Fitch, Albert C., 1829-1917

A carpenter by profession, Albert Clark Fitch (1829-1917) was born in Ashville, New York on May 21, 1829. Fitch lived in Somonauk, Illinois, with his wife Ellen Amelia Beardsley (b. ca. 1831), whom he married in 1852. The couple had four children, none of whom survived into adulthood. During the Civil War, Fitch enlisted in Company E of the 13th Illinois Infantry regiment, under Captain Frederick W. Partridge. Fitch’s unit was known as the “Sandwich Rifles.” After he mustered out on June 15, 1864, Fitch and his wife moved to Hiawatha, Kansas. Shortly after Ellen’s death in 1884, he married Eliza Jane Mosely, with whom he had two children. Toward the end of this life, Fitch lived in Hugo, Colorado, where he died on March 25, 1917.

From the guide to the Fitch, Albert C. Diary 73-51., 1861-1862, 1960, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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