Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Fitzgerald, William March 3, 1868 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons

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WILLIAM FITZGERALD
	Among the rising business men of our county who bid fair to make a 
record of note in the commercial world should be mentioned the young and 
enterprising merchant whose name appears above.  A keen observer of the trend 
of the times and of events, he has displayed an alertness in grasping the 
present opportunity that presages rapid advancement in his chosen occupation.
	His birth occurred in Buffalo, New York, on March 3, 1868.  The 
following year his parents removed to Nashville, Tennessee, where his father, 
Michael Fitzgerald, died.  He was taken to Fort Randall, North Dakota, whence 
in 1871 he removed to Cheyenne, Wyoming.  In the following year we find him in 
Fort Laramie, and 1873 in Fort Fetterman, Wyoming.  Later he was in Salt Lake, 
Utah, and in 1877 removed to Beaver, in the same territory, whence again to 
Salt Lake in 1878, returning thence to Beaver in 1881.  After this he was in 
Uncompahgre, Colorado, whence in 1884 he came to Vancouver, Washington.   At 
this point he enlisted in the United States army, serving for five years.  At 
the date of his discharge he had reached his majority and had not only 
acquired a good education in the various schools in the cities of his 
pilgrimages, but also a fine acquaintance with the ways of the world and a 
good business drilling, which he soon turned to fine account, for immediately 
succeeding his service in the army he embarked in the mercantile life until 
1893, then removed to Spokane, Washington, continuing the same line for two 
years there.  After that time he retired to Salt Lake, engaging in business 
there for two years, whence in 1897 he went to Colfax, Washington, remaining 
there for one year in business.  From that point he came to Pendleton, where 
he is still in the mercantile world, maintaining a retail shoe store with 
flattering financial returns.  For two years of his time after first arriving 
here he was employed in Cleaver Brothers’ establishment, then later began 
operations for himself.
	He was married in December, 1898, to Miss Rhoda John, of Weston, this 
county.  Mr. Fitzgerald is pleasantly affiliated fraternally with the K. of 
P., the Elks, the Pioneers, the Maccabees and the Odd Fellows, in all of which 
he takes an active part, while he is held high in the esteem and regards of 
his fellows.  


Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.


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