"The Lincoln Leader", Toledo, Oregon - Thursday, May 10, 1894

Died.

FITZPATRICK - At the St. Vincent's hospital, at Portland, on Wednesday, 
May 9, 1894, John Fitzpatrick, of the Hotel Monterey, of Newport.



"The Lincoln Leader", Toledo, Oregon - Thursday, May 17, 1894

Death of John Fitzpatrick.

The death of Mr. John Fitzpatrick, of which mention was made in last 
week's issue, occurred at St. Vincent's hospital on May 9, at 3 o'clock 
p.m.  Mr. Fitzpatrick was a prominent and well known fisherman of the 
lower Columbia, and was also the owner of considerable property in 
Lincoln county, among which was the popular Hotel Monterey, on Big 
Creek, near Cape Fowlweather.  Pneumonia, which he contracted on a trip 
down the river a few days ago, was the cause of death.  Mr. Fitzpatrick 
was a veteran of the Mexican war, and was a member of one of the armies 
of settlers which arrived in California in 1849.  He came to Oregon 
late in the '50's, and from the time of his arrival until his death was 
engaged in fishing.

He leaves a wife and eight children, who are residing at present at the 
Hotel Monterey, in this county.

Mr. Fitzpatrick's death removes an active and industrious man and in 
peculiarly unfortunate to Lincoln county, as he has had several 
projects in contemplation which would have naturally developed our 
resources and thereby benefited our people.  Among these were the 
establishing of a cannery and saw mill on the Siletz, the initiatory 
steps looking to which, we are informed, have already been taken.  Mr. 
Fitzpatrick was a Mexican war veteran, being able seaman on board the 
warship Ohio in 1946, when she was dispatched to Mexican waters to 
assist General Taylor in the capture of Monterey.  It was in honor of 
this famous victory that Mr. Fitzpatrick gave the name of his hotel on 
Big Creek.  The funeral took place from St. Patrick's church, Portland, 
last Saturday morning, and was attended by a body of Mexican war 
veterans.  

Unknown Burial Location
1824-9 May 1894
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society from a copy 
of the original newspaper article in 2011.)