Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1835 - 1909)

Born 19 Sep 1835 in Mobile, Alabama, U.S.

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Dwight (Collier) Hitchcock — married 20 Mar 1869 in St. Louis City Missouri, USA

Descendants

Died 9 Apr 1909 at age 73 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Biography

Ethan Allen Hitchcock was born on September 19, 1835.^[1] HIs parents were Henry Hitchcock and Anne Erwin. Ethan was named after his maternal great-grandfather, Ethan Allen, an American Revolutionary War hero.

In 1855, Ethan graduated from a private New Haven, Connecticut military academy. He was then hired by a St. Louis trading firm by the name of Olyphant and Company. Ethan was assigned to the firm's Hong Kong office.^[2] Ethan became a full partner in Olyphant and Company in 1866. ^[3]

On March 20, 1869, Ethan (34) married Margaret Dwight Collier in St. Louis, Missouri. ^[4] They had three daughters; Sarah, Anne and Margaret. ^[1]

Ethan was a member of the Missouri Society of the Sons of the Revolution^[1]

President McKinley appointed Ethan as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia in 1897.^[1] He was the first Ambassador to Russia for the United States.

On February 20, 1899, President William McKinley appointed Ethan the 22nd Secretary of the Interior. He served as secretary until March 4, 1907. ^[1]

Secretary Hitchcock established the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1902. This bureau was responsible for reclaiming unused arid land, for human use, including the building of dams and hydro-power plants. ^[5]

Ethan Allen Hitchcock died on April 9, 1909, in Washington, D.C., at the age of 73. He was buried at the Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} ; Ethan A. Hitchcock (Interior) on Wikipedia; Wikipedia contributors, "Ethan A. Hitchcock (Interior)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethan_A._Hitchcock_(Interior)&oldid=1036329514 (accessed January 6, 2022).
2. ↑ The Miller Center of UVA on Ethan A. Hitchcock; https://millercenter.org/president/mckinley/essays/hitchcock-1899-ethan-secretary-of-the-interior (accessed 6 Jan 2022)
3. ↑ Encyclopedia Americana for Ethan Allen Hitchcock; Internet Archive; Volume 14; pp. 296; https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaame28unkngoog/page/n334/mode/2up?q=ethan+hitchcock&view=theater (accessed 6 Jan 2022).
4. ↑ Missouri Marriage Record for Ethan Allen Hitchcock; "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HQG5-GFZM : 18 January 2020), Ethan Allen Hitchcock, 1869. (accessed 6 Jan 2022)
5. ↑ U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Maccarone, E. M.. "U.S. Bureau of Reclamation." Encyclopedia Britannica, Invalid Date. https://www.britannica.com/topic/US-Bureau-of-Reclamation. (accessed 6 Jan 2022)
6. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial for Ethan Allen Hitchcock; Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7247254/ethan-allen-hitchcock : accessed 06 January 2022), memorial page for Ethan Allen Hitchcock (19 Sep 1835–9 Apr 1909), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7247254, citing Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave.

See also:

• UVA|Miller Center; Ethan A. Hitchcock (1899-1901)
• Ethan A. Hitchcock (Interior) at Wikipedia
• Find A Grave: Memorial #7247254