| Record Last Updated On:
4/20/2016 |
| Name: WILLIAM J (JUDGE) FITTON |
| Death Date: AUG/18/1902 |
Interment Date:
AUG/19/1902 |
Birth Date: APR/27/1902 |
| Age at Death: 85 |
Cause of Death:
FAILURE OF HEART |
| Location at Death:
St. Joseph, Missouri |
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| Sex: M |
Nativity: ENGLISH |
Ethnicity: CAUCASIAN |
| Occupation:JUDGE |
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| Child of: Thomas Fitton & Frances Thorp |
| Spouse of: Margaret Jane Wallace |
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| Father of: Ida Fitton Miller, Fannie Luella Fitton, Thomas Fitton, James Wallace Fitton, Amelia Fitton Dallas |
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| Brief Biography: From The St. Louis Republic, August 10, 1902, Part 3, Page 3
JUDGE FITTON REPORTED DYING.
Pioneer Citizen Ill From Lung Trouble at St. Joseph
Republic Special--
St. Joseph Mo., Aug 9.--Judge Fitton, aged 85 years, is reported dying to night of congestion of the lungs.
He was a warm friend of Henry Clay, and enjoyed the acquaintance of all the public men in the early days. He came here forty years ago and figured prominently in Missouri politics until old age compelled his retirement. |
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