Comfort Charles Fitch ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   Cause of his death was Fractured skull due to accidental fall.

  Death Notes:

Name: Charles C. Fitch
Death Date: 16 Apr 1914
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Gender: Male
Race (Original): White
Death Age: 79y 1m 7d
Birth Date: 09 Mar 1835
Birthplace: Ohio
Father: Henry Fitch
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother: Rebecca Bowman
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Contractor
Street Address: 155 W. Elm St.
Residence: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Place: Woodstock, Illinois
Burial Date: 19 Apr 1914
Film Number: 1239998
Digital Folder Number: 4004820
Image Number: 617
Reference Number: 11458

Source Citation
"Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7X6-32W : accessed 26 Aug 2012), Rebecca Bowman in entry for Charles C. Fitch, 16 Apr 1914.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Center, IL on 25 September 1850. ⁵

1850 US Census
Page 365 B, Dwelling 45, Family 45, Roll 120
Center, McHenry County, Illinois
Comfort C. Fitch..15..OH..Farmer
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Woodstock, IL on 6 August 1860. ⁶

1860 US Census
Page 509, Roll 202, Family 3736
Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois
Comfort Fitch..24..OH..Carpenter
(Living with widowed father.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 9 Mar 1835, then his age should have been 25 instead of 24.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Chicago, IL on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 268D, Roll 0199
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Charles C. Fitch..Self..45..OH..Foreman P.M.
(Living with wife, 2 children, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law.)
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• His occupation in April 1914 was a Retired Contractor in Chicago, IL.

• He resided at 155 West Elm Street in April 1914 in Chicago, IL.

Comfort married Harriett Lovell Eames, daughter of Edmund Eames and Catherine Eames, on 19 August 1871.^{1 2} (Harriett Lovell Eames was born on 6 July 1840 in Framingham, MA ^{2 4} and died on 6 January 1929 in Woodstock, IL.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Chicago, IL on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 268D, Roll 0199
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Charles C. Fitch..Self..45..OH..Foreman P.M.
Hatty L. Fitch..Wife..40..MA..House Keeping
Charles E. Fitch..Son..8..IL..At School
Alie C. Fitch..Dau..6..IL..At Home
Sam Butterfield..BroL..41..OH..Clothing
Alie M. Butterfield..SisL..38..MA..Millinery
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