"Josiah S. Fletcher was one of the highly respected residents of Willow Springs Township, Douglas County, where he owned an improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres.
He was born in Bethel, Me., February 21, 1833, and was a member of one of the pioneer families of New England, dating the ancestry back to one of two brothers who came from England one hundred and fifty years ago.....
Reared and educated in Massachusetts, our subject had only such advantages as, in the early part of the century, fell to the lot of a farmer's son.....
In early manhood, he went to McLean County, Ill., where he secured employment on a farm, remaining there for two years. At that time public attention was being drawn toward Kansas, owing to the conflict between the pro slavery and free-state parties.
In the spring of 1857 he came west, joining his fortunes with the northern element here. He pre-empted a claim, began its improvement, and by perserverance acquired a valuable homestead.
During his last years, however, he was so crippled by rheumatism that he delegated to others the task of planting, ploying and harvesting, although he maintained a supervision of the place until a short time before his death."
From Contributor: 46821009
The Ottawa Daily Republic, 21 Aug 1899, Monday
Mr. Fletcher, formerly of the country (sic) north of the city, lately of Agricola, died yesterday at 1 p.m. His son here was unprepared for the news; Monday last he saw his father, who was well and busily engaged in haying.
The Cherryvale Republican, 21 Aug 1899, Monday
Rev. C. W. Bailey received a message from Baldwin, Kansas, last evening, stating that his father-in-law, Mr. J. S. Fletcher, died very suddenly at 1 p.m. yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey left on the
The Baldwin Ledger, 25 Aug 1899, Friday
Mr. J. H. Fletcher died suddenly of heart disease last Sunday.
"Josiah S. Fletcher was one of the highly respected residents of Willow Springs Township, Douglas County, where he owned an improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres.
He was born in Bethel, Me., February 21, 1833, and was a member of one of the pioneer families of New England, dating the ancestry back to one of two brothers who came from England one hundred and fifty years ago.....
Reared and educated in Massachusetts, our subject had only such advantages as, in the early part of the century, fell to the lot of a farmer's son.....
In early manhood, he went to McLean County, Ill., where he secured employment on a farm, remaining there for two years. At that time public attention was being drawn toward Kansas, owing to the conflict between the pro slavery and free-state parties.
In the spring of 1857 he came west, joining his fortunes with the northern element here. He pre-empted a claim, began its improvement, and by perserverance acquired a valuable homestead.
During his last years, however, he was so crippled by rheumatism that he delegated to others the task of planting, ploying and harvesting, although he maintained a supervision of the place until a short time before his death."
From Contributor: 46821009
The Ottawa Daily Republic, 21 Aug 1899, Monday
Mr. Fletcher, formerly of the country (sic) north of the city, lately of Agricola, died yesterday at 1 p.m. His son here was unprepared for the news; Monday last he saw his father, who was well and busily engaged in haying.
The Cherryvale Republican, 21 Aug 1899, Monday
Rev. C. W. Bailey received a message from Baldwin, Kansas, last evening, stating that his father-in-law, Mr. J. S. Fletcher, died very suddenly at 1 p.m. yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey left on the
The Baldwin Ledger, 25 Aug 1899, Friday
Mr. J. H. Fletcher died suddenly of heart disease last Sunday.
Family Members
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Mary Jane Fletcher Flagg
1829–1896
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Samuel Judson Fletcher
1831–1924
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Abba Elizabeth Fletcher
1835–1840
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William Walton Fletcher
1837–1919
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CPL James Brainard Fletcher
1839–1862
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Abbey Elizabeth Fletcher Davison
1841–1914
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CPL George Fergo Fletcher
1844–1863
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Emily Maria Fletcher Rogers
1846–1904
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Lewis Clark Fletcher
1848–1918
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Clara Amanda Fletcher Wood
1852–1933
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