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Cecil Fleming Fitzgerald Sr.

Birth
Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi, USA
Death
31 Dec 1930 (aged 47)
Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Plot
Mississippi State Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
Memorial ID
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'CF'
Place of Death: Mississippi State Hospital, Fondren, Hinds, Mississippi
Burial: January 1, 1931 at the Mississippi State Cemetery in Fondren, Hinds, Mississippi.
Informant: Pearl Fitzgerald.

Cause of Death: Pellagra
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Here is what I found on Pellagra and the Mississippi State Hospital

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1095845-overview

Pellagra is defined by the systemic disease resulting from niacin deficiency, and it is characterized by diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, and death, which usually appear in this order. GI tract symptoms always precede dermatitis, or, according to Rille, "Pellagra begins in the stomach".[3]
3.Rille JH. Medizinische Gesellchaft Leipzig. Sitzug vom 16. November 1926. Ueber Pellegra (mit Lichtbildern). Dermatol Wochenschrift. 1927;6:189.)

Pellagra was first reported in 1902 in the United States. The medical community found Pellegra was caused by eating spoiled maize (corn). Generally less affluent or people of poverty got this disease.

Goldberger eventually solved the secret of the malady, which was a faulty diet. Goldberger was able to prevent and induce pellagra with dietary modifications, a landmark event in the annals of medicine, nutrition, and epidemiology. The reference range for serum nicotinic acid levels is 740-790 g; this level is decreased in patients with pellagra.
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http://www.finditinfondren.com/2013/06/17/history-resurfaced/

The Article entitled Asylum History, Resurfaced, Originally published June 17, 2013 from the Summer 2013 ‘History' issue of Find It In Fondren™ Magazine, this story is receiving renewed attention with the uncovering of additional unmarked graves. by Kelsey Marx

After doing some research. I have found that the State Hospital in Fondren Mississippi was first called Mississippi Hospital for the Insane.
In the 1930s, the name was changed to Mississippi State Hospital and was located in Fondren, Hinds County, Mississippi.

After reading about State Hospital's in Mississippi, I have learned that the people who died their were buried in rows and ten deep; where place on top of each other.

I believe it will be difficult to locate the exact location of where C F (Cecil)Fitzgerald is buried. He is in an unmarked grave at the Mississippi State Hospital located in Fondren, Hinds County, Mississippi.
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Cecil Fleming Fitzgerald m. Pearl Valentine Overby. She was the widow of Charles Fletcher Overby who died around 1901. Charles and Pearl Overby had 2 son, Early Fletcher Overby and James Claude (Claude) Overby and a daughter died at a young age.

Cecil and Pearl Fitzgerald had 7 children together:
1. Myrtle L. Fitzgerald
2. Ferral (Firrell) Fitzgerald
3. Edward P. Fitzgerald
4. Archie K. Fitzgerald
5. Cecil F. Fitzgerald (Twin)
6. Ruby Seals (Cecile) Fitzgerald (Twin)
7. Erma Orville Fitzgerald
'CF'
Place of Death: Mississippi State Hospital, Fondren, Hinds, Mississippi
Burial: January 1, 1931 at the Mississippi State Cemetery in Fondren, Hinds, Mississippi.
Informant: Pearl Fitzgerald.

Cause of Death: Pellagra
----
Here is what I found on Pellagra and the Mississippi State Hospital

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1095845-overview

Pellagra is defined by the systemic disease resulting from niacin deficiency, and it is characterized by diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, and death, which usually appear in this order. GI tract symptoms always precede dermatitis, or, according to Rille, "Pellagra begins in the stomach".[3]
3.Rille JH. Medizinische Gesellchaft Leipzig. Sitzug vom 16. November 1926. Ueber Pellegra (mit Lichtbildern). Dermatol Wochenschrift. 1927;6:189.)

Pellagra was first reported in 1902 in the United States. The medical community found Pellegra was caused by eating spoiled maize (corn). Generally less affluent or people of poverty got this disease.

Goldberger eventually solved the secret of the malady, which was a faulty diet. Goldberger was able to prevent and induce pellagra with dietary modifications, a landmark event in the annals of medicine, nutrition, and epidemiology. The reference range for serum nicotinic acid levels is 740-790 g; this level is decreased in patients with pellagra.
-

http://www.finditinfondren.com/2013/06/17/history-resurfaced/

The Article entitled Asylum History, Resurfaced, Originally published June 17, 2013 from the Summer 2013 ‘History' issue of Find It In Fondren™ Magazine, this story is receiving renewed attention with the uncovering of additional unmarked graves. by Kelsey Marx

After doing some research. I have found that the State Hospital in Fondren Mississippi was first called Mississippi Hospital for the Insane.
In the 1930s, the name was changed to Mississippi State Hospital and was located in Fondren, Hinds County, Mississippi.

After reading about State Hospital's in Mississippi, I have learned that the people who died their were buried in rows and ten deep; where place on top of each other.

I believe it will be difficult to locate the exact location of where C F (Cecil)Fitzgerald is buried. He is in an unmarked grave at the Mississippi State Hospital located in Fondren, Hinds County, Mississippi.
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Cecil Fleming Fitzgerald m. Pearl Valentine Overby. She was the widow of Charles Fletcher Overby who died around 1901. Charles and Pearl Overby had 2 son, Early Fletcher Overby and James Claude (Claude) Overby and a daughter died at a young age.

Cecil and Pearl Fitzgerald had 7 children together:
1. Myrtle L. Fitzgerald
2. Ferral (Firrell) Fitzgerald
3. Edward P. Fitzgerald
4. Archie K. Fitzgerald
5. Cecil F. Fitzgerald (Twin)
6. Ruby Seals (Cecile) Fitzgerald (Twin)
7. Erma Orville Fitzgerald

Gravesite Details

Gravesite lost to time. Unmarked.



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