Her death certificate records Polly Cox, age 87 years 5 months 17 days, born 10 May 1851 in Elliott Co., Ky, died 27 Oct 1938 in Garrison, Lewis Co., Ky, widow of Nathan Cox, father John Lewis born in Tennessee, mother’s maiden name Rachel Fannin, born in Elliott Co., cause of death chronic valvular heart disease, informant Everett Fraley, Garrison, Ky, burial in Elliott Co.

The informant Everett Fraley is Polly’s grandson, the son of William Fraley and her daughter Rinda Hitch, from her marriage to Calvin Hitch.

1900 census of Morgan Co., Ky, district 6, enumerated 19 June, lists on p. 16B as family #261/263:
Lewis, Polly, 48, b. May 1852, Ky Tenn Ky, widowed, day laborer; Hitch, Henry, son, 27, b. Oct 1872; Hitch, Lizzie, dau, 22, b. Apr 1878; Hitch, Edmund, son, 13, b. Mar 1887; Hitch, William, son, 10, b. Apr 1890. The Hitches all born Ky Md Ky.

Polly and Calvin’s children Ellen, Delpha and John are living in Devil’s Fork, Elliott Co., as servants in three different households. Apparently the widowed Polly was unable to support them all at home.

I cannot find Calvin in the 1870 census. If the age for Henry in 1880 is accurate (although I suspect it is not), then he and Polly would already be married.

1880 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Devil’s fork precinct, enumerated 9 June, lists on p. 8 as family #54/55:
Hitch, Calvin B., 40, farmer, b. Maryland Md Md; Mary, 30, wife, b. Ky Tenn Ky; Henry, 10, son; Ellen, 8, dau; Lizzie, 5, dau; Rinda B., 1, dau. All children born Ky Md Ky.