JS for the use of J. Hitchcock and J. R. Hitchcock v. Cheney ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. JS ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Kingsbury ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Parrish ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Rigdon ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Whitney ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Williams ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 3 April 1838 [ L. Holmes and C. Holmes v. JS and Cahoon ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 5 June 1837 [ Martindale v. JS et al. ]
- Indictment, between 16 and 20 June 1835 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Assault and Battery ]
- Introduction to Barker for the use of Bump v. JS and O. Cowdery
- Introduction to JS for the use of J. Hitchcock and J. R. Hitchcock v. Cheney
- Introduction to L. Holmes and C. Holmes v. JS and Cahoon
- Introduction to Martindale v. JS et al.
- Introduction to Russell v. JS et al.
- Introduction to Scribner v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery
- Introduction to State of Ohio v. JS for Assault and Battery
- Letter from Newel K. Whitney, 20 April 1837
- Letter from Reuben McBride, 28 February 1844
- Letter from Reuben McBride, 3 January 1842
- Mortgage to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837
- Promissory Note to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837–A
- Promissory Note to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837–B
- Receipt to Jonathan Harrington, 8 July 1842
- Receipt, Reuben Hitchcock to Oliver Granger, 30 October 1838
- Statement of Account from Hitchcock & Wilder, between 3 April and 6 November 1838
- Statement of Account from Hitchcock & Wilder, between 9 July and 6 November 1838
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 20 June 1835 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Assault and Battery ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 24 October 1837 [ JS for the use of J. Hitchcock and J. R. Hitchcock v. Cheney ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Whitney ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Williams ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. JS ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Kingsbury ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Parrish ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Rigdon ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 5 June 1837 [ Martindale v. JS et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 9 April 1834 [ State of Ohio v. D. P. Hurlbut ]
- Gender
- Male