Typewritten memorandum by W. Huger FitzSimons, continued — burial places and Christopher FitzSimons (2nd) and (3rd) (page 2)
Book 1, Page 20 ·1873–1952
Transcription
A typewritten sheet, continuation of the memorandum begun on page 019.
All these children died under age except Ann Hampton, Paul FitzSimons Christopher FitzSimons (the second), and Catherine Hammond. The graves of Cashel FitzSimons, the first little Christopher FitzSimons and the first little Catherine FitzSimons, are in the burial ground at the plantation on Hobcaw, Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, S. C., and marked with suitable stones. This Plantation is now owned by the Harlem Corporation. In this graveyard are also buried their grandparents, Paul and Ann Prichard. The other children of the emigrant, viz: Christopher FitzSimons (the second), Paul FitzSimons, Maria Adams FitzSimons, Owen FitzSimons, John Adams FitzSimons are buried at “The Cottage” burial ground near Augusta, Ga.: Mrs. Hampton is, I presume, buried with the Hamptons in C[o]lumbia, S. C., and Mrs. Hammond with the Hammonds at Beech Island, S. C.
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Christopher FitzSimons (the second) married Elizabeth Porcher Stoney (daughter of Elizabeth Gaillard and John Stoney). Christopher FitzSimons (the second) died at Lexington, S. C. and is buried at "The Cottage near Augusta, Ga. He died when he was aged 30 years, 11 months and 19 days and left a widow and four small children, viz: Christopher FitzSimons (the third), P. Gaillard FitzSimons, Catherine Ann Vaux, and Paul FitzSimons. His widow Elizabeth Porcher FitzSimons died June 13, 1873 and is buried in Prince George Winyah Churchyard, Georgetown, S. C. but her grave is unmarked by a stone.
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Christopher FitzSimons M. D. (the third) died in May 1866 and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S. C. He married Susan Milliken Barker who died in December 1900 and is buried by the side of her husband. They left seven children, all of whom are now living
Charleston, S. Ca.
March 28, 1922.
In Pencil (March 1952, All are now dead except Ellen M. FitzSimons, age 89 yrs., Charleston, S. C.)
AI Notes
Page 2 of the W. Huger FitzSimons typewritten memorandum (continued from page 019). Lists where each of the emigrant’s children was buried, then continues into the line of Christopher FitzSimons (2nd) and his son Christopher FitzSimons M. D. (the third). Dated ‘Charleston, S. Ca. / March 28, 1922’ at the foot, with a pencilled addendum dated March 1952 noting that all are now dead except Ellen M. FitzSimons, age 89, of Charleston. The typescript carries the typist’s ‘Prichard’ (single-t, vs. ‘Pritchard’ elsewhere) and an elided ‘C[o]lumbia’ (typed with ‘o’ indistinct or struck-through). Key date pins this page fixes: Christopher FitzSimons M. D. (the 3rd) died May 1866; Susan Milliken Barker FitzSimons died December 1900. The 1952 pencil addendum is a poignant marker — Aunt Ellen, then 89, would die in 1953, ending the seven-child generation. The ‘M. D.’ credential is attached specifically to Christopher (3rd), the Dublin-trained physician of p004’s anecdote.
The 1922 typescript’s closing line — “seven children, all of whom are now living” — refers to the seven children of Dr. Christopher 3rd + Susan Milliken Barker. By the March 1952 pencilled addendum, only Ellen Milliken FitzSimons survived; she was 89 and would die the following year, ending the seven-child generation that had been the album’s living memory of antebellum Charleston. The Christopher FitzSimons (2nd) named here as having died at Lexington SC aged “30 years, 11 months and 19 days” gives a precise death date of 29 December 1832 — pinning the orphaning of his four young children.