. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . m p a n y,and president of theKlackstone NationalHank of was born inHaverhill, Mass., onFeb. 5, 1833, beingthe son of Jeremiahand Hannah EatonFitz. When he wasbut a year old hisparents came toBoston, and in 1841removed to all his lifehe has made thelatter city his home,and its citizens haverepeatedly honoredhim with positionsof high responsibilityand trust, all ofwhich he has filledwith credit to him-self and his attended th
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . m p a n y,and president of theKlackstone NationalHank of was born inHaverhill, Mass., onFeb. 5, 1833, beingthe son of Jeremiahand Hannah EatonFitz. When he wasbut a year old hisparents came toBoston, and in 1841removed to all his lifehe has made thelatter city his home,and its citizens haverepeatedly honoredhim with positionsof high responsibilityand trust, all ofwhich he has filledwith credit to him-self and his attended thepublic schools ofChelsea and gradu-ated from the HighSchool. On Jan. 10, 1856, he was married to Sarah Jane, daughter of Alfredand Margaret C. Blanchard, of Chelsea, and made hishome in Cambridge. Three years later he returned toChelsea. He was elected to the Chelsea CommonCouncil of 1861, and re-elected for two succeedingyears, and during those last two terms he was presidentof that body. He was called from the council to bemayor of the citv, serving as such during the years 1864,1865, and 1866. His services in the city go\ernment. tUSTACE CARtY FITZ of Chelsea were right in the midst of the critical warperiotl, when the soundest judgment was \s mayor of the city he was a strong supporter of Ciov-ernor Andrew, and did much to keep intact the fairname of Massachusetts. Mr. Fitz contributed liberallyof his means for the Union cause. For eighteen yearshe was a trustee, and most of the time chairman of theChelsea Public Library, and at the end of that longperiod, in 18S5, he jiresented to his adopted city a handsome, commo-dious library build-ing, costing upwardsof ^25,000. Thepicture accompany-ing this sketch istaken from a life-size portrait of , ])ainted byRobert (1. Hardie,on the order of thecity of Chelsea, at acost of §1,200, andwhich now hangs inthe Public City Council ofChelsea, in 1889,changed the nameof the Chelsea Pub-lic Library to the Fi
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