Obituary notices of the death of Col. Frederick Hitchcock.
Subject
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History; Scranton (Pa.)--History; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Description
Obituaries published in local newspapers on the death of well-known Scranton native Col. Frederick Hitchcock. These were published in the Scranton Republican newspaper and the Chamber of Commerce Journal.
Date.Original
1924-10-10
Rights
Original document is in the public domain and was scanned courtesy of the Lackawanna Historical Society.
Publisher
University of Scranton
Physical Dimensions
16.5 x 15.2 cm
Type
Text
Source
Lackawanna Historical Society
Transcript
Col. Frederick L. Hitchcock
It is with feelings of personal sorrow that the Chamber of Commerce Journal is
called upon to record the passing of the last charter member of the old Scranton Board
of Trade, the grand old man, not only of this organization, but of the whole City of Scran-
ton. [Scranton] Frederick L. Hitchcock's life in Scranton covered practically the entire course of the
city's history and in all of these long and busy years, no citizen stood forward with more
prominence as a loyal and progressive member of the community and as a patriotic Ameri-
can. [American] He was old in years but young in heart and in vision and imagination. The welfare
of the city and the well-being of its men, women and children in all of the manifold phases
of their civic life was always near to his heart.
It has been said of him that he was the youngest old man in Scranton. His was no
empty title, but won on the field of battle in the war for the preservation of the Union which
he loved. A veteran of the Civil War, he was wounded in action, brevetted, and in com-
mand [command] of a regiment before he was twenty-eight years of age, a distinction which has come
to comaratively [comparatively] few men in the military history of the country. After the war, Colonel
Hitchcock, although he had doffed the uniform, never ceased to be a valiant soldier in the
ranks of his country's defenders and his voice and pen were frequently called upon for
service in the defense of its laws and institutions. Even in these days when the body politic
has been more or less infected with imported radicalism, although an old man, having
reached the period when most men are content to sleep away their last days in undisturbed comfort,
he was found in the front ranks of those defenders of our country and its con-
stitution. [constitution]
Colonel Hitchcock's life and example constitutes a fine inspiration to the present
generation fo younger men. HIs interest was ever keen in every movement and enterprise
which promised better things and a broader and higher life for the city. As president of
the Board of Trade in 1908-09, he was a vigorous and forward leader of the community.
He will be sadly missed and his life of courage and patriotism will be remembmered through
the years to come.
DEATH COMES TO
COL. HITCHCOCK
Republican
Man Who Had Brilliant Career
in War and Peace Passes
Away at Hospital
Fri Oct 10 1924
HEART ATTACK IS FATAL
As City's Foremost Historian,
He Contributed Much to Lit-
erature [Literature] of State
Col. Frederick L. Hitchcock, for
more than half a century a resident
of Scranton, and a representative of
its highest type of citizenry, died at 4
COL. F. L. HITCHCOCK
o'clock yesterday morning at the
Mercy hospital, the victim of a heart
attack which seized him as he was ap-
parently [apparently] on the way to recovery from
injuries sufferedn in a fall at his home
nearly three weeks ago.
In his passing, the community loses
a man whose career was closely inter-
woven [interwoven] with the life and growth of the
city, whose foremost historian he was.
His death is Scranton's loss, robbing
the city of the services of one of its
most illustrious men whose life was
(Continued on Page Fourteen)
REPUBLICAN SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1931
Picture to Be Presented to Historical Society
Photographic reproduction of the picture of the late Col. F. L. Hitchcock, taken at Falsmouth, Va., during
the Civil war, is shown above. The picture will be presented by the immediate family of Colonel Hitchcock to the
Lackawanna Historical society this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Everhart museum. Henry W. Kingsbury will
make the presentation on behalf of the family. The gift will be accepted by Col. L. A. Watres, president of the so-
ciety. [society] Colonel Hitchcock was a former president of the society.
