Flossie Tennant's mother died when she was about a few months and her grandmother Christine Core Tennant and her Aunt Mollie Myers raised her. Flossie's first husband was Ira Wright died of the flu in 1919. After he died Flossie came to Cassville to work in a boarding house. The boarding house was located were the honor roll is today. She did not get a salary, but did get room and board. This was during the coal boom on Scott's Run. Her job was keeping the house clean and the bed ready for the miners. There would be 3 miners to a room, since the mines were working three shifts one of the miners would sleep while the other one work. This is where Flossie met Charles Fletcher. They married and lived on Bunker Hill. This is where Tom and Mary were born. Flossie inherited some ground from her parents around the Daybrook or Fairview area. She sold this property for 500 dollars and purchased the land that she lived on for her life time.
Information by Bud Fletcher as told to Leona Wright.
First married Ira Wright,(1895-1919
married second Charles Fletcher
children:
Thomas Fletcher 1921-2001
Mary E. Fletcher 1923-2012
Clara C. Fletcher 1925-2001
Delores Ann Fletcher 1928-1932
Emory Fletcher 1928
Bradley Myrel Fletcher 1935-2011
Ruby Fletcher 1937-2011
Flossie Tennant's mother died when she was about a few months and her grandmother Christine Core Tennant and her Aunt Mollie Myers raised her. Flossie's first husband was Ira Wright died of the flu in 1919. After he died Flossie came to Cassville to work in a boarding house. The boarding house was located were the honor roll is today. She did not get a salary, but did get room and board. This was during the coal boom on Scott's Run. Her job was keeping the house clean and the bed ready for the miners. There would be 3 miners to a room, since the mines were working three shifts one of the miners would sleep while the other one work. This is where Flossie met Charles Fletcher. They married and lived on Bunker Hill. This is where Tom and Mary were born. Flossie inherited some ground from her parents around the Daybrook or Fairview area. She sold this property for 500 dollars and purchased the land that she lived on for her life time.
Information by Bud Fletcher as told to Leona Wright.
First married Ira Wright,(1895-1919
married second Charles Fletcher
children:
Thomas Fletcher 1921-2001
Mary E. Fletcher 1923-2012
Clara C. Fletcher 1925-2001
Delores Ann Fletcher 1928-1932
Emory Fletcher 1928
Bradley Myrel Fletcher 1935-2011
Ruby Fletcher 1937-2011
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