1891 HISTORY OF CLARK & JACKSON CO., WI; pg. 354-355

THOMAS FITZMAURICE, a farmer of township 24, range 4, section 18, where he has eighty acres, was the eldest son of David and Mary (Nowlin) Fitzmaurice, of County Mayo, Ireland. His brothers and sisters were John, Peter, Mary, Ellen and Sarah, none of whom came to America. Their mother had three brothers and no sisters. Mr. Fitzmaurice's maternal grandparents were natives of County Roscommon, Ireland. The ancestry on both sides is traceable through a long series of generations.

Mr. Fittzmaurce was born December 22, 1828, and at the age twenty-two years he came to America, landing at New York, in June 1850, and remained in the State of New York till the autumn of 1854, when he came to Dane County, Wisconsin, and purchased forty acres of land and settled upon it. In 1856 he sold out and purchased his present home. When he first came here he had been preceded by only Messrs. Horrel, Notteter, Flick, Bever, Gilliland and Wilson, with their families. During the first winter he had to go many miles for flour and groceries, and carry his purchases on his back. The gristmill and trading post were seventeen and twenty-two miles away. During the first year he raised nothing but a few beans, potatoes and rutabagas. Neither doctors, lawyers nor preachers were here in those days. Previous to 1860 Mr. Fitzmaurice was a member of the Town Board and Assessor. The first post office to which his mail was brought was eighteen miles away, and the few neighbors took turns in going for the mail, with the understanding that it was to be left at some certain place convenient for all.

March 27, 1853, Mr. Fitzmaurice married Miss Wealthy Snow, at Forestville, Chautauqua County, New York. Her father, Samuel Snow, had lived in that vicinity from boyhood, his parents being from Madison County, that State. Mr. Fitzmaurice had three brothers and one sister: Levi, Ezra, Marcius and Rhoda. By her father's second marriage there were Mary, Hester, Almira, Lewis and Abigal. Three of these came West: Marcius, Mary (since deceased) and Abigail. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzmaurice have had four children, as follows: David, born June 26, 1854 Mary, August 16, 1858 Ellen, September 12, 1863 and Hester August 31, 1866. All these are married. May lost her husband and returned to her old home to remain with her parents David was married, November 23, 1879, to Mary Pierce June 27, 1879, Mary married Alfred Markham, now deceased September 12, 1881, Ellen was married to Clark Markham and May 13, 1888, Hester was married. They all reside in this State.

1880 Mentor Township, Clark Co., WI Federal Census

Thomas Fitzmorris @51, b. Ireland, Farmer, Parents b. Ireland

Wife: Wealthy @50, b. NY, Keeps House, Parents b. NY

Son: David @26, b. NY, At Home, Father b. Ireland, Mother b. NY

Daughter-in-law: Mary @16, b.WI, Parents b. PA

Dau: Ellen Fitzmorris @16, b. WI, At Home, Father b. Ireland, Mother b. NY

Dau: Esther Fitzmorris @13, b. WI, At Home, Father b. Ireland, Mother b. NY