Details for Ambrose Fitzgerald
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5379010857
Data
| Marker Number | 10857 |
| Atlas Number | 5379010857 |
| Marker Title | Ambrose Fitzgerald |
| Index Entry | Fitzgerald, Ambrose |
| Address | |
| City | Emory |
| County | Rains |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 240848 |
| UTM Northing | 3641389 |
| Subject Codes | Baptist denomination; Civil War; pioneers; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1983 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | private cemetery near the Emory City Cemetery on N. Alexander St. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | (March 12, 1827 - June 15, 1893) A native of Missouri, Ambrose Fitzgerald settled near here in 1846 on land that was then part of Nacogdoches County. Since this area was included in the creation of later counties, he was able to serve as the first clerk for Van Zandt and Wood counties. After participating in the Civil War, he returned here and became the tax assessor, district clerk, and county clerk for Rains County. A Baptist preacher, he baptized James S. Hogg, later the Governor of Texas. |