People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1892 — Passed Away. [ARTICLE]
Passed Away.
Loganspobt, Ind., Nov. SO.—Er.United States Senator G. N. Fitch died at his home in *iis city Tuesday, aged 82. Two daughters, Mrs. Denby, wife of Col. Denby, United States minisfer to China, and Mrs. Dr. Asa Coleman, of this city, survive him. Death was due to a general breaking-down of the system caused by old age. The time of the funeral has not been fixed. [Graham N. Fitch, in 1844, was appointed professor in Rush medical college, at Chicago, and in 1848 he was elected to congress from this district and served two terms. In 1856 he was chosen United States senator, retiring in 186 L Dr. Fitch organized the Forty-sixth Indians find assisted in filling two other regimental
