Individual Details

Ira was a Sergeant in the Civil War. He eventually moved to Union Co NC.

Ira Addison Fitzgerald, 20th Regt, NC Infantry. Co. A, Sergeant. Enlisted 19 Apr 1861, Cabarrus Co NC. born abt 1838, Merchant. Mustered out 12 Sep 1861.
Enlisted Co. A, 54th Regt 1 Apr 1862 as a sergeant.
Promoted to full 1st Sergeant, 1 Apr 1862
Promoted to full 2nd Lt, 27 Sep 1862

1870 Census. Concord, Cabarrus, NC, Hh 119
I. A. Fitzgerald, 32, Merchant, b. NC
M. L., 22, female
Jesse Y., 3
M. H., 1, female
Rachel Fitzgerland, 17, Black, Domestic Servant

1880 Census. Boone Twp, Davidson Co NC Dist 36, Hh 1
Ira A. Fitzgerald, age 42,
Magy B. 32, wife
Jesse Y. 14, son
Mary H. 12, daughter
[his brother John was next door]

1900 Census. Boone Twp, Davidson Co NC, Dist 28, Hh 176
Ira A. Fitzgeralds, b. Oct 1837, age 62, widowed
Jesse Y., son, b. Apr 1866, age 34, widowed, a physician

North Carolina Death Certificate #180
Ira A. Fitzgerald died 3 May 1917, Monroe, Union Co, North Carolina. He was widowed - his date of birth unknown. Said to be about age 80, but born in Davidson Co NC. His parents names unknown. W. B. Houston of Monroe, NC was the informant and he was buried Monroe Cemetery.

Birth	Oct 1837
Death	3 May 1917	Monroe, Union County, North Carolina

Father	Ira Fitzgerald (1803 - 1847)
Mother	Nancy S. Haden (1799 - 1860)
Sibling	Ellen M. Fitzgerald (1832 - 1843)
Sibling	John Burgess Fitzgerald (1835 - 1911)
Sibling	William Henry H. Fitzgerald (1841 - 1900)

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