Henry Fitzhugh

Henry Fitzhugh (born August 7, 1801 in "The Hive", Washington County , Maryland ; † August 11, 1866 ) was an American trader, businessman and politician from New York . Furthermore, were James G. Birney and Gerrit Smith , both US presidential candidates, his brother.

Career

Henry Fitzhug was the son of Colonel William Fitzhugh, Jr. (1761-1839), one of the founders of Rochester , New York, and Ann (Hughes) Fitzhugh (1771-1829). The family moved to an area out of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase in 1816 . On December 11, 1827, Henry married Elizabeth Barbara Carroll (1806–1866), sister of Charles H. Carroll, of Groveland , New York.

He chose a political career when he was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1849 , where he represented Oswego County . He then served as the sewer commissioner from 1852 to 1857 and was on the Whig Party ballot from 1851 to 1854 .

Henry was buried in Williamsburg Cemetery in Groveland.

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• The Political Graveyard
• Livingston County NY GenWeb
• Official State Canvass , State of New York, January 1, 1852
• The Charges against Henry Fitzhugh , State of New York, April 4, 1853
• Whig Convention , State of New York, September 21, 1854, Fitzhugh nominated for re-election
• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 42, 237 and 273; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• Fitzhugh Genealogy in Upstate Arcadia: Landscape, Aesthetics, and the Triumph of Social Differentiation in America by Peter J. Hugill (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995, ISBN 0847678563 , ISBN 9780847678563 ; page 50)