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Below is a family biography included in The History of Crawford County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Patrick Fitzgerald is of Irish birth and ancestry, having been born in the Emerald Isle in 1824, the second of nine children of John and Mary (O'Connor) Fitzgerald, themselves natives of that country. In 1849 Patrick, then about twenty-five years of age, immigrated to the United States, and in 1860 came to Missouri, following railroading a number of years, but in 1863 he purchased a tract of land of fifty-six acres (a part of his present homestead), and has since increased it to 177 acres. This is well improved and is adorned with a comfortable dwelling and other necessary buildings, all the result of his enterprise and industry. In 1857 Mr. Fitzgerald was married to Miss Nancy Murry, daughter of Cornelius and Mary (Cain) Murry, and by this, union there have been nine children, five of whom are living: John, William, Patrick, Cornelius and Thomas. In politics he is a Democrat. Himself and wife are members of the Catholic Church.
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