Bio of Fitzpatrick, Albert Chastain (f321) - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandi Carter 30 Jul 2000 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Fitzpatrick, Mead, Maupin, Murry, Williams FITZPATRICK, A. C. INTERVIEW #8129 Field Worker’s name: Jasper H. Mead This report made on: July 26, 1937 Name: Mr. A. C. Fitzpatrick Post Office Address: Chickasha, Oklahoma Residence address: 1716 South 14th Street DATE OF BIRTH: October 20, 1887 Place of birth: Born in Oklahoma Name of Father: James Fitzpatrick Place of birth: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma Other information on father: Age 60 at death Name of Mother: Mary Maupin Place of birth: Kentucky Other information on mother: Age 76 My name is A. C. Fitzpatrick. I came to Oklahoma in 1887, October 20th, forty-nine years ago and the first place I landed was on a ranch between Alex and Bradley. The closest town was Pauls Valley which was the oldest town in the Indian Territory for several miles around but it wasn’t very large: there were only three or four little old frame buildings and the closest store where we did our trading was two miles south of Lindsay, called Erin Springs. There was very little farming and the country was in large ranches and it was the finest cattle country that a crow ever flew over. At the time I lived between Alex and Bradley there were no schools at all but we kids heard the older folks talk about schools back in some of the older states. The first railroad I ever remember seeing was the Rock Island which came through Chickasha soon after 1890. The ranch where I was born was called the -97- Ranch and was owned by me father, James Fitzpatrick, Williams and Murry. The old Chisholm Trail came up through Ninnekah, crossed the Washita River just above Lucille and went on south toward Silver City. he water supply around there came from dug wells cased up with wood or native red sandstone: practically all dug wells had two wooden buckets, one on each end of the rope. One time I remember the Indians stole a bunch of cattle from my father, so he and five or six cowboys went after them and the Indians turned and chased my father nearly to Fort Sill, but Father and the cowboys went on to Fort Sill, and got the soldiers and went back and got Father’s cattle. Every man wore a pistol in those days and his word was his bond. If a man didn’t do what he promised, he was liable to get killed. Ranch work was about all there was to do and it paid $25.00 per month and board. Note: Albert Chastain “Dude” Fitzpatrick 20 Oct 1887 - 21 Nov 1940 Submitted by Sandi Carter Great niece -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html