An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company, Spokane, WA. 1905, pages 375-376. JOHN H. FITZPATRICK, who is at present head bookkeeper for Van Duyn & Adams, was born in Tygh valley, Oregon, where he is now engaged. He has been practically reared here and his education was received from the public schools and from the business college of Portland. The date of his birth is November 26, 1879. His father, Edward C. Fitzpatrick, came across the plains with his parents to California when a young lad. His father, the grandfather of our subject, was accidentally killed while crossing the plains to California, after a visit to the east. Edward C. came on to Oregon with an uncle and for a time rode the range for Pete French, in Harney county and vicinity. Then he married Miss Malinda Steers and they settled in the Bakeoven country and engaged in stock raising. When his mother was on a visit to her mother, Mrs. A.H. McAtee, here in Tygh valley, our subject was born, but the family did not come here until the early eighties. Then the father bought land here and raised stock. The family home was here until recently. The father sold all his interests and removed to Klamath county where he is now freighting. John H. was associated with his father in stock raising, mostly sheep, for the last few years and they made their sale of all the property on November 1, 1903. Previous to that time, our subject had been engaged with the firm where he is now, occasionally, but last November he accepted a permanent position with the house and there is engaged at this time. His mother was born in Illinois and crossed the plains with her parents in early days. Her mother, now Mrs. McAtee, resides in Tygh valley. Mr. Fitzpatrick has two sisters, Maud and Lois, both with their parents in Klamath county. In political matters, Mr. Fitzpatrick is a Democrat and is well posted in the issues of the day and takes an intelligent part in the campaigns. He is affiliated with the I.O.O.F., the M.W.A., and the Royal Neighbors. He is a popular citizen and has many friends. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.