w/o John Hunter Fletcher.
Birth: near Boston, Lincolnshire England.
Arrived in New York aboard the ship "Manchester" on 31 Dec. 1830. SOURCE: Mike Bennyworth, [email protected]
Her two oldest sons fought for the Union in Civil War, youngest killed in battle December 1862.
The Fletcher family, into which she married, emigrated to America and settled in what was known as Scotch Neck, North Carolina, and the father of John Hunter Fletcher, John D Fletcher, married a Miss Winifred Hunter, afterwards bringing his family to Montgomery county, Tennessee, locating on the farm which was the home of his son John H. The Fletcher family left Tennessee and came to Illinois, after the government had moved the Indians to what now is Oklahoma, locating at Fayette, Greene county, where John Fletcher purchased a farm, which he sold in 1855, and moved to Macoupin county, where his death occurred in 1878.
His widow Alice, survived him many years, dying in 1905, at the age of eighty-four years. Both were buried in what is called Charity Churchyard, six miles west of Carlinville. Mr. Fletcher was born in 1803, and his wife was a daughter of Joseph Bennyworth, born near Boston, Lincolnshire, England, who emigrated to the United States about 1829. They located at Philadelphia, spent about one year at that city, then moved west by river to Alton then to Chesterfield, Greene county, Illinois after the Indians had been moved west. While on the road from Alton to Chesterfield, Mrs. Bennyworth was taken with cholera and died, and her remains are buried at Chesterfield. Mr. Bennyworth and the rest of the family located on a farm near Chesterfield but he survived only a short time after the death of his wife, and after his death, his daughter Alice was left in charge of the family as their housekeeper, there being two of her brothers at home and one in Philadelphia.
Census (Illinois): 1855, total of eight in John Hunter Fletcher's family, all white.
Census: 1860, age 40, township 11, range 6, Macoupin county, Illinois with hubby & seven kids.
Census: 1870, age 49 township 11, range 6, Macoupin county, Illinois with hubby & three kids.
Husband died in 1878.
Census: 1880, age 60 Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois widowed with two daughters.
Census: 1900, age 79 Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois widowed by herself.
Death: in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois.
Father: Joseph Bennyworth b: 17 OCT 1791 in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England
Mother: Sarah Grantham b: 1786 in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England
Marriage: John Hunter Fletcher b: 6 MAR 1803 Montgomery county, Tennessee.
Married: 8 MAR 1839 Greene county, Illinois.
Known children
Ruffin Drew Fletcher b: 2 DEC 1840 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Reuben Ross Fletcher b: 3 MAY 1843 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Narcissa Fletcher b: 15 JAN 1846 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Sarah Winifred Fletcher b: 20 OCT 1848 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Choron "Cory" Thomas Fletcher b: 1 JUL 1850 in Greene county, Illinois
John Bennyworth Fletcher b: 11 MAY 1854 in Greene county, Illinois
Alice Elizabeth Fletcher b: 20 AUG 1856 in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois
Mary Priscilla Fletcher b: 20 Feb 1860 in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois
Martha Bennyworth Fletcher b 4 FEB 1863 in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois.
Birth: near Boston, Lincolnshire England.
Arrived in New York aboard the ship "Manchester" on 31 Dec. 1830. SOURCE: Mike Bennyworth, [email protected]
Her two oldest sons fought for the Union in Civil War, youngest killed in battle December 1862.
The Fletcher family, into which she married, emigrated to America and settled in what was known as Scotch Neck, North Carolina, and the father of John Hunter Fletcher, John D Fletcher, married a Miss Winifred Hunter, afterwards bringing his family to Montgomery county, Tennessee, locating on the farm which was the home of his son John H. The Fletcher family left Tennessee and came to Illinois, after the government had moved the Indians to what now is Oklahoma, locating at Fayette, Greene county, where John Fletcher purchased a farm, which he sold in 1855, and moved to Macoupin county, where his death occurred in 1878.
