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Death
Name: Festus Hitchcock
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Springfield
Death Date: 15 May 1877
Death Place: Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
Age: 88
Birth Date: 1789
Birth Place: Springfield
Occupation: Farmer
Race:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Josiah Hitchcock
Father's BirthPlace:
Mother's Name: Hulda
Mother's BirthPlace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07552-0
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film Number: 2028187
Reference ID: it8 v1 p35 n16
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC9G-Q6P : 10 December 2014), Festus Hitchcock, 15 May 1877; citing Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts, reference it8 v1 p35 n16; FHL microfilm 2,028,187.'
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