In 1862, he enlisted in the Eleventh Regiment, Company C, Maine Volunteer Infantry, and served one year, taking part in
the Peninsular Campaign under General George McClellan and participating in the battles of Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill as
well as a number of other engagements and many skirmishes. He was discharged with the rank of Orderly Sergeant. After
his return home he went into business as a carpenter.
Sometime after 1864, Fletcher and Mary left Maine and settled for a time in Hammonton, New Jersey and then in Harpers
Ferry, West Virginia.
In 1869 the Leightons moved to Confluence, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where he built and operated a stave mill and a
lumber mill.
In 1879 they moved to Braddock and he went into the plumbing and hardware business, from which he retired in 1896.
In 1885 he built a roller skating rink, which burned down in January, 1903, and he built a three-story brick business
and apartment building on the site of the old rink.
While a resident of North Braddock he served three years as a School Director and four years as Burgess of that borough.
In 1903 they moved to Edgewood, purchasing property on West Swissdale Avenue, where they lived the remainder of their lives.
In his later life, Fletcher was a semi-invalid. His illness was believed to be caused by sunstroke or heat prostration
suffered during the Civil War.
Fletcher had red hair, as did his sister, Clara Leighton Parkin. This trait was passed down to three of his grandchildren.
the Peninsular Campaign under General George McClellan and participating in the battles of Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill as
well as a number of other engagements and many skirmishes. He was discharged with the rank of Orderly Sergeant. After
his return home he went into business as a carpenter.
Sometime after 1864, Fletcher and Mary left Maine and settled for a time in Hammonton, New Jersey and then in Harpers
Ferry, West Virginia.
In 1869 the Leightons moved to Confluence, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where he built and operated a stave mill and a
lumber mill.
In 1879 they moved to Braddock and he went into the plumbing and hardware business, from which he retired in 1896.
In 1885 he built a roller skating rink, which burned down in January, 1903, and he built a three-story brick business
and apartment building on the site of the old rink.
While a resident of North Braddock he served three years as a School Director and four years as Burgess of that borough.
In 1903 they moved to Edgewood, purchasing property on West Swissdale Avenue, where they lived the remainder of their lives.
In his later life, Fletcher was a semi-invalid. His illness was believed to be caused by sunstroke or heat prostration
suffered during the Civil War.
Fletcher had red hair, as did his sister, Clara Leighton Parkin. This trait was passed down to three of his grandchildren.
In 1862, he enlisted in the Eleventh Regiment, Company C, Maine Volunteer Infantry, and served one year, taking part in
the Peninsular Campaign under General George McClellan and participating in the battles of Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill as
well as a number of other engagements and many skirmishes. He was discharged with the rank of Orderly Sergeant. After
his return home he went into business as a carpenter.
Sometime after 1864, Fletcher and Mary left Maine and settled for a time in Hammonton, New Jersey and then in Harpers
Ferry, West Virginia.
In 1869 the Leightons moved to Confluence, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where he built and operated a stave mill and a
lumber mill.
In 1879 they moved to Braddock and he went into the plumbing and hardware business, from which he retired in 1896.
In 1885 he built a roller skating rink, which burned down in January, 1903, and he built a three-story brick business
and apartment building on the site of the old rink.
While a resident of North Braddock he served three years as a School Director and four years as Burgess of that borough.
In 1903 they moved to Edgewood, purchasing property on West Swissdale Avenue, where they lived the remainder of their lives.
In his later life, Fletcher was a semi-invalid. His illness was believed to be caused by sunstroke or heat prostration
suffered during the Civil War.
Fletcher had red hair, as did his sister, Clara Leighton Parkin. This trait was passed down to three of his grandchildren.
the Peninsular Campaign under General George McClellan and participating in the battles of Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill as
well as a number of other engagements and many skirmishes. He was discharged with the rank of Orderly Sergeant. After
his return home he went into business as a carpenter.
Sometime after 1864, Fletcher and Mary left Maine and settled for a time in Hammonton, New Jersey and then in Harpers
Ferry, West Virginia.
In 1869 the Leightons moved to Confluence, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where he built and operated a stave mill and a
lumber mill.
In 1879 they moved to Braddock and he went into the plumbing and hardware business, from which he retired in 1896.
In 1885 he built a roller skating rink, which burned down in January, 1903, and he built a three-story brick business
and apartment building on the site of the old rink.
While a resident of North Braddock he served three years as a School Director and four years as Burgess of that borough.
In 1903 they moved to Edgewood, purchasing property on West Swissdale Avenue, where they lived the remainder of their lives.
In his later life, Fletcher was a semi-invalid. His illness was believed to be caused by sunstroke or heat prostration
suffered during the Civil War.
Fletcher had red hair, as did his sister, Clara Leighton Parkin. This trait was passed down to three of his grandchildren.
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, Burial Date 1911, Ref: Cemetery Records
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