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THOMAS FITZGERALD.

    Thomas Fitzgerald is a member of the city council of Price and is
 devoting his
attention largely to his official duties, for he has practically
 retired from business,
deriving his income from judicious investments which he has previously
 made. He was born
in Pennsylvania, June 27, 1851, a son of Thomas and Isabel (Lakays)
 Fitzgerald, who were
natives of Ireland and emigrated to the United States in early life,
 settling in
Pennsylvania. The father was foreman of the North Branch canal for a
 number of years and
when the canal was abandoned he assisted in building the Lehigh Valley
 Railroad on the
canal site. He passed away in 1888, at the age of seventy-nine years.

    In the acquirement of his education Thomas Fitzgerald attended the
 public schools of
Pennsylvania, passing through consecutive grades to the high school. In
 early manhood he
came to the west, seeking the broader opportunities which he believed
 were offered in
this section of the country. He took up the business of placer mining
 and was thus
engaged in Idaho, where he also conducted a restaurant for several
 years. In July, 1895,
he established his home at Price, Utah, where he has since resided,
 covering a period of
almost a quarter of a century. He has now retired from active work but
 owns a good
business block which he manages and which returns to him a substantial
 annual rental.

    In Salt Lake City, in 1896, Mr. Fitzgerald was married to Miss
 Minnie Nielson, a
daughter of Jens and Caroline Nielson, who were residents of Emery
 county, where the
father followed farming. Both he and his wife passed away in 1914. Mr.
 and Mrs.
Fitzgerald have become the parents of six children: Isabelle, who was
 born in September,
1897, and is now teaching at Castlegate, Utah; William J., who was born
 in February,
1899, and enlisted immediately after war was declared against Germany,
 serving for two
years with the Twenty-first Infantry; Thomas N., born in September,
 1902; John, in
January, 1906; Charles E., in June, 1908; and Gerald I., in January,
 1911.

    In his political views Mr. Fitzgerald is a democrat and is
 thoroughly conversant with
the leading issues and problems of the day. He is giving his city
 efficient service as a
member of the city council and his aid and influence are always found
 on the side of
progress and improvement. He has led an active and useful life and his
 industry,
enterprise, sound judgment and judicious investments have constituted
 the basis of his
well deserved success.

Extracted from:

UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920