Title	Mr.
Last Name	Fitzgerald
First Name	Charles
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Place of Birth	Dexter, ME
Date of Birth	1840?
Place of Death	Pennsylvania
Date of Death	1912-03-00
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 3-21-1912, p.5
Obituary	Charles Fitzgerald Charles Fitzgerald, aged 82 years, died yesterday in the West Penn hospital after a lingering illness. He was born in Dexter, Maine, and early in life engaged in mechanical pursuits. In 1875 he moved to Pittsburgh and for several years lived at 1306 Sheffield street. He enlisted in the Civil War in the Sixth Maine Volunteers and served until the close of the war. On April 27, 1851, he was married to Elizabeth Bean. He leaves his widow and the following children: Walter S., Charles B., George M., and Edward C. Fitzgerald. He was a. member of Abe Patterson Post No. 88, G. A. R., and of the Union Veteran Legion. Pittsburgh, (Pa.) Chronical Telegraph. Mr. Fitzgerald will be remembered by the older residents of Dexter, although he left here some thirty-five years ago to reside in Pittsburgh. He was the eldest son of George Fitzgerald, who came to Dexter about 1830 and engaged in the machine business and manufacture of axes. Later on he established a stove foundry which was carried on by his sons, George F. and Joseph H. Geo. Fitzgerald may be said to have been the originator of the machine business which has become one of the leading industries of the town.