Fletcher T. Massie (1837-1917) was the son of Thomas and Nancy Maddox Massie, grandson of John and Susannah Wright Massie. His mother, Nancy, was the daughter of John and Betsy Campbell Maddox and granddaughter of John and Frances Campbell.

In 1861 as the War Between the States was just beginning, Fletcher signed up at Massie's Mill to be a part of Lamkin's Battery (originally Latham's Unit). He enlisted initially as a corporal but was quickly promoted to sergeant and by May 1862 was elected as Second Lieutenant. He would remain with this unit as it traversed the state of Virginia and South Carolina encountering Federal troops and suffering many casualties. The unit returned to Virginia in 1864 and again saw action in the Wilderness and Petersburg. Lamkin's Battery would endure to the bitter end and be present at the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Court House in May 1865. Fletcher suffered two minor wounds and a more severe one to the scalp. His account of events leading up to the surrender at Appomattox was published in the Times Dispatch in 1906.

After the War, Fletcher returned to Nelson County and on November 27, 1867, married Mary E. Beard, daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth Wright Beard. There he farmed and kept store and was active in the Piney River Baptist Church as clerk. Fletcher and Mary had eight children: Lola Mae (1868-1942) m. George W. Campbell (1861-1949); Lelia L. (1870-ca 1890) m. James W. Campbell (1860); Thomas W. (1872); Archibald H. (1874) m. Lillian Campbell; Fletcher Wade (1877) m. Flotelle Evans; Willie Lampkin (1880); Mary E. (1882) m. Courtney McGee; and Mabel (1889-1969) m. Billy Meadows. After the death of his wife Mary about 1890, Fletcher lived with his daughter Lola and her husband George Campbell in Amherst County until his death in 1917.

Lola Mae and George Washington Campbell were married in December 1885 when she was just sixteen. George was the son of George W. Campbell and Mary Jane Thompson (daughter of James and Elizabeth Harvey Thompson). Lola and George raised a large family of thirteen children: Carrington (1887-1963); William Conrad (1889-1979) m. Kate Wood; James Corrie (1890) m. Lee Wood; Ora Lee (1892-1981) m. Reubin Campbell; George Tolliver (1894-1928) m. Hyacinth Campbell; Eula Mae (1895-1978) m. Ruby Valentine Campbell; Mary Elizabeth (1899-1941) m. William Warner DeMasters; Massie O'Ferrell (1900-1976) m. Gracie Mays; Josephine (1902 1987) m. Homer Neighbors; Thelma Marie (1904-1986) m. Arthur Mikels; Earl (1906-1975); Roy (1908-1976) m. Eva Grace Wood; and Maynard (1910-1955) m. Mildred Christine Cash (1908-1997).

Submitted to Nelson County Heritage by: Lisa Campbell, great, great grand daughter of Fletcher Massie. Sources: Marriage Records Amherst and Nelson Counties; The Nelson Artillery Lampkin and Rives Batteries by W. Cullen Sherwood, 1991