Biography from Smythe's History of San Diego, p. 280-284 (San Diego Historical Society). "Captain Henry Fitch, San Diego Merchant, 1825-1849", The Journal of San Diego History 27:4 (1981) by Adele Ogden "A California Romance in Perspective: the elopement, marriage and ecclesiastical trial of Henry D. Fitch and Josefa Carrillo", The Journal of San Diego History 19:2 (1973) by Ronald L. Miller People from San Diego 1799 births 1849 deaths Healdsburg, California Naturalized citizens of Mexican California