His widow Alice, survived him many years, dying in 1905, at the age of eighty-four years. Both were buried in what is called Charity Churchyard, six miles west of Carlinville. Mr. Fletcher was born in 1803, and his wife was a daughter of Joseph Bennyworth, born near Boston, Lincolnshire, England, who emigrated to the United States about 1829. They located at Philadelphia, spent about one year at that city, then moved west by river to Alton then to Chesterfield, Greene county, Illinois after the Indians had been moved west. While on the road from Alton to Chesterfield, Mrs. Bennyworth was taken with cholera and died, and her remains are buried at Chesterfield. Mr. Bennyworth and the rest of the family located on a farm near Chesterfield but he survived only a short time after the death of his wife, and after his death, his daughter Alice was left in charge of the family as their housekeeper, there being two of her brothers at home and one in Philadelphia.
Census (Illinois): 1855, total of eight in John Hunter Fletcher's family, all white.
Census: 1860, age 40, township 11, range 6, Macoupin county, Illinois with hubby & seven kids.
Census: 1870, age 49 township 11, range 6, Macoupin county, Illinois with hubby & three kids.
Husband died in 1878.
Census: 1880, age 60 Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois widowed with two daughters.
Census: 1900, age 79 Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois widowed by herself.
Death: in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois.
Father: Joseph Bennyworth b: 17 OCT 1791 in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England
Mother: Sarah Grantham b: 1786 in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England
Marriage: John Hunter Fletcher b: 6 MAR 1803 Montgomery county, Tennessee.
Married: 8 MAR 1839 Greene county, Illinois.
Known children
Ruffin Drew Fletcher b: 2 DEC 1840 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Reuben Ross Fletcher b: 3 MAY 1843 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Narcissa Fletcher b: 15 JAN 1846 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Sarah Winifred Fletcher b: 20 OCT 1848 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Choron "Cory" Thomas Fletcher b: 1 JUL 1850 in Greene county, Illinois
John Bennyworth Fletcher b: 11 MAY 1854 in Greene county, Illinois
Alice Elizabeth Fletcher b: 20 AUG 1856 in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois
Mary Priscilla Fletcher b: 20 Feb 1860 in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois
Martha Bennyworth Fletcher b 4 FEB 1863 in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois.
w/o John Hunter Fletcher.
Birth: near Boston, Lincolnshire England.
Arrived in New York aboard the ship "Manchester" on 31 Dec. 1830. SOURCE: Mike Bennyworth, [email protected]
Her two oldest sons fought for the Union in Civil War, youngest killed in battle December 1862.
The Fletcher family, into which she married, emigrated to America and settled in what was known as Scotch Neck, North Carolina, and the father of John Hunter Fletcher, John D Fletcher, married a Miss Winifred Hunter, afterwards bringing his family to Montgomery county, Tennessee, locating on the farm which was the home of his son John H. The Fletcher family left Tennessee and came to Illinois, after the government had moved the Indians to what now is Oklahoma, locating at Fayette, Greene county, where John Fletcher purchased a farm, which he sold in 1855, and moved to Macoupin county, where his death occurred in 1878.
His widow Alice, survived him many years, dying in 1905, at the age of eighty-four years. Both were buried in what is called Charity Churchyard, six miles west of Carlinville. Mr. Fletcher was born in 1803, and his wife was a daughter of Joseph Bennyworth, born near Boston, Lincolnshire, England, who emigrated to the United States about 1829. They located at Philadelphia, spent about one year at that city, then moved west by river to Alton then to Chesterfield, Greene county, Illinois after the Indians had been moved west. While on the road from Alton to Chesterfield, Mrs. Bennyworth was taken with cholera and died, and her remains are buried at Chesterfield. Mr. Bennyworth and the rest of the family located on a farm near Chesterfield but he survived only a short time after the death of his wife, and after his death, his daughter Alice was left in charge of the family as their housekeeper, there being two of her brothers at home and one in Philadelphia.
Census (Illinois): 1855, total of eight in John Hunter Fletcher's family, all white.
Census: 1860, age 40, township 11, range 6, Macoupin county, Illinois with hubby & seven kids.
Census: 1870, age 49 township 11, range 6, Macoupin county, Illinois with hubby & three kids.
Husband died in 1878.
Census: 1880, age 60 Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois widowed with two daughters.
Census: 1900, age 79 Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois widowed by herself.
