Biographical Sketch of Patrick Fitzgerald, Crawford County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Patrick Fitzgerald is of Irish birth and ancestry, having been born in the Emerald Isle in 1824, the second of nine children of John and Mary (O'Connor) Fitzgerald, themselves natives of that country. In 1849 Patrick, then about twenty-five years of age, immigrated to the United States, and in 1860 came to Missouri, following railroading a number of years, but in 1863 he purchased a tract of land of fifty-six acres (a part of his present homestead), and has since increased it to 177 acres. This is well improved and is adorned with a comfortable dwell- ing and other necessary buildings, all the result of his enterprise and industry. In 1857 Mr. Fitzgerald was married to Miss Nancy Murry, daughter of Cornelius and Mary (Cain) Murry, and by this union there have been nine children, five of whom are living: John, William, Pat- rick, Cornelius and Thomas. In politics he is a Democrat. Himself and wife are members of the Catholic Church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================