bio-Fletcher

JOHN C. FLETCHER of

Laclede and Jefferson Township

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“Mr. Fletcher was born in Belmont county, Ohio, June 28, 1834, and was reared and educated in that and Monroe county. His early life was spent on the farm and in working at the carpenter’s trade. When he became of age he engaged in farming, and continued till the war broke out. On the ninth of November, 1861, Mr. Fletcher enlisted in Company F, of Fifteenth Ohio Infantry, and was with his regiment in the battles of Shiloh, Stone River, Liberty Gap, Chickamaugua, Mission Ridge, and various other fights and skirmishes, and was in the campaign from Dalton to Atlanta. He was wounded near Kenesaw Mountain, which disabled him from duty for several months. He was mustered out at Pulaski, Tennessee, November 8, 1864, having served three years. Returning to Belmont county, Ohio, he ran an engine for an oil company for two years. In 1867 he came out to Linn county, Missouri, to look at the country, and staid a year. He then returned to Ohio and in 1869 moved his family to Laclede, where he has since resided. The first two years he took charge of a lumber yard for the proprietor, at Laclede, and since then he has been working at the carpenter’s trade. Mr. Fletcher was married the first time to Miss Elizabeth Kinney, of Belmont, county, Ohio. She died in January, 1859, after having borne one child, that died a few weeks before the mother, aged one year. He was again married in 1873, to Miss Ellen Brickele, of Brookfield, Missouri, a native of Olean, New York. Mr. Fletcher belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a consistent and faithful member. He also belongs to the Good Templar’s order, as is, in all, a good citizen.”