Cenotaph Memorial

HENRY1 FAGAN was born 1810 in Ireland, and died 28 Dec 1861. He married ELLEN LYON. She was born 1815 in Canada.

Notes for HENRY FAGAN:
Henry Fagan may be from Tipperary, Ireland

1840 Census St. Augustine Florida St. John's County October 1840
Henry Fagan Males under 5 - 1 5 to 10 - 1 30 to 40 - 1
Females 5 to 10 - 1 20 to 30 - 1 Total 5 Manufacture and trades - 1 Head Household

1850 Census Key West Florida Monroe County August 14, 1850 M432--59 page 164
Name Age Gender Occupation Value of Estate Place of Birth
Henry Fagan 40 M Laborer 200 Ireland
Ellen Fagan 34 F Canada
John Fagan 19 M Mason Florida
Ann Fagan 17 F Florida
Henry Fagan 11 M Florida
Joseph Fagan 6 M Florida

1860 census > FLORIDA > MONROE > KEY WEST August 22, 1860
Series: M653 Roll: 108 Page: 357
FAGAN HENRY 52 M W IREL FL MONROE KEY WEST 1860
Name Home in 1860 Age in 1860 Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Gender Occupation
Henry Fagan Key West, Monroe, FL 52 1807 Ireland Male Day laborer
Ellen Fagan Key West, Monroe, FL 45 1814 Canada Female Washerwoman
Henry Fagan Key West, Monroe, FL 21 1838 Florida Male Engineer
Joseph Fagan Key West, Monroe, FL 16 1843 Florida Day laborer

Henry Fagan, born Florida; resident of Key West; appointed from the District of Columbia; originally served in the United States Navy; enlisted in the Confederate States Navy, July 23, 1861; appointed second assistant Engineer, December 25, 1861; captured on the Mississippi River, April, 1862, aboard CSS McRae; confined Fort Warren, Boston Harbor and later released; fatally wounded in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863, and died three days later; buried at the First United Methodist Church cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [Florida Confederate Card File; ORN 1, 17, 869 and 1, 18, 318; John E. Ellis]

The CSS Chattahoochee was a side wheeled gunboat with a complement of about 120 crew, officers and enlisted personnel. Her armament included four 32 pounder guns, one 32 pounder rifled gun and one 9 inch gun. She was built at Saffold, Georgia under the supervision of Confederate States Naval lieutenant C.R. Jones, who was succeeded by Lieutenant John Julius Guthrie on February 4, 1863. Plagued by constant machine failure, the vessel was eventually sunk by the explosion of a boiler on May 27, 1863, near Blountstown, Florida, killing 18 men. After the explosion and sinking of the vessel, many of her crew were sent to Georgia, to serve on the CSS Savannah. In mid-1864 the vessel was raised and moved to Columbus, Georgia for repairs. While these repairs were in progress, some 60 officers and crew were sent on an expedition to capture the USS Adela, which vessel was at that time blockading the town of Apalachicola, Florida. The attempt was a failure, resulting in the capture of much equipment belonging to the expedition. In December, 1864, the CSS Chattahoochee destroyed, when the Confederates abandoned the Apalachicola River. [DANFS 2, 506.]


More About HENRY FAGAN:
Burial: First United Methodist Church cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida

Children of HENRY FAGAN and ELLEN LYON are:
2. i. JOHN2 FAGAN, b. 1832, Florida.
ii. ANN FAGAN, b. 1833, Florida.
iii. HENRY FAGAN, b. 1839, Florida.
3. iv. JOSEPH FAGAN, b. 1844, Florida; d. 04 Jun 1911, Tampa, Florida.