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 William
E. Fitzgerald was the son of Nathan and Julia Ann Fitzgerald, who came to Texas
from Mississippi in 1870 and settled in the Oak Grove community south of Rice in
Navarro County. Will was a successful farmer in Rice for many years. He died
in 1937 and is buried with his wife, Mary Etta Campbell Fitzgerald in the
Rice
Cemetery at Rice, Navarro County, Texas
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Mary Etta Campbell married
William E. Fitzgerald in 1889, reared their family in Rice, Texas,
died in 1954 and both are buried in the
Rice
Cemetery at
Rice,
Navarro County, Texas.
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Bessie Fitzgerald Murff, standing, Emma Fitzgerald Lemon and
Will Fitzgerald, (9 years old) children of William E. and Mary Etta
Fitzgerald. Pictured dated about 1913.
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familiar sight in Rice, Texas was this
gracious home built in 1917 for the
William E. Fitzgerald family where they lived and entertained for many years
Notes:
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Submitted by
Jane B. Smith 6/2004
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Billie Fitzgerald Baker
of McKinney, Texas has graciously submitted the following articles and
pictures to the Navarro County website in memory of her father,
William Sloan Fitzgerald and his
parents, William E. and Mary Etta Campbell Fitzgerald formerly of Rice,
Texas. View Article
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