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Fitch, Elijah – Fitton, Samuel D

Fitch, Elijah

clergyman, author, poet, was born in 1745. He became a minister of the congregational church in Hopkinton in 1771, where he remained till his death. He was the author of The Beauties of Religion, a long poem addressed to youth; and also of a short poem entitled The Choice. He died Dec. 16, 1788, in Hopkinton, Mass.

Fitch, James

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 24, 1622, in England. He was pastor at Saybrook in 1646-60, and was afterward installed as the first minister of Norwich. He published First Principles of the Doctrine of Christ, and several sermons. He died Nov. 18, 1702, in Lebanon, Conn.

Fitch, John

inventor, was born Jan. 21, 1743, in Windsor, Conn. He is said by authorities to be the originator of running vessels by steam as early as 1785. He died in 1798 in Bardstown, Ky.

Fitch, John Lee

artist, was born June 25, 1836, in Hartford, Conn. He has achieved reputation as a painter of forest scenes, and is a close student of nature.

His largest picture, In the Woods, was exhibited at Philadelphia in 1876. Among his other works are On Gill Brook; A Mountain Brook; The Outlet; Waiting for a Bite; A Stray Sunbeam; Cliff Side; • Willows on the Croton; and Near Carmel, N. Y.

Fitch, Leroy

naval officer, was born in 1835 in Indiana. He served in the Mississippi squadron during the civil war, taking part in the capture of Forts Donelson and Pillow, the reduction of Island No. 10, and the victory over the confederate fleet at Memphis, Tenn. He died April 13, 1875, in Logansport, Ind.

Fitch, Thomas

jurist, governor, was born in June, 1699, in Norwalk, Conn. He was chancellor, judge of the superior court, and chief justice of his state. His principles were loyal, and, notwithstanding the growing unpopularity of his opinions, he was elected governor in 1754, and held office till 1766. He died in July, 1774.

Fitch, Thomas Davis

physician, surgeon, author, lecturer, was born July 14, 1829, in Troy, Pa. He has been surgeon and lecturer on obstetrics in various Chicago hospitals, and was one of the originators in 1870 of the Woman's hospital medical college in the same city, in which institution he has filled the chair of gynecology.

Fitch, William Clyde

dramatist, author, was born in 1865. He is a dramatist of New York city, the author of Beau Brummell and other plays; The Knighting of the Twins, and Ten Other Tales; and Some Correspondence and Six Conversations.

Fithian, George W

lawyer, congressman, was born July 4, 1854, near Willow Hill, Ill. He was elected state's attorney of Jasper county in 1876, and was re-elected in 1880. He was elected to the fifty-first and fifty-second congresses and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat. He also served as railroad and warehouse commissioner of Illinois.

Fitler, Edwin Henry

manufacturer, mayor of Philadelphia, was born Dec. 2, 1825, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1859 he reorganized the concern under the name of Edwin H. Fitler and Co. The business steadily grew until, in 1880, the works were removed to Bridesburg and fitted with the newest appliances of the trade, and they now occupy fifteen acres of ground space.

Fitton, James

clergyman, was born in 1803 in Boston, Mass. He was instrumental in establishing the college of the Holy Cross at Worcester, and the first Roman catholic newspaper. He died Sept.. 15, 1881, in Boston, Mass. was

Fitton, Samuel D

banker, born June 21, 1846, in Hamilton, Ohio.

After receiving his education, he entered. the First National bank of Hamilton, Ohio. He held each successive position from messenger up to president, being elected to that responsible office in May, 1895. was.