Father: James Coleman Fitzgerald 1788 Albemarle County, Virginia - 1871 Nelson County, Virginia
Mother: Susan Males (Wales/Nales?) 1793 Nelson County, Virginia - about 1824 Nelson County, Virginia
Attended Washington Academy (now Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia) in the 1832/33 season. One of his professors was Henry Ruffner, who in 1837 became President of Washington Academy. Henry Ruffner would be forced to resign from Washington Academy because of his anti-slavery writings.
Married November 23, 1835 to his first cousin, Sarah Ann Fitzgerald in Nelson County, Virginia.
In the early 1850's, William, Sarah, Alfred, Beatrice, Milton & Ellen (Henry stayed in Nelson) moved to Tishomingo, Mississippi where William taught school at a small village called Boneyard. William was also a carpenter. They lived next door to Sarah's older brother/William's cousin, Rev. O. Dow Fitzgerald. In the early 1860's, William, Sarah, Beatrice, Milton and Ellen (Alfred stayed in Mississippi)moved back to Nelson County, Virginia.
William was arrested on May 25, 1863 in Nelson County, Virginia (with his brother Zephaniah C. Fitzgerald (1810-1898)) by the Confederacy and taken to Castle Thunder Prison in Richmond, Virginia. William was under suspicion for being "sympathetic to the Union". Neither William or Zephaniah were charged or tried. William died from starvation on July 27, 1863. Zephaniah returned to Nelson County, Virginia after William died.
William's burial site is unknown at this time.
Mother: Susan Males (Wales/Nales?) 1793 Nelson County, Virginia - about 1824 Nelson County, Virginia
Attended Washington Academy (now Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia) in the 1832/33 season. One of his professors was Henry Ruffner, who in 1837 became President of Washington Academy. Henry Ruffner would be forced to resign from Washington Academy because of his anti-slavery writings.
Married November 23, 1835 to his first cousin, Sarah Ann Fitzgerald in Nelson County, Virginia.
In the early 1850's, William, Sarah, Alfred, Beatrice, Milton & Ellen (Henry stayed in Nelson) moved to Tishomingo, Mississippi where William taught school at a small village called Boneyard. William was also a carpenter. They lived next door to Sarah's older brother/William's cousin, Rev. O. Dow Fitzgerald. In the early 1860's, William, Sarah, Beatrice, Milton and Ellen (Alfred stayed in Mississippi)moved back to Nelson County, Virginia.
William was arrested on May 25, 1863 in Nelson County, Virginia (with his brother Zephaniah C. Fitzgerald (1810-1898)) by the Confederacy and taken to Castle Thunder Prison in Richmond, Virginia. William was under suspicion for being "sympathetic to the Union". Neither William or Zephaniah were charged or tried. William died from starvation on July 27, 1863. Zephaniah returned to Nelson County, Virginia after William died.
William's burial site is unknown at this time.
Father: James Coleman Fitzgerald 1788 Albemarle County, Virginia - 1871 Nelson County, Virginia
Mother: Susan Males (Wales/Nales?) 1793 Nelson County, Virginia - about 1824 Nelson County, Virginia
Attended Washington Academy (now Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia) in the 1832/33 season. One of his professors was Henry Ruffner, who in 1837 became President of Washington Academy. Henry Ruffner would be forced to resign from Washington Academy because of his anti-slavery writings.
Married November 23, 1835 to his first cousin, Sarah Ann Fitzgerald in Nelson County, Virginia.
In the early 1850's, William, Sarah, Alfred, Beatrice, Milton & Ellen (Henry stayed in Nelson) moved to Tishomingo, Mississippi where William taught school at a small village called Boneyard. William was also a carpenter. They lived next door to Sarah's older brother/William's cousin, Rev. O. Dow Fitzgerald. In the early 1860's, William, Sarah, Beatrice, Milton and Ellen (Alfred stayed in Mississippi)moved back to Nelson County, Virginia.
William was arrested on May 25, 1863 in Nelson County, Virginia (with his brother Zephaniah C. Fitzgerald (1810-1898)) by the Confederacy and taken to Castle Thunder Prison in Richmond, Virginia. William was under suspicion for being "sympathetic to the Union". Neither William or Zephaniah were charged or tried. William died from starvation on July 27, 1863. Zephaniah returned to Nelson County, Virginia after William died.
William's burial site is unknown at this time.
Mother: Susan Males (Wales/Nales?) 1793 Nelson County, Virginia - about 1824 Nelson County, Virginia
Attended Washington Academy (now Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia) in the 1832/33 season. One of his professors was Henry Ruffner, who in 1837 became President of Washington Academy. Henry Ruffner would be forced to resign from Washington Academy because of his anti-slavery writings.
Married November 23, 1835 to his first cousin, Sarah Ann Fitzgerald in Nelson County, Virginia.
In the early 1850's, William, Sarah, Alfred, Beatrice, Milton & Ellen (Henry stayed in Nelson) moved to Tishomingo, Mississippi where William taught school at a small village called Boneyard. William was also a carpenter. They lived next door to Sarah's older brother/William's cousin, Rev. O. Dow Fitzgerald. In the early 1860's, William, Sarah, Beatrice, Milton and Ellen (Alfred stayed in Mississippi)moved back to Nelson County, Virginia.
William was arrested on May 25, 1863 in Nelson County, Virginia (with his brother Zephaniah C. Fitzgerald (1810-1898)) by the Confederacy and taken to Castle Thunder Prison in Richmond, Virginia. William was under suspicion for being "sympathetic to the Union". Neither William or Zephaniah were charged or tried. William died from starvation on July 27, 1863. Zephaniah returned to Nelson County, Virginia after William died.
William's burial site is unknown at this time.
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