KITCH, JOHN WALTER: 1866-1946.
John Walter Kitch (who wrote under the pseudonym of Aleck Davis) was born in Bremen, Ind., on June 8, 1866, the son of Martin V. and Amanda Lehr Kitch. He attended the Marshall County schools and entered Valparaiso University, where he began to study law. Withdrawing, he went to Adair, and later to Coon Rapids, Ia., where he read law. During this period he taught school in Marshall County, Ind., Holland, Mich., and Coon Rapids, Ia., where he was superintendent of schools, 1892-95. He also published the weekly ADAIR NEWS.
In 1898 he returned to Bremen, Ind., and opened a law office, later removing to South Bend and, in 1916, to Plymouth, Ind., He represented Marshall County in the Indiana Legislature and served as a trustee of the Indiana School for the Feeble Minded. From June 1, 1938, to Jan. 1, 1945, he served as judge of the Marshall County Circuit Court. He was married three times: first to Oma Simpson, on Sept. 12, 1890; second to Mae Southworth; and third to Anna Eliza Richards.
He died on May 30, 1946.
page: 180[View Page 180]Information from the Indiana State Library; the Plymouth Public Library; and Roll–History of Indiana, Vol. 5.
- Centennial History of Indiana, by Aleck Davis.
Plymouth, Ind., 1916.
