City: Nashville
FITZGERALD, Oscar Penn, minister of the Gospel; Bishop; born Caswell County, N. C., August 24, 1829; Irish-English descent; educated in county schools; early occupation, school teacher; married Sarah BANKS in 1855; elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of California from 1866 to 1870; church connection, Methodist Episcopal Church (South); for twelve years editor of the Nashville Christian Advovate /sic/ from 1878-90; elected Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South) in 1890.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
