Louisa Maria (Sparkman) Fitzgerald (1827 - 1877)

Born 8 Dec 1827 in Tennessee

Ancestors

Wife of Moses Christopher Fitzgerald — married 6 Sep 1848 in Maury County, Tennessee

Died 24 Jan 1877 at age 49 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri

Biography

Moses Christopher Fitzgerald (Elizabeth Jane (Fitzgerald) Sparkman's younger brother) and his wife, Louisa Maria (Sparkman) Fitzgerald (William Williams Sparkman's younger sister) were part of an exodus from Tennessee to Missouri, which was headed up by William Williams Sparkman. W.W. was the first Sparkman to settle in Butler County, MO. He brought his wife, Elizabeth Jane Fitzgerald; his mother, Celia, and seven children from Giles County, TN to the Cane Creek community (about 8 miles west of Poplar Bluff, MO.) in the winter of 1860-61, just prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865.

The Sparkmans and Fitzgeralds came together in covered wagons, crossing the Mississippi in Cairo, Illinois. W.W. left Tennessee for Missouri in an effort to save his family from the onslaught of the impending war. Tennessee had seceded from the Union, while Missouri was a border state sympathetic to the Union. Apparently, this group of Sparkmans & Fitzgeralds were Union sympathizers, however, the Missouri Sparkmans did not actively participate in the Civil War.

Children

1. Thomas Francis Fitzgerald (1849 - 1933)*

2. William Humphries Fitzgerald (1851 - 1888)*

3. James C. Fitzgerald (1853 - 1931)*

4. John Leonard Fitzgerald (1856 - 1942)*

5. Rufus Aaron Fitzgerald (1859 - 1927)*

6. Celia A Fitzgerald (1862 - 1863)*

7. Theophilus Christopher Fitzgerald (1864 - 1945)*

8. Henry Luther Fitzgerald (1866 - 1948)*

Sources

• "Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
• Sparkman Genealogy Forum managed by Sue Eagle Sparkman
• Oral Sparkman family history.
• Findagrave.com http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44148552