Erastus Fitch came from Portage county, Ohio, to Whiteside County and settled in Lyndon in 1836.
He married Miss Harriet E. Wells. The children were:
Dudley R., born November 20, 1820;
George W., born Feb. 21, 1822;
Lois Philena, born November 25, 1823;
Chauncey E., born November 23, 1825; and one child who died in infancy.
Dudley R. married Zelinda Merrill; children, Harriet C., Abby, Ida, Mary and Ernestine.
George W. married Miss Ellen Millikan; children, Robert, Charles, Emily, Frank, Flora, Nellie and one other who died in infancy.
Chauncey E. married Miss Henrietta Pike; children, Jophanett, Herbert and George C.
Mr. Erastus Fitch and his wife both died at the home of their son George W., in Lyndon, a few years since.
George W., Chauncey E. and Dudley R. are well-known, enterprising business men.
Bent & Wilson History 1877
