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- [S1424] Edgar Hotchkin, Descendants of John Hotchkin of Guilford, CT (http://www.hotchkinfamilyhistory.com/index.htm : accessed ), ., accessed; 18 May 2011; http://www.hotchkinfamilyhistory.com/p206.htm#i606.
- [S1424] Edgar Hotchkin, Descendants of John Hotchkin of Guilford, CT (http://www.hotchkinfamilyhistory.com/index.htm : accessed ), ., accessed; 18 May 2011; http://www.hotchkinfamilyhistory.com/p206.htm#i606.
Julia’s Widows Pension Application contains a most interesting story about William’s death. She says that she does not know when, where or under what circumstances her husband died. She and William were living together in Watertown in June 1883 with their three children, William, Walter and Caro, when her son William died very suddenly. As a result, she suffered a severe attack of illness and went to NYC with her daughter and son Walter to visit her parents and recuperate. In the early part of November 1883 her husband left Watertown to visit her in NYC and never arrived. She found that his railroad ticket had been taken up on the train but no other information could be found. They visited all the hospitals, notified the police and advertised in the newspapers but never heard a word, and until this date, 29 years later, they had heard nothing. Malona S. Hotchkin, William’s half sister, in her statement said that he was living with her then and he had been in poor health for a year or more. She says that he left the house to get some medicine and never returned. She subsequently heard from the husband of her niece, Carrie A. Moffett that he had seen William on the train at Richland, NY, a rail station between Watertown and New York City. A William Allen, who was distantly related to William by marriage, claims to have seen him on the train at Camden, NY. “He was wild and haggard in appearance and muttered incoherently,” said William. Julia believed that her husband, William was planning on the trip to New York to collect $850.00 owed him by Scott & Co of 721 Broadway, and an attorney by the name of William Roseblautt. This is likely the same Scott that Charles G. Hotchkin was asking for money, from St. Louis, MO, and it is believed that these were estate funds. The family also filed documents in the Surrogate Court, dated 28 May 1884 petitioning for the settlement of his estate, saying that he disappeared on 7 Nov 1883. The petition says that for a long time previously, he had been in feeble condition and taking morphine and chloral in large quantities for pain. It was claimed that he left the home of his mother, Kezia, with his night shirt under his coat, saying that he was going to a physicians house on the corner for medicine.
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1840 - 1883 (43 years)
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