MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - John L. Fitzpatrick
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JOHN L. FITZPATRICK, a leading farmer of Marshall County, was born December
29, 1847, in Maury County.  His youthful days were passed on the farm and
in securing an education at the Mooresville school.  At the age of
twenty-five he lift home and went to Texas on a grand
buffalo hunt, and for five years was engaged in this pursuit.  he killed
some 3, 000 buffalo and hundreds of deer, antelope and wolves.  Having
returned home he, in 1880, married Rebecca B. Grant, and native of West
Virginia, born May 9, 1850.  This union resulted in the birth of two
children:  Samuel  W. (deceased), and John P.  Mr. and Mrs. Fitzpatrick are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He is a Democrat in politics
and owns 465 acres of the best land in his district.  He is a son of Col.
S. W. and Mary D. (Love) Fitzpatrick.  The father was born in 1812 in Giles
County and the mother in 1814 in Maury County, where they were married in
1832.  They lived in this county until 1859 and then moved to Marshall
County.  In 1873 they returned to Maury County and there passed the
remainder of their days.  The father, three years previous to his death,
joined the Methodist Episcopal Church.  The mother was a member of the
Primitive Baptist Church from girlhood  During the days of militia he held
the position of colonel.  He was a farmer by occupation, owing some 3,000
acres of land and 150 negroes, besides abundance of stock, but the war
swept away many thousands for him.  When Grandfather Fitzpatrick came to
this county he brought his wife and household goods on a pony, himself
walking, accompanied by six bear dogs and his rifle.  At the age of
thirty-six he determined to go to work, and as a result, when he died at
seven-two years of age he was worth $325,000.  January, 1880, the mother
died, and in in December of the same year he too passed away.

Surnames: Fitzpatrick, Grant, Love
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."