An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, pages 401-402.

WILL FITZPATRICK, a young and enterprising man of Shaniko, was born in San
Joaquin county, California, on September 30, 1872. His father, William
Fitzpatrick, a native of Illinois, came to California in 1850, crossing the
plains with ox teams. He did mining a short time, then took up farming in
Calaveras county, where he remained until 1887, and there our subject received
the beginning of his education, the same being completed in Oregon. After
leaving California at the date last mentioned, the family came to Douglas
county, Oregon and did stock raising for two years. Then he came to the vicinity
of Shaniko and engaged in sheep raising, renting land near Sherar's bridge.
Later, they drove their flocks to Wallowa county where they bought land and
continued until 1892. In 1899 they journeyed to Lewis county, Washington, and
there the father lives on a ranch owned by our subject. The father married
Sophronia Gaines, a native of New York, and living in Illinois at the time of
her marriage. After finish-ing his school work, Will Fitzpatrick attended camp
for his father for four years. In the same capacity he worked for George Young &
Son about four years, and then rented sheep from H.C. Rooper of Antelope. A year
later he took his share of the sheep to Washington and sold the same. In 1899 he
bought a ranch of sixty acres in Lewis county and since that time, his father
has been conducting that place. He was there one year himself and in the spring
of 1904, came to Shaniko and bought a one fourth interest in the business Mr.
Sanford owned. He had worked for Mr. Sanford some years previous. Later Mr.
Fitzpatrick disposed of his interest in the establishment with Mr. Sanford.      

On March 19, 1903, at Shaniko, Mr. Fitzpatrick married Margaret C. Mood, a
native of North Carolina, whose father was born in North Carolina and mother in
Tennessee. Mr. Fitzpatrick has one brother. George S., a farmer in Wallowa
county, Oregon. Mrs. Fitzpatrick has three brothers, Frank, John and Grant in
Tennessee. One child has been born to our subject and his wife, Elmer G.      

Mr. Fitzpatrick is a member of the A.O.U.W. and the Degree of Honor. He is a
Republican in politics and is a progressive, public spirited man.

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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.