HIRAM McKITRICK

Hiram McKitrick, deceased, was born in Licking County, Ohio May 9, 1828, and is a son of John and Sarah McKitrick, who came to that county and settled in Concord Township, in 1839. He was the eldest of a family of eleven children, and when a young man learned the cooper trade. February 20, 1851, be wag married to Maria I, daughter of Jelin and Keziah (Bishop) Urton, of Virginia. Mrs. McKitrick was born December 25, 1830, arid bore her husband eight children, five of whom fire living, viz.: Albert, George, John, Llewellyn arid William. The deceased were named Elma E., Olive J. and Mary M. Mr. McKitrick bought a farm of 136 acres in 1870. In 1877, he built a house at a cost of $1,800, and in 1876 a barn at a cost of $350. He died February 28, 1875. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and wife belonged to the United Presbyterian in Church.