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ALBERT G. FITE, of Campbell & Fite, attorneys at law, Georgetown, was born in Scott Township, Brown Co., Ohio, December 16, 1850. His father is Jefferson Fite, a native of Brown County, and a farmer and miller of Scott Township. Mr. Fite’s mother was Elizabeth Pickering, also a native of Scott Township. Mr. Fite was reared on the homestead farm, and was engaged in farming until 1878. He received a good education in the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, where he attended in 1869 -70 and 1871-72. He was married, October 30, 1873, to Flora F., daughter of Hiram and Wilhemina Day, pioneers of Scott Township. After marriage, Mr. Fite engaged in farming in Scott Township till the fall of 1878, when he came to Georgetown and commenced the study of law with Thompson & Fite, the latter a brother. In the fall of 1879, Mr. Fite attended a course of lectures at the Cincinnati Law School, graduating in May, 1880, and was admitted to practice at Columbus a few days later. He remained at Cincinnati till the following fall, when he came to Georgetown and entered into a law partnership with R. E. Campbell. The firm is meeting with good success. Mr. Fite is a true-born Democrat, and in April, 1882, was elected Justice of the Peace of Pleasant Township for a term of three years. In January, 1878, Mr. Fite suffered the loss of his estimable wife, leaving to his care two sons, Lucian, born August 10, 1875, and George, born July 24, 1877. He was again married, September 5, 1881, to Mary E. Armstrong, a native of Georgetown. Mrs. Fite (deceased) was a member of the M. E. Church, as is the present wife.