Background
Hitchcock, Alvirus Nelson was born on January 16, 1854 in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Review Nelson A. and Matilda (Avery) Hitchcock.
Hitchcock, Alvirus Nelson was born on January 16, 1854 in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Review Nelson A. and Matilda (Avery) Hitchcock.
Direct descendant Luke Hitchcock, who received from Indians deed of town of Farmington, Connecticut, 1640. Bachelor of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1880. Bachelor of Divinity, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1885.
Master of Arts, Illinois Wesleyan, 1886, Doctor of Philosophy, 1887.
Doctor of Divinity, Knox College, 1908.
Honorary G. C. Meigs, of Iowa Company, Wisconsin, March 15, 1877. Children—Ethel T. (deceased), Edith L. (deceased), an infant son (deceased), Estelle Louise, Harold B., Helen A., Frances L. Entered Congressional ministry, 1880. Pastor Chicago, 1882-1885, Kewanee, Illinois, 1885-1889.
Secretary American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, for the interior states, 1889-1925 (retired), now corporate member Lecturer on missionary and other subjects.
Secretary World’s Congress of Missions, Chicago Exposition, 1893. Made trip around the world on a special deputation to investigate missionary and educational institutions and conditions, 1906-1907.
Wrote: Facts that Tell. World-Wide Survey; Congregationalism in Foreign Missions.
Etc. Home: 409 Home Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois.
Member Lecturer on missionary and other subjects.
Married Nettie, daughter; children: Ethel T. (deceased), Edith L. (deceased), an infant son (deceased), Estelle Louise, Harold B., Helen A., Frances L. Entered Congressional.