Biography of William Dehart Fitzhugh WILLIAM DEHART FITZHUGH, M. D. After graduating in medicine Doctor Fitzhugh entered the army service during the World war, was on duty in France, and for the past two years has been mining physician and surgeon for the Pocahontas Fuel Company and the American Coal Com- pany and also local surgeon for the Norfolk & Western Railroad Company at McComas in Mercer County. Doctor Fitzhugh was born at Culpeper, Virginia, August 14, 1881, son of W. D. and Bettie Carter (Grayson) Fitz- hugh, natives of Virginia. He is of Scotch ancestry, with an admixture of Irish. His father was a farmer at Cul- peper, spent his life quietly and industriously, and per- haps his chief interest outside of home and family was his work in the Presbyterian Church. Doctor Fitzhugh acquired a common school education in Culpeper, graduated in 1901 from William and Mary College, and then entered the George Washington Univer- sity at Washington, where he pursued his medical course and graduated M. D. in 1912. For a year he remained on duty in the Children's Hospital at Washington and began his general practice in Highland County, Virginia. He re- mained there three years and then removed to Morrisville and soon afterward enlisted when America entered the war. He was a volunteer in the Medical Reserve Corps and for about two months was stationed at Camp Hill, Newport News, and was then ordered to duty over seas. He sailed for France, landing at Brest with the Three Hundred and Twelfth Battalion, and remained there from April to December, 1918. The Three Hundred and Twelfth Battalion was the chief unit in charge of the construction work car- ried on by the American forces at Brest. After receiving his honorable discharge Doctor Fitzhugh returned to Mor- risville and resumed his practice and in June, 1919, joined the Pocahontas Fuel Company and has since been in charge of the mines and operations of the company at McComas. He is a member of the Mercer County, State and American Medical associations and of the Southern Medical Associa- tion. Fraternally he is a Royal Arch and Knights Templar Mason and Shriner, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In 1914. in Highland County, Virginia, Doctor Fitzhugh married Miss Bessie May Wagner, daughter of Thomas and Minnie (Simmons) Wagner. They have five children: Mary Bess, Eleanor Grayson, Celeste Wagner, William D., Jr., and Roberta. Source: The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III pg. 121-122 Submitted by Valerie F. Crook **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************