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victory

over

Memphis, Tenn.

the

He

confederate fleet at died April 13, 1875,

in Logansport, Ind. Fitch, Thomas, lawyer, colonial governor, was born in June, 1699, in Norwalk, Conn. He was chancellor; judge of the superior court; and chief justice of his state. He was colonial governor in 1754-66. 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 RepubliIn 1863 he was elected to the state ascan. sembly. He removed to Nevada territory in

1863, and edited the Virginia Union; and in 1864 was elected to the first constitutional convention of Nevada. In 1869-71 he was a representative from Nevada to the fortyfirst congress as a republican. Fitch, Thomas Davis, physician, surgeon, was born July 14, 1829, in Troy, Pa. He re-

ceived an

academic education in Pennsylvania. In 1846 he was engaged in teaching in Illinois and then took up the study of med;

icine at Knox college in Galesburg; and at

the

Rush medical

col-

In 1851-53 he practiced medicine in Weathers-

lege of Chicago,

field, 111.;

111.

resumed

his

course of study at the

Rush medical

college, in practiced medicine in

where he graduated 1854.

In 1851-61 he

111.; and became president of the Henry county medical society. In 1861-63 he was surgeon in the forty-second regiment Illinois infantry; and since that time has

Kewanee,

practiced medicine in Chicago, 111. In 1870 he was one of the originators of the Women's hospital medical college; and was consulting physician of the Washingtonian home of Chicago, 111. He died in 1901 in Chicago, 111. Fitch, William Clyde, dramatist, author, was born May 2, 1865, in New York. He is a dramatist of New York City. He is the author of Beau Brummell and other plays; The Knighting of the Twins; Some Corres-

pondence and Six Conversations; The Smart Set; Original Plays; Frederic Lemaitre; A Modem Match; Pamela's- Prodigy; April Weather; His Grace de Grammont; The Career of Betty Singleton; The Moth and the Flame; Nathan Hale; Barbara Freitche; The Cow-boy and The Lady; Adaptations;

The Masked Ball; Gossip; Bohemia; and The Head of the Family. In 1874 he Fite, Samuel M., statesman. was elected a representative from Tennessee

Fite,

March

481

Warner, educator, author, was born

1867, in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1903 he has been instructor of philosophy at the university of Texas. He is the author of Introductory Study of Ethics. 5,

Fithian, Edward, naval ofiicer, was born Dec. 13, 1820, in New Jersey. In 1848 he was appointed third assistant engineer of the United States navy; and in 1906 he was retired with the rank of rear-admiral. Fithian, George W., lawyer, congressman, 4, 1854, near Willow Hill, 111. He was states attorney of Jasper county in 1876-84. In 1889-95 he was a representative to the fifty-first, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat. He also served as railroad and warehouse commissioner of Illinois. Fitton, James, clergyman, founder, 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 born July

Fitts,

George H., lawyer,

jurist,

was born

Sept. 29, 1851, in Cohoes, N.Y. He was educated in the public schools and academies of his native state; studied law and was admitted to the bar. In 1857-76 he was engaged in the active practice of law in Cohoes, N.Y. and has been prominently identified with the business and public affairs of his state. In 1896-1906 he was justice of the supreme court for the third judicial district; and received the re-election for the term ending in 1919. He is president of the Masonic temple association of Cohoes, N.Y.; the Mechanics savings vice-president of bank of Cohoes, N.Y.; and is also a director of various industrial and financial corpora;

tions. Fitts,

James Franklin, journalist, author, was born in 1840 in New York. He was the author of The Parted Veil; A Version; A Modern Miracle; and Captain Kidd's Gold.

He

died in 1890. He was a citFitts, Oliver, lawyer, jurist. izen of Mississippi; and in 1810 was appointed United States judge for the territory of Mississippi. He died in Mississippi. Fitz, Henry, telescope-maker, was born in

1808 in

Newburyport, Mass.

In

1835 he

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

made

He died Nov. 6, of an ordinary tumbler. 1863, in New York City. Fitz, Reginald Heber, physician, author, was born May 5, 1843, in Chelsea, Mass. He was Hersey profesor of theory and practice of medicine at Harvard college. He is part author of The Practice of Medicine. Fitzgerald, Adolphus Leigh, lawyer, jurist, Oct. 27, 1840, in Rockingham counHe practiced law in Nevada until ty, N.C.

to the forty-fourth congress as a democrat to fill a vacancy, but died before taking his He died Oct. 23, 1875, in Hot Springs, seat.

was born

Ark.

1886; and

was

district judge in 1886-1901.