II. NECROLOGY.
By Thomas M. Owen, Montgomery.
Fitzpatrick, James Madison, born in Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 14, 1860, was the son of Dr. Phillips and Mary, (Bethea) Fitzpatrick, grandson of Gov. Benjamin and Sarah Terry (Elmore) Fitzpatrick, and of Hon. Tristram Burgess and Eugenia (Bethea) Bethea, and great-grandson of William and Anne (Phillips) Fitzpatrick, and of Gen. John Archer and Nancy (Martin) Elmore. The Fitzpatricks were from Greene county, Ga., the Elmores from Laurens district, the Betheas from Marion district, and the Martins from Edgefield district, S. C., all being families of character and note. Gen. John Archer Elmore was a soldier in the Revolution. Mr. Fitzpatrick was educated in private schools with a year at the Agricultural and Mechanical College, Auburn. Employed as a clerk in the office of the register in chancery of Montgomery county, he read law, and July 13, 1882, was admitted to the bar. After a short stay in Montgomery, he permanently located in Wetumpka where he continuously practiced until his death, Aug. 9, 1900. He was county solicitor at that date. He was a Democrat and an active party worker. He was a Mason; and had been at different times a member of the Montgomery independent rifles, and of the Elmore volunteers. Although not a member of any denomination, he inclined to the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Fitzpatrick was progressive and aspiring, and a useful citizen. He was married Feb. 23, 1893, to Mary A., daughter of Lamar and Mary Graham (Campbell) Cantalou, of Wetumpka, Ala., and his wife and infant son survive him. On July 1, 1899, he was enrolled as a member of the Alabama Historical Society.
Source: Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, 1899-1903, Volume IV, 1904, Pg. 257
