from The Republican (Danville, IN), issue of 4/25/1895--page 2, column 4:
The death of Alfred Hitchcock occurred Wednesday after a long illness during
a large portion of which he was entirely helpless. The funeral was Friday
morning from the Methodist church under the auspices of the G.A.R. Rev.
Orcutt read an interesting sketch of the life of the deceased prepared by
Judge Denny, of Indianapolis of which a synopsis follows. Alfred Hitchcock
was born in 1829 in Washington county, Indiana, and died in Danville, April
17th 1895. In his early childhood his parents moved to Hendricks county and
later to Danville where they lived until the fall of 1842. His father died
in 1842 and his mother married Robert Denny and died in Indianapolis in
1887. In 1852 Mr. Hitchcock and Miss Martha Ann White were married in
Washington county Indiana, who with four children survives him. Eleven
children were born to them, two of which died in infancy and five in later
life. In 1859 Mr. Hitchcock joined the Christian church. In July 1861 he
enlisted with the 23!
rd regiment Indiana volunteers and was discharged in December 1862 by reason
of disability incurred in the service. In August 1863 he again volunteered
in the 117th regiment and was mustered out February 1864. He then
volunteered as a member of the 21st regiment (First Heavy Artillery) and was
finally discharged in June 1865. It is a note-worthy fact that he, his three
brothers and a step-father were all serving in the army at the same time. He
was a good soldier and a patient sufferer in affliction. He enjoyed the
religious services that were held from time to time at his bed-side. His
death was like falling to sleep, softly, gently. The Grand Army Post has
adopted appropriate resolutions on the death of this brave soldier.
NOTE: I am not related to this person. I am posting this in hopes that it
will help someone else in their research.