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Washington territory; and was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for that territory. He died in Boston,

In 1903-05 he was a democratic representative from Tennessee to the fifty-eighth con-

Mass.

Fitzpatrick, Thomas Y., lawyer, jurist, congressman, was bom Sept. 20, 1850, in Floyd county, Ky. He has filled the positions of county judge, county attorney, and repre-

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Fitzhugh,

Edward Henry,

soldier, lawyer,

was born Sept. 21, 1816, in Caroline county, Va. He served in an important capacity in the quartermaster's department of the confederate army in 1861-65. He was judge of the chancery court of Richmond in 1870-83. He died June 21, 1890, in Rich-

jurist,

mond, Va. Fitzhugh, George, lawyer, author, was born July 2, 1807, in -Prince William, Va. He was a lawyer of Port Royal, Va. He was the author of Sociology for the South; and CanHe nibals All, or Slaves without Masters. died July 30, 1881, in Huntsville, Texas. Fitzhugh, Nicholas, lawyer, jurist, was bom in Virginia. In 1803 he was appointed a judge of the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia. He died in

Washington, D.C.

Fitzhugh, Thomas, educator, author, was born Oct. 12, 1862, in Longwood, Va. For many years he was professor of latin in the university of Texas and in the university ot Virginia. He is the author of The Philosophy of Humanity; and Outlines of a System of Classical Pedagogy. Fitzhugh, William, congressman, was born in 1726 in Boscobel, Va. In 1779-80 he was a delegate from Virginia to the continental congress. He died July 6, 1809, in Virginia. Fitzhugh, William Henry, philanthropist, author, was born March 8, 1792, in Chatham, Va. He was vice-president of the American In 1836 he published colonization society. a series of essays in behalf of the cause, over the signature of Opimius, in the columns of the Richmond Inquirer. He died May 21, 1830, in Cambridge, Md. Fitzmaurice, John E., clergyman, bishop, was born Jan. 9, 1840, in Ireland. He was ordained priest in 1863; and since 1897 he has been Roman catholic bishop of Erie, Pa. Fitzpatiick, Benjamin, lawyer, jurist, governor. United States senator, was born June 30, 1802, in Greene county, Ga. In 1841-45 he was the ninth governor of Alabama. In 1847-49 and 1851-61 he was United States He retired from the senate in senator. 1861, and took part in the civil war. He died Nov. 25, 1869, in Antonaga county, Ala. clergyman, Fitzpatrick, John Bernard, bishop, was born Nov. 1, 1813, in Boston, Mass. He erected one of the finest orphan asylums in America, a large reformatory, a He died Feb. 13, hospital, and a college. 1866, in Boston, Mass. Fitzpatrick, Morgan C, educator, lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born in 1869. He was educated in the common schools of Tennessee; and at the university of Ohio. He has served two terms as a member of

Tennessee state legislature, and was elected speaker. He has served two terms as state superintendent of public instruction. the

gress.

sentative in the state legislature; and was democratic elector in 1884. In 1897-1901 he was a representative to the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth congresses as a democrat. Fitz Simons, Charles, soldier, business man, was born Dec. 26, 1834, in New York City. He served in the civil war; and attained the rank of brigadier-general. He died in 1905 in Chicago,

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Fitzsimons, Thomas, state legislator, congressman, was bom in 1741 in Ireland. In 1782-83 he was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the continental congress. In 178995 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the first, second and third congresses; and was a member of the state legislature for many years. He was president of the Philadelphia chamber of commerce. He died in August, 1811, in Philadelphia, Pa. Flack, William Henry, lumberman, congressman, was born March 23, 1861, in Franklin Falls, N.Y. In 1897-1902 he was county clerk of Franklin county and in 1902 was elected president of Malone, N.Y. In 1903-07 he was a representative from New York to the fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth conHe died Feb. 2, gresses as a republican.

1907, in Malone, N.Y. Flad, Henry, soldier, inventor, civil engineer, was born July 24, 1824, in Germany. He enlisted in the civil war; and was captain of the company engaged upon the construction of the fortification at Cape Guardeau. He was chief assistant engineer on the construction of the famous St. Louis bridge, one of the oldest features designed by him. He died Jan. 20, 1898, in Pittsburg,

Pa. Flaget, Benedict Joseph, clergyman, bishop, was born Nov. 7, 1763, in France. In 1841 he was ordained Roman catholic bishop, Bardstown, Ky. He died Feb. 11, 1850, in Nazareth, Ky. Flagg, Azariah Cutting, journalist, legislator, was born in 1790 in Clinton county, N.Y. He served in the war of 1812. In 1813 he established the Plattsburg RepubIn 1833-24 he reprelican of New York. sented Clinton county in the New York general assembly; and in 1823-33 was state In 1834-39 and secretary of New York. 1842-46 he was comptroller of the state of New York. He died Nov. 24, 1873, in New

York

City. Flagler, Isaac

Van Vleck, publisher, mucomposer, was born May 15, 1844, in Albany, N.Y. He has been church organist in Chicago, Albany and Auburn, N.Y. He is now a publisher of musical books. He is the author of The Organists' Treasury; and Flagler's New Collection of Organ Music. sician,