Hitch letters collected by Carra Sullivan Russell (1869-1949) of Ashland, Ky., are being added to the Kentucky In-Laws page on West Virginia Memories:
http://wva.homestead.com/Kentucky-In-Laws.htmlLetter 5 is a three-page letter to Robert H. Hitch, Poplar Grove, Pendleton County, Ky., "Dear Cousin," from John Phoebus, Bloomsbury (no state listed). The date looks like 1854 and someone has written that year on the envelope. Mr. Phoebus mentions the death of a neighbor, Mr. Samuel G. Holbrook, "once High Sheriff of our County."
Anyone have information on Mr. Phoebus or Mr. Holbrook?