Fitz, John bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 949-950, Woodland Township
John Fitz was born in York county, Pa.; he there married Mary Ann Dubs, by whom he had 9 children, - Henry, John, Samuel, Conrad, Matilda, Susan, Elizabeth and Rebecca. Mr. Fitz was a farmer in Pa., where he owned farm property: 27 years ago he came West, settling in Woodland township, where he purchased nearly 500 acres of land; he removed to Iowa 3 years ago, where he is the owner of 400 acres of valuable land. Conrad, who is a farmer in this township, was born in Penn. in 1848, having spent his boyhood and youth in this county; in 1874 he married Miss Susan Shields, daughter of Nathan and Mary Shields, mentioned elsewhere, and they have one child, Idallah. Mr. F. owns 160 acres in this tp.; has been School Director 13 years.