In 1860 Lawrence County, Ohio, Manasses Litch is 48, Rachael Litch 42, Anna M. Litch 22, John T. Litch 20, James E. Litch 18, William M. Litch 13, Romaine C. Litch 11, Manasses Litch 7, George Litch 4, Susan Litch 1, and Julia M. H. Myers 6.
Ada G. Markham Age 17 Marriage Date 14 Sep 1875 Marriage Place Washington, Kansas, Spouse James E. Litch.
In 1880 Weld County (then including Sterling) James E. Litch 37, born in Ohio, is farming, Ada G. Litch 21 Wife, George Litch 3 Son, and Ella Litch 1 Daughter .
" The foot race at Akron, May 19, 1884, for a purse of ten dollars, between James Litch of Brush and “Kid” Logan, waa won by Litch. Distance 100 yards."
September 1884 Fort Morgan "James Litch came into town with an arsenal on his back and one hundred and fourteen hawks' heads In his game bag last Wednesday."
1884 Fort Morgan, Colorado
ADA AFTER JAMES
In 1900 Morgan County, Colorado, Charles B. Simpson is a hardware dealer, 45, married 14 years to Ada Simpson 41 Wife.
Ada Gertrude Markham Simpson BIRTH 3 Feb 1859 Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, DEATH 30 Dec 1903 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, BURIAL Brush Memorial Cemetery Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 74600014.
" One week ago last Thursday, December 31, this community was shocked and saddened when the news arrived that over 600 people had lost their lives in the Iroquois Theater disaster in Chicago, and that Mrs C.B. Simpson was among the missing.
It was hoped by her many friends, that she might have got out of the theater and was still among the living, but a second telegram to her husband, C.B. Simpson, told that she was dead.
Mr. Simpson left on the afternoon train to bring home the remains of his unfortunate wife.
Yesterday our citizens realized the sadness of it all more fully, when the grief stricken husband and daughter arrived with their dead . . .
Fully one hundred people were at the depot to extend sympathy and help.
Mr. Simpson and daughter, Mrs. Ella McKinney, and little Helen McKinney were spending the winter months with relatives and friends in eastern states, and some weeks ago arrived at West Point, Illinois. From there Mrs. Simpson had gone to Chicago to visit, and on Wednesday afternoon, she, in company with her cousin, Mrs Woods, went to the Iroquois Theater to enjoy the afternoon matinee of "Mr. Bluebeard," which ended so sadly to them both.
Ada Gertrude Markham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Markham, was born in Monmouth, Warren county, Illinois, February 3, 1859. While yet a child she with her parents moved to Kansas in 1868, where she spent her childhood. On September 14, 1875, she was married to James E. Litch, and to this union was born four children, the two youngest being dead, and George Litch and Mrs. Ella McKinney live to mourn her loss. In September 1886 she was married to C.B. Simpson.
Death came to her at Chicago, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1903. Had the deceased lived until February 3, 1904, she would have been 45 years of age.
The funeral services took place at the Presbyterian church at 2:00, Friday afternoon, January 8, the pastor Rev. J.I. Cameron, delivering a very impressive sermon. Friends of the deceased and her family from all parts of the country were here to show their last respects to the dead and extend sympathy to the bereaved. Interment was made at the Brush Cemetery and the casket was covered with great bouquets and wreaths of beautiful roses as tokens from the deceased's relatives and friends.
The deceased was a grand christian woman, a loving mother, a devoted wife, a kind sister and a friendly neighbor. She filled her own life with happiness by endeavouring to make all about her happy, and was loved and admired by all who were acquainted with her true character. She was a member of the Brush Presbyterian Church, also a prominent member of the Rathbone Sisters lodge, and she will be sadly missed by both organizations as well as by her large circle of friends.
She leaves a husband, father and mother, a son and daughter, two sisters and a brother to mourn her loss, to whom is extended the heartfelt sympathy of the people.
November 1927 Brush "Mrs. Link Litch of Sterling and Mrs. Romannui Lambert of the state of Washington were visitors at the C. B. Simpson home Wednesday. Mrs. Lambert lived in Brush at one time, but left more than thirty years ago. She is 79 years of age and is the mother of 10 children, grandmother of 50 and great grandmother of 38."
JAMES AFTER ADA
November 1896 Golden, Colorado "James E. Litch has purchased the interest of Wm. Ervin in the second hand store on Ford street. Mr. Litch is a thorough business man and will make a success of this business."
August 1904 "FOR SALE - GOOD OUT OF TOWN JEWELER and bicycle repair shop. James E. Litch, Fort Lupton, Colo."
September 1907 Sterling "Messrs A. L. and M. Litch have had the pleasure of a visit from a brother this week, Mr. J. E. Litch, of Los Angeles, California. He is an old resident of Logan county, having lived here in 1873. He notices a number of changes since then, one of them being that the county numbered several million buffalo among its population then and not one now."
Photo posted by Todd Groce.
July 1918 "James Litch, who has been ill at the home of his brother, M. Litch, for some time past, left yesterday morning for the Soldiers' Home at Hot Springs, South Dakota, where he will enter a sanitarium for medical treatment."
August 1918
James E. Litch BIRTH 1842 DEATH 11 Aug 1918 Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota, BURIAL Hot Springs National Cemeterym PLOT 6, 2 R1 MEMORIAL ID 3320524.
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GEORGE
George A. Litch Age 19 Marriage Date 22 Oct 1896 Marriage Place Brush, Morgan, Colorado, Spouse Mabel A. Doughty.
In 1900 Brush, Colorado, George A. Litch born March 1877 in Colorado, is a barber, married four years to Mabel Litch 24 Wife.
George Litch BIRTH 1877 DEATH 1941 BURIAL San Gabriel Cemetery San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California, MEMORIAL ID 169902272.
Ella S. Litch Age 20 Marriage Date 8 Jun 1898 Marriage Place Brush, Morgan, Colorado, Spouse W. E. McKinney.
Ella S. McKinney BIRTH 25 Sep 1878 DEATH 17 Dec 1957 BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, PLOT Section 9 MEMORIAL ID 98856142.