The Fletchers of Adair Co., KY.

Submitted by Robert Fletcher  fletchers2@charter.net

Information current as of 1 June 2015

 

John D. Fletcher, Sr., son of Robert Fletcher I, . of Chester Co., PA was b. 19 March 1770, 

Rockbridge Co., VA and d. 23 Nov. 1817, Adair Co., KY. m. Elizabeth Jane Harvey- Dau. of

Daniel Harvey, b. 17 Oct. 1773, Augusta

 Co., VA., d. 23 Feb. 1863, Adair Co., KY. on 10 Aug. 

1791, Rockbridge Co., VA.  9 children.

1.       Robert Fletcher, b. Abt. 1794, Rockbridge Co., VA. and d. --- -- --- m. Sally Rippetoe,

b. 1796, Adair Co., KY. and d. -- -- -- on 3 Feb. 1817, Adair Co., KY.  Children:  ?

2.       Andrew Fletcher, b. 1800, Adair Co., KY. and d. 1855, Adair Co., KY. m. Lycynthia

Harvey b. 1803, Adair Co., KY.  and d. 1850, Adair Co., KY. on 28 June 1829, Adair Co., KY.

Five children.

a.       S. A. Fletcher, b. 1831, Adair Co., KY.

b.       James Fletcher, b. 1833, Adair Co., KY. m. Sarah A. -------- 1850. 7 children.

(1)     Andrew J. Fletcher, b. 1851, Adair Co., KY.

(2)     Cynthia V. Fletcher, b. 1853, Adair Co., KY. m. John Robert Keeton

         Abt. 1873.  Had one child.

(3)  John W. Fletcher, b. Abt. 1855, Adair Co., KY

(4)   Elizabeth E. Fletcher, b. 1857, Adair Co., KY.

(5)     James S. Fletcher, b. 1863, Adair Co., KY.

(6)     Basha Fletcher, b. Abt. 1865, Adair Co., KY.

(7)     Amanda F. Fletcher, 1868. Adair Co., KY.

c.       Eliza Jane Fletcher, b 1836, Adair Co., KY. m. Albert Houston Green, b.

1832, Knox Co., TN. on 26 Sept. 1854, Adair Co., KY.  Had 8 children.

d.       Mary Elizabeth Fletcher, b. 1838, Adair Co., KY. and d. – and m. James

O. Bennett, b. 1834 and d. ---- on Abt. 1858, Adair Co., KY. Children: ?  

e.       John D. Fletcher, b. 1848, Adair Co., KY.

3.       James S. Fletcher, b. 8 May 1803, Adair Co., KY. and d. 16 Sept. 1845, Scottville,

Macoupin Co., IL. m. Jane Powell, b. 8 Nov.  1807, Adair Co., KY. and d. 18 Dec. 1891, Girard, 

Macoupin Co., IL. on 20 Sept. 1826 Adair Co., KY.    Had 8 children.

a.       Amanda Fletcher, b. 31 July 1827, Adair Co., Ky. and d. 6 July 1850, m.

Milton Banning, b. 13 Sept. 1821, Montgomery Co., IL. and d. 22 Sept. 1895, Nilwood,

Macoupin Co., IL.. m.  on 3 Dec. 1846, Macoupin Co., IL. Had two children.

b.       Melinda Fletcher, b. 18 May 1829, Adair Co., KY. and d. 22 Aug. 1853,

Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL. and m. Micajah C. Tongate,  b. 30 May 1821, Washington Co., KY.

and d. 16 July 1890, Palmyra, Macoupin Co., IL. on 16 Nov. 1843.  Had two children.

c.       Mary A. Fletcher, b. 5 May 1831, Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL. and d. 3 Jan.

1925, Godfrey, Madison Co., IL. and m. Nicholas Challacombe, b. 13 Aug. 1824, West Down,

Devonshire, England and d. 8 May 1913 and m. 6 May 1851, Carlinville, Macoupin Co., IL.

Had 4 children.

d.       William Fletcher, b. 12 Sept. 1833, Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL. and d. 17 Jan.

1913, Palmyra, Macoupin Co., IL. and m. Elizabeth A. Thomas, b. 30 Nov. 1838, Carroll Co., MO.

and d. 26 Feb. 1922, Palmyra, Macoupin Co., IL. on 15 Sept. 1885, Macoupin Co., Il. Five

children.

e.       Burrell Fletcher, b. 1 Aug. 1835, Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL. and  d. 8 Jan.

1918, Girard, Macoupin Co., IL. and m. Malvina Frances Wright, b. 15 March 1840, Waverly,

Morgan Co., IL.  and d. 4 Aug. 1925, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL on 23 Feb. 1858,

Macoupin Co., IL. Had five children.

f.         Elizabeth A. Fletcher, b. 17 Jan. 1839, Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL. and d. 

1928 and m. Elias Powell Sanders, b. 31 May 1833, Pana, Christian Co., IL. and d. 13 March

1912, Pana, Christian Co., IL. on 23 April 1854. Children: Six.

g.       John Quincy Fletcher, b. 14 Aug. 1841, Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL. and d.

14 April 1928, Modesto, Macoupin Co., IL. and m. Alice (Nellie) C. Hunter, b. 12 May 1848,

and d. 13 March 1935, Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL.  Married two other times.

h.       Eliza Jane (Jennie) Fletcher, b. 4 March 1844, Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL.

and d. --- --. and m. Thomas F. Stevens, b. 1840, Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL. and d. -- on

Abt. 1864, Macoupin Co., IL. Children: Had one child.

4.       Dicey Fletcher, b. 1805, Adair Co., KY. and d. 1832. Not married.

5.       Micajah “Cager”  Fletcher, b. 1808, Adair Co., KY. and d. 5 March 1877, Adair Co., KY.

and m1. Sally Kelso, b. 1804, Adair Co., KY. and d. ----- on 25 Oct. Adair Co., KY. Children: ?

and m2. Mary “Polly” Spoon, b. 1812, Adair Co., KY. and d. -----on 27 Feb. 1833, Adair Co., KY

Had five children:

a.       R. E. Fletcher, b. 1836, Adair Co., KY.

b.       James Fletcher, b. 1838, Adair Co., KY.

c.       Mary G. Fletcher, b. 1840, Adair Co., KY.

d.       Jalappa Fletcher, b. 1844, Adair Co., KY.

e.       George W. Fletcher, b. 1852, Adair Co., KY.

6.       John D. Fletcher, Jr. b. 12 Aug. 1810, Adair Co., KY. and d. 23 Dec. 1880, 

Marion Co., IA.  m. Paulina Ann Stotts, b.25 March 1813 and d. 11 Dec. 1861,  Marion Co., IA.

on 10 April 1833, Adair Co., KY. Had 6 children.

a.       Mary