Individual Details

William entered the Civil War as a Corporal but was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. He settled in Union co after the War. He married Ellen Houston; the first hospital in Union Co was named the Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital in her memory - she had left a large sum of money for the building of a hospital.

William Henry H. Fitzgerald, lived in Davidson Co NC, age 20, enlisted 15 Jun 1861 as a Corporal, Cabarrus Co.
Promoted to full 1st Sergeant, 15 Nov 1861
1st Regt; NC Calvalry, Co F.
Promoted to full 2nd Lieutenant, 14 Nov 1863
Mustered out 24 Jan 1865.

1870 Census. Town of Monroe, Union Co, NC, Hh 22
W. H. Fitzgerald, age 29, dry goods merchant
Ellen E., 28, keeping house

1880 Census. Monroe, Union Co, NC, Dist 210, Hh 69
Wm. H. Fitzgerald, 38, Cashier in bank, b. NC, parents b. NC
Ellen E., 37, b. NC, parents b. NC
Lottie K., 13, adopted daughter, at school
Susan McGurt, 16, servant, housekeeper
Lizzie Houston, Black, 12, servant

1900 Census. Monroe, Union Co NC, Hh 437
Ellen Fitzgerald, head of household, b. Oct 1861, age 58, widowed, Capitalist
H. M. Houston, father, b. Apr 1818, age 82, widowed, Capitalist
Margarite Houston, aunt, b. Jan 1825, age 75
Clarence Houston, nephew, b. Apr 1876, age 24, Druggist
Thomas Soull, servant, b. Oct 1840, age 59, widowed
Mary Funderburk, servant, Black, b. Aug 1862, age 37, widowed
Cora Caswell, servant, Black, b. May 1889, age 11

Birth	1841
Death	Bef 1900

Father	Ira Fitzgerald (1803 - 1847)
Mother	Nancy S. Haden (1799 - 1860)
Sibling	Ellen M. Fitzgerald (1832 - 1843)
Sibling	John Burgess Fitzgerald (1835 - 1911)
Sibling	Ira Addison Fitzgerald (1837 - 1917)

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