Death: in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois.
Father: Joseph Bennyworth b: 17 OCT 1791 in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England
Mother: Sarah Grantham b: 1786 in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England
Marriage: John Hunter Fletcher b: 6 MAR 1803 Montgomery county, Tennessee.
Married: 8 MAR 1839 Greene county, Illinois.
Known children
Ruffin Drew Fletcher b: 2 DEC 1840 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Reuben Ross Fletcher b: 3 MAY 1843 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Narcissa Fletcher b: 15 JAN 1846 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Sarah Winifred Fletcher b: 20 OCT 1848 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Choron "Cory" Thomas Fletcher b: 1 JUL 1850 in Greene county, Illinois
John Bennyworth Fletcher b: 11 MAY 1854 in Greene county, Illinois
Alice Elizabeth Fletcher b: 20 AUG 1856 in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois
Mary Priscilla Fletcher b: 20 Feb 1860 in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois
Martha Bennyworth Fletcher b 4 FEB 1863 in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois.
Birth: near Boston, Lincolnshire England.
Arrived in New York aboard the ship "Manchester" on 31 Dec. 1830. SOURCE: Mike Bennyworth, [email protected]
Her two oldest sons fought for the Union in Civil War, youngest killed in battle December 1862.
The Fletcher family, into which she married, emigrated to America and settled in what was known as Scotch Neck, North Carolina, and the father of John Hunter Fletcher, John D Fletcher, married a Miss Winifred Hunter, afterwards bringing his family to Montgomery county, Tennessee, locating on the farm which was the home of his son John H. The Fletcher family left Tennessee and came to Illinois, after the government had moved the Indians to what now is Oklahoma, locating at Fayette, Greene county, where John Fletcher purchased a farm, which he sold in 1855, and moved to Macoupin county, where his death occurred in 1878.
His widow Alice, survived him many years, dying in 1905, at the age of eighty-four years. Both were buried in what is called Charity Churchyard, six miles west of Carlinville. Mr. Fletcher was born in 1803, and his wife was a daughter of Joseph Bennyworth, born near Boston, Lincolnshire, England, who emigrated to the United States about 1829. They located at Philadelphia, spent about one year at that city, then moved west by river to Alton then to Chesterfield, Greene county, Illinois after the Indians had been moved west. While on the road from Alton to Chesterfield, Mrs. Bennyworth was taken with cholera and died, and her remains are buried at Chesterfield. Mr. Bennyworth and the rest of the family located on a farm near Chesterfield but he survived only a short time after the death of his wife, and after his death, his daughter Alice was left in charge of the family as their housekeeper, there being two of her brothers at home and one in Philadelphia.
Census (Illinois): 1855, total of eight in John Hunter Fletcher's family, all white.
Census: 1860, age 40, township 11, range 6, Macoupin county, Illinois with hubby & seven kids.
Census: 1870, age 49 township 11, range 6, Macoupin county, Illinois with hubby & three kids.
Husband died in 1878.
Census: 1880, age 60 Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois widowed with two daughters.
Census: 1900, age 79 Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois widowed by herself.
Death: in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois.
Father: Joseph Bennyworth b: 17 OCT 1791 in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England
Mother: Sarah Grantham b: 1786 in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England
Marriage: John Hunter Fletcher b: 6 MAR 1803 Montgomery county, Tennessee.
Married: 8 MAR 1839 Greene county, Illinois.
Known children
Ruffin Drew Fletcher b: 2 DEC 1840 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Reuben Ross Fletcher b: 3 MAY 1843 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Narcissa Fletcher b: 15 JAN 1846 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Sarah Winifred Fletcher b: 20 OCT 1848 in Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee
Choron "Cory" Thomas Fletcher b: 1 JUL 1850 in Greene county, Illinois
John Bennyworth Fletcher b: 11 MAY 1854 in Greene county, Illinois
Alice Elizabeth Fletcher b: 20 AUG 1856 in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois
Mary Priscilla Fletcher b: 20 Feb 1860 in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois
Martha Bennyworth Fletcher b 4 FEB 1863 in Nilwood, Macoupin county, Illinois.
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