History of Kent County, Mich. 1881
Pages 571 & 572
Norton Fitch, Supervisor of Alpine Tp., was born in Orleans Co., N.Y., Nov. 17, 1833. His parents, Amos and Jane Fitch, were natives of New York and came to this county in 1848, the date of Mr. Fitch's introduction to the State of Michigan, being at that time 15 years of age. He was married in 1855 to Sophia Murray, born in Ohio in 1833 and died in 1879, leaving two children - Amasa N. and Sabrina M............On the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, he felt impelled to respond to the call of the nation and he enlisted Aug. 17, 1861, at Grand Rapids, in Co. C, First Reg. U.S. Sharpshooters, for three years, or during the war. The regiment was composed of picked men, each being required to pass rigid examination, especially as to skill in markmanship. He was sworn into the service of Detroit and soon after was appointed Corporal. He was engaged in the following battles; Seige of Yorktown, April 5, 1862; Williamsburg, Va, May 5, 1862; Hanover C.H., June 27, 1862, Mechanicsville, June 26-27, 1862; Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862; Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, 1862; Malvern Hill and the battle near Manassa, Aug. 30, 1862. At the latter his left arm was shot off by a shell, and he received his honorable discharge, Oct. 8, 1862. As a sharpshooter he had a varied experience; he spent long, weary hours on the picket line, sometimes standing in knee-deep in water all night, and frequently sleeping on the wet ground. On his discharge his superior officers, in acknowledgement of his faithful and efficient services, presented him with the following certificate: "Corporal Fitch has proved himself to be a true soldier, and in all the engagements he proved himself a brave soldier, and the cool courage which he usually showed before the enemy is well worthy of note."
Ohio Marriages 1800-1958:
Norton Fitch
Lizzie Smith
Married: 26 April 1872 Huron Co., Ohio
1900 U.S. Federal Census Sparta, Kent Co., Mi Sheet 9A, Dw. 225, Fam. 234
Norton Fitch, Head, W, M, Nov. 1833, 66, Married 28years, FB NY, MB England, Landlord
Elizabeth Fitch, Wife, W, F, April 1839, 61, Married 28years, 1 child - 1 living, OH, FB & MB NY
Sate o Michigan Death Certificate:
Norton Fitch, Died: 23 Feb. 1901 Sparta, Kent Co., Michigan, Male, White, Married, Born: New York, 67y3m6d, Age at 1st marriage: 22years, Parent of 5 children of whom 2 are living, Father: Amasa Fitch, Born: New York, Mother; Jane Tinkler, Born: England, Burial: 26 Feb. 1901 Sparta, Michigan, Disease causing death: Typhoid pheumonia, about 6 weeks, Immediate cause of death: heart failure, few hours, Contributory: Hepatitis, about 1 week, Informant: M.N. Ballard, Sparta, Michigan, Reg. No. 3, File No. 620.
Pages 571 & 572
Norton Fitch, Supervisor of Alpine Tp., was born in Orleans Co., N.Y., Nov. 17, 1833. His parents, Amos and Jane Fitch, were natives of New York and came to this county in 1848, the date of Mr. Fitch's introduction to the State of Michigan, being at that time 15 years of age. He was married in 1855 to Sophia Murray, born in Ohio in 1833 and died in 1879, leaving two children - Amasa N. and Sabrina M............On the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, he felt impelled to respond to the call of the nation and he enlisted Aug. 17, 1861, at Grand Rapids, in Co. C, First Reg. U.S. Sharpshooters, for three years, or during the war. The regiment was composed of picked men, each being required to pass rigid examination, especially as to skill in markmanship. He was sworn into the service of Detroit and soon after was appointed Corporal. He was engaged in the following battles; Seige of Yorktown, April 5, 1862; Williamsburg, Va, May 5, 1862; Hanover C.H., June 27, 1862, Mechanicsville, June 26-27, 1862; Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862; Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, 1862; Malvern Hill and the battle near Manassa, Aug. 30, 1862. At the latter his left arm was shot off by a shell, and he received his honorable discharge, Oct. 8, 1862. As a sharpshooter he had a varied experience; he spent long, weary hours on the picket line, sometimes standing in knee-deep in water all night, and frequently sleeping on the wet ground. On his discharge his superior officers, in acknowledgement of his faithful and efficient services, presented him with the following certificate: "Corporal Fitch has proved himself to be a true soldier, and in all the engagements he proved himself a brave soldier, and the cool courage which he usually showed before the enemy is well worthy of note."
Ohio Marriages 1800-1958:
Norton Fitch
Lizzie Smith
Married: 26 April 1872 Huron Co., Ohio
1900 U.S. Federal Census Sparta, Kent Co., Mi Sheet 9A, Dw. 225, Fam. 234
Norton Fitch, Head, W, M, Nov. 1833, 66, Married 28years, FB NY, MB England, Landlord
Elizabeth Fitch, Wife, W, F, April 1839, 61, Married 28years, 1 child - 1 living, OH, FB & MB NY
Sate o Michigan Death Certificate:
Norton Fitch, Died: 23 Feb. 1901 Sparta, Kent Co., Michigan, Male, White, Married, Born: New York, 67y3m6d, Age at 1st marriage: 22years, Parent of 5 children of whom 2 are living, Father: Amasa Fitch, Born: New York, Mother; Jane Tinkler, Born: England, Burial: 26 Feb. 1901 Sparta, Michigan, Disease causing death: Typhoid pheumonia, about 6 weeks, Immediate cause of death: heart failure, few hours, Contributory: Hepatitis, about 1 week, Informant: M.N. Ballard, Sparta, Michigan, Reg. No. 3, File No. 620.
History of Kent County, Mich. 1881
Pages 571 & 572
Norton Fitch, Supervisor of Alpine Tp., was born in Orleans Co., N.Y., Nov. 17, 1833. His parents, Amos and Jane Fitch, were natives of New York and came to this county in 1848, the date of Mr. Fitch's introduction to the State of Michigan, being at that time 15 years of age. He was married in 1855 to Sophia Murray, born in Ohio in 1833 and died in 1879, leaving two children - Amasa N. and Sabrina M............On the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, he felt impelled to respond to the call of the nation and he enlisted Aug. 17, 1861, at Grand Rapids, in Co. C, First Reg. U.S. Sharpshooters, for three years, or during the war. The regiment was composed of picked men, each being required to pass rigid examination, especially as to skill in markmanship. He was sworn into the service of Detroit and soon after was appointed Corporal. He was engaged in the following battles; Seige of Yorktown, April 5, 1862; Williamsburg, Va, May 5, 1862; Hanover C.H., June 27, 1862, Mechanicsville, June 26-27, 1862; Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862; Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, 1862; Malvern Hill and the battle near Manassa, Aug. 30, 1862. At the latter his left arm was shot off by a shell, and he received his honorable discharge, Oct. 8, 1862. As a sharpshooter he had a varied experience; he spent long, weary hours on the picket line, sometimes standing in knee-deep in water all night, and frequently sleeping on the wet ground. On his discharge his superior officers, in acknowledgement of his faithful and efficient services, presented him with the following certificate: "Corporal Fitch has proved himself to be a true soldier, and in all the engagements he proved himself a brave soldier, and the cool courage which he usually showed before the enemy is well worthy of note."
Ohio Marriages 1800-1958:
Norton Fitch
Lizzie Smith
Married: 26 April 1872 Huron Co., Ohio
1900 U.S. Federal Census Sparta, Kent Co., Mi Sheet 9A, Dw. 225, Fam. 234
Norton Fitch, Head, W, M, Nov. 1833, 66, Married 28years, FB NY, MB England, Landlord
Elizabeth Fitch, Wife, W, F, April 1839, 61, Married 28years, 1 child - 1 living, OH, FB & MB NY
Sate o Michigan Death Certificate:
Norton Fitch, Died: 23 Feb. 1901 Sparta, Kent Co., Michigan, Male, White, Married, Born: New York, 67y3m6d, Age at 1st marriage: 22years, Parent of 5 children of whom 2 are living, Father: Amasa Fitch, Born: New York, Mother; Jane Tinkler, Born: England, Burial: 26 Feb. 1901 Sparta, Michigan, Disease causing death: Typhoid pheumonia, about 6 weeks, Immediate cause of death: heart failure, few hours, Contributory: Hepatitis, about 1 week, Informant: M.N. Ballard, Sparta, Michigan, Reg. No. 3, File No. 620.
Pages 571 & 572
Norton Fitch, Supervisor of Alpine Tp., was born in Orleans Co., N.Y., Nov. 17, 1833. His parents, Amos and Jane Fitch, were natives of New York and came to this county in 1848, the date of Mr. Fitch's introduction to the State of Michigan, being at that time 15 years of age. He was married in 1855 to Sophia Murray, born in Ohio in 1833 and died in 1879, leaving two children - Amasa N. and Sabrina M............On the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, he felt impelled to respond to the call of the nation and he enlisted Aug. 17, 1861, at Grand Rapids, in Co. C, First Reg. U.S. Sharpshooters, for three years, or during the war. The regiment was composed of picked men, each being required to pass rigid examination, especially as to skill in markmanship. He was sworn into the service of Detroit and soon after was appointed Corporal. He was engaged in the following battles; Seige of Yorktown, April 5, 1862; Williamsburg, Va, May 5, 1862; Hanover C.H., June 27, 1862, Mechanicsville, June 26-27, 1862; Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862; Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, 1862; Malvern Hill and the battle near Manassa, Aug. 30, 1862. At the latter his left arm was shot off by a shell, and he received his honorable discharge, Oct. 8, 1862. As a sharpshooter he had a varied experience; he spent long, weary hours on the picket line, sometimes standing in knee-deep in water all night, and frequently sleeping on the wet ground. On his discharge his superior officers, in acknowledgement of his faithful and efficient services, presented him with the following certificate: "Corporal Fitch has proved himself to be a true soldier, and in all the engagements he proved himself a brave soldier, and the cool courage which he usually showed before the enemy is well worthy of note."
Ohio Marriages 1800-1958:
Norton Fitch
Lizzie Smith
Married: 26 April 1872 Huron Co., Ohio
1900 U.S. Federal Census Sparta, Kent Co., Mi Sheet 9A, Dw. 225, Fam. 234
Norton Fitch, Head, W, M, Nov. 1833, 66, Married 28years, FB NY, MB England, Landlord
Elizabeth Fitch, Wife, W, F, April 1839, 61, Married 28years, 1 child - 1 living, OH, FB & MB NY
Sate o Michigan Death Certificate:
Norton Fitch, Died: 23 Feb. 1901 Sparta, Kent Co., Michigan, Male, White, Married, Born: New York, 67y3m6d, Age at 1st marriage: 22years, Parent of 5 children of whom 2 are living, Father: Amasa Fitch, Born: New York, Mother; Jane Tinkler, Born: England, Burial: 26 Feb. 1901 Sparta, Michigan, Disease causing death: Typhoid pheumonia, about 6 weeks, Immediate cause of death: heart failure, few hours, Contributory: Hepatitis, about 1 week, Informant: M.N. Ballard, Sparta, Michigan, Reg. No. 3, File No. 620.
Gravesite Details
Husband of #1: Sophia (Murray) Fitch and #2 Elizabeth (Smith) Fitch. Son of Amasa and Jane (Tinkler) Fitch.
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