[Obituary] Dawson County Pioneer - Friday, 9 May 1930, pg 4
William Elross Westbrook was born in Illinois on May 18th 1861. He passed to his reward on May 1st 1930 at the age of 68 years 11 months and 18 days. At the time of his death be was an inmate of the University Hospital in Omaha Neb. He was married to Miss Martha Jane Wells of Lexington in 1892. To this union nine children were born. William Delbert and Mrs Maude Miller preceeded their father in death.
The deceased was a farmer all his life. About nine years ago he retired and moved to town. He was a faithful husband and a loving father, dependable and honest in all his dealings with men. Those who survive and mourn his departure are his faithful wife, Mrs Martha Jane Westbrook, his children; Mrs Ethel Watkin, Mrs Gertrude Wood, Mrs Verna Ward, Mr James Westbrook, Ralph and Otis, all of Lexington; eighteen grandchildren; two brothers Bert Westbrook of Columbus, Neb and Adam Westbrook.
Funeral services were held in the Emerson Funeral Home May 3rd 1930, Rev B Johansen officiating. Interment was made in the Greenwood cemetery.

Son of William Henry Hitchcock and Emma May Hensley, both born in Illinois.
He is listed as Chas H. Hitchcock (23, NE) in the 1910 Colorado census, as a laborer. It says his marriage to Clara is his first and that they had been married 6 months. He registered for the WWI Draft as Charley R. Hitchcock on 5 Jun 1917 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co, NE. His occupation was listed as a Fireman for the Lincoln Traction Co, and it said he was supporting his wife, children and parents.
Listed with his wife, son and two daughters, plus a step-son, working as a section hand on the railroad in Colorado for the 1920 census.
They apparently moved back to Nebraska before the death of his wife in 1924, and all 3 children were listed in a school at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co, Iowa in Jan 1925, as children of Charls Hitchcock.
In 1930 Charles was listed in Wichita, KS and remarried to a woman (50, IA) who was firtt married at age 17. His daughters were living with their uncle, Martin Hitchcock, and Lawrence was living with the family of his half-sister, Sylvia (Warner) Beans.
By 1940 Charles was again in Lincoln, NE with his second wife Pearl (62, IA) and working as a night watchman.
After Pearl’s death in 1944, he was married a 3rd time to Martha Jane Wells, widowed sister of his first wife Clara in 1945.
He is listed as alone and separated in 1950 (64, NE).
Apparently divorced, as he remarried again in 1954 to Althea (Randall) Remington (9 Jul 1884, MO - 1961 Lincoln NE).
[Obituary] Lincoln Star Newspaper - Thurs. 9 Jan & Fri. 10 Jan 1964
"Charles R. Hitchcock, 77, 2644 S. 52nd St., died Wed.  Lifelong resident of Nebraska.  Survivors, daughter Emma Brandt of Baltimore, MD, Miss Clara of Philadelphia, PA, brothers, Martin H., Lincoln, three grandchildren, six great grandchildren. Services 10 A.M. Saturday, Roper & Sons Chapel, Havelock, Rev. Edward Kezar.  Pallbearers, Oscar Pickering, Henry Neiswanger, George Vorhees, Lloyd Hitchcock.  Burial Wyuka."