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About James Madison Fitzpatrick
Civil War Service:
Company K, 123rd Vol. Inf. Badly wounded and discharged. Vice Commander G>A>R> Post 1404 Matoon.
JAMES FITZPATRICK OBITUARY
VETERAN PASSES ON
MATTOON, ILL, NOV. 12, [1927] (Special) - James M. Fitzpatrick, aged 83 years, veteran of the Union Army, at the time of the civil War, and vice-commander of the G.A.R. Post No. 404, died on Friday evening at 5 o'clock at the home of his daughter Mrs. J.J. Hovious, 3016 Shelby avenue, after a long illness of general complications.
The funeral services will be conducted at the Union Central church tabernacle in Mattoon at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. Burial will be made in Dodge Grove cemetery with full military honors.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, born in Virginia, and spending much of his life in Hutton township, had been a resident of Mattoon for the past 37 years.
He enlisted in the Civil War with four brothers, and after engaging in a number of battles for the cause of his country, was so badly wounded it was necessary to discharge him honorably and send him home.
His wife, who was formerly Miss Sarah Anne Dallas, of Hutton, died in 1918. Five of the ten children born survive: Mrs. Hovious, Mrs. Lillie Moore, Oscar Fitzpatrick, Urlie Fitzpatrick, and Otto Fitzpatrick. Two brothers, George and Silas Fitzpatrick, survive.
"'Fitzpatrick Acquitted by the Jury
MONTICELLO, Ill., Feb. 19, 1890
The jury in the Fitzpatrick murder case were out all night and at 8 a. m. this morning they arrived at a verdict of justifiable homicide, and acquitted the defendant James Fitzpatrick. The verdict meets with the approval of the people, as Fitzpatrick was a peaceable law abiding man and he had been threatened and shot at by Thrasher and abused by him for several years, until forbearance ceased to be a virtue, and he was undoubtedly justifiable in his acts.
Fitzpatrick was on old soldier and a member of Gen. Wilder's famous brigade, and it is said that much of Thrasher's enmity grew out of the fact that he was a soldier and a member of the G. A. R. It is said Thrasher was one of the leaders in the Charleston riot in 1864, where there were a number of the soldiers killed by northern copperheads. The most detestable of all rebels, Major York of the 54th Illinois, was one the victims.
The best class of citizens where Fitzpatrick lived were on his aide.
Lawyers S. R. Reed and Leslie McPherson of Tuscola deserve great credit for their able defense of Fitzpatrick. Let justice prevail and let man treat his fellow man is he should, then we will have no more such cases.
Source: The Decatur Daily Despatch Thursday – February 20, 1890
Name: James Fitzpatrick Residence: Hutton, Illinois Enlistment Date: 4 Aug 1862 Side Served: Union State Served: Illinois Death Date: 11 Nov 1927 Enlisted as a Private on 4 August 1862 in Company K, 123rd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 6 Sep 1862. Mustered Out Company K, 123rd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 9 Apr 1864.
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James Madison Fitzpatrick's Timeline
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May 27, 1844
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Staunton, Virginia, United States
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March 14, 1877
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Atwood, IL, United States
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