Seth Hitchcock (1802 - 1834)

Born 29 Mar 1802 in Granville, Washington, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Ann (Rhodes) Whitlock — married 1821 in Warsaw, Genesee, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Jun 1834 at age 32 in Liberty, Clay, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Seth was born in 1802.

Seth Hitchcock married Sarah "Sally" Ann Rhodes 1821 in Warsaw, Genesee, NY

Seth and Sarah's Children

1. William T Hitchcock 1822–1905 m) Betsey
2. David Franklin Hitchcock 1824–1876 m) Mary
3. Cyrus Rhodes Hitchcock 1826–
4. Louisa Samantha Hitchcock 1828–1908 m) Pvt Anciel Twitchell
5. Abigail Hitchcock 1830–
6. John Chester Hitchcock 1832–1924 m) Petrea Sorensdatr Jensen
7. Cornelia Jane Hitchcock 1833–1892 m) Phillip Simmon

Seth joined the Zion's Camp March

Seth Hitchcock, died of cholera in Zion’s Camp in Missouri on the 24th of Jun 1834. He was buried at Rush Creek, Clay County, MO.^[1]

This is what is recorded about Seth at that time:

"About 68 people were afflicted with cholera, including briefly Joseph Smith, Heber C. Kimball, severely, and Jesse Smith, the Prophet's cousin, who was one of the last to die. Wilford Woodruff might have become afflicted with the disease except for a job assignment which removed him from caring for the sick. He said that each tent group had to care for their own sick and that Seth Hitchcock, who was a member of his tent, was seriously afflicted. When Hitchcock was stricken, Brother Woodruff's duty to care for a team of horses removed him from the tent. Instead, Warren Ingles was assigned to care for Hitchcock, and both Hitchcock and Ingles, who also was soon afflicted, died."

"Heber C. Kimball informs us that the burial site for Hitchcock and others was "in a little bluff by the side of a small stream that emptied into Rush creek," located in the proximity of the house of Sidney Gilbert.

He also tells us that five of the deceased were buried in the little bluff, starting with John S. Carter, the first to die, and Seth Hitchcock, both of whom had camped at George Burket's, and Eber Wilcox who died at Sidney Gilbert's house. Others, too, may have been buried at that site, apparently this included Betsy Parrish. Paradoxically, the victims of cholera seemed not to have been the overt complainers of the Camp. "

A marker listing those of Zion's Camp and two others who died near Rush Creek from the effects of cholera. written by Kenneth Mays. Recently, new owners of the land would like to make the site available and more accessible to any who may have interest. Mound Grove Cemetery ^[2] A written article by Kenneth Mays, Columnist is quite interesting in the Deseret News

Sources

1. ↑ Memorial
2. ↑ Zion's Camp Monument

• Article: Picturing history: Zion's Camp burial site at Rush Creek, Missouri, By Kenneth Mays, Columnist Jul 31, 2019, 6:31am MDT, https://www.deseret.com/2019/7/31/20755678/picturing-history-zion-s-camp-burial-site-at-rush-creek-missouri#view-of-what-was-once-the-farm-of-a-sidney-gilbert-he-died-from-cholera-along-with-the-thirteen-members-of-zions-camp

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Erica Fox, Friday, October 3, 2014