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Fitch, Ashbel Parmelee
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 8, 1848, in Mooers, N. Y.
He was admitted to the bar in November, 1869, and has since practiced his profession in New York city. He was elected to the fiftieth, fiftyfirst, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses. In 1893 Mr.
Fitch resigned his seat in congress, and was elected comptroller of the city of New York, serving in that capacity for four years.
Fitch, Benjamin
merchant, philanthropist, was born June 13, 1802, in New York. In 1866 he founded the Fitch home in Darien, Conn., for soldiers' orphans.
He added a public hall and an art gallery, and also built a church in Darien. In 1881 he founded the Fitch institute, which was organized on the plan of the Cooper institute of New York city. He died Nov. 7, 1883, in New York city.
Fitch, Charles Elliott
journalist, was born Dec. 3, 1835, in Syracuse, N.
Y. In 1865 he became editor of The Syracuse Daily Standard; and in 1873 of The Daily Democrat and Chronicle. 1890 he was appointed United States collector of internal revenue; has been a voluminous writer on many subjects; and is the author of numerous pamphlets.
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Fitch, Ebenezer
educator, was born Sept. 26, 1756, in Norwich, Conn. In 1791 he became principal of Williamstown academy, and when this became Williams college, in June, 1793, he was elected its first president, an office which he held until 1815, when he resigned to become pastor of the presbyterian church in West Bloomfield, N. Y. He died March 21, 1833, in Bloomfield, N. Y.
Fitch, Eleazar Thompson
educator, lecturer, author, was born Jan. 1, 1791, in New Haven, Conn. For many years he was professor of divinity at Yale. He wrote theological reviews and other articles for periodicals, and a volume of his sermons was published in 1871. He died Jan. 31, 1871, in New Haven, Conn.
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, Graham Newell
physician, congressman, United States senator, was born Dec. 5, 1809, in Le Roy, N. Y.
He was a medical professor in the Rush Medical college at Chicago, Ill., from 1844 to 1849. In 1844, 1848, and 1856, he was chosen a presidential elector, and in 1836 and 1839 was elected to the legislature of Indiana. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1849 to 1853; and in 1857 was chosen a senator of the United States for the term ending in 1861.
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
merchant, journalist, congressman, was born Jan. 29, 1838, in New York city. He went to California in 1860, and became editor of the San Francisco Times; and also of the Placerville Republican. In 1862 he was elected to the state assembly. He removed to Nevada territory in 1863, and edited the Virginia Union; and in 1864 was elected to the first constitutional convention of Nevada.
He subsequently settled in Washoe City and practiced law; and in 1865 was appointed a district attorney. In 1861 he settled in Belmont; and was elected a representative from Nevada to the fortyfirst congress as a republican.
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.
Fitts, James Harris
lawyer, banker, manufacturer, was born Oct. 12, 1830, near Jackson, Ala. He received his education at the university of Alabama. He became bank attorney of the Old State bank, a depository of the confederate state government. During 1865-68 he trustee of the university of Alabama. He has been treasurer of the diocese, trustee and treasurer of the bishop's fund of the diocese of Alabama; and for the past quarter of a century has been treasurer of the university of Alabama. He organized and was president of the Tuscaloosa Cotton mills, which manufactured the first colored cotton plaids made in the south; and in 1865 he established the banking house of J. H. Fitts and Company.
Fitts, Oliver
jurist. He was a citizen of Mississippi; and in 1810 was appointed United States judge for the territory of Mississippi.
Fitz, Henry
telescope-maker, was. born in 1808 in Newburyport, Mass. In 1835 he made his first reflecting telescope,. and in the winter of 1844 invented a method of perfecting object-glasses for refracting telescopes, constructing the first one: out of the bottom of an ordinary tumbler.
He died Nov. 6, 1863, in New York city.
Fitzgerald, David C
lawyer, orator, was born June 8, 1868, in Limerick, Ireland, where his ancestors have been prominent in national affairs since early in the fourteenth century. His education was completed in Oxford university, where he received the degrees of B. A. and LL. B. In 1890 he was admitted to the bar of New York, and subsequently to the bar of the United States. He has attained note as a successful lawyer, and has a large practice in Buffalo, N. Y. He is considered one of the best authorities on international law; and is prominent in the councils of the democratic party.
Fitzgerald, John F
lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 11, 1865, in Boston, Mass. He was a member of the Boston common council of 1892; and was elected a member of the Massachusetts state senate in 1893 and 1894. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a democrat.
Fitzgerald, Louis
soldier, merchant, was born May 31, 1838, in New York city. He entered the United States service as first lieutenant in the eleventh regiment New York volunteers, served throughout the war and attained the rank of brigadier-general. He was for several years president of the New York Mercantile Trust company, and is connected with a number of prominent corporations of that city.
Fitzgerald, Marcella A
poet, was born Feb. 23, 1845, in Canada. She is the author of Poems, a volume which contains her best productions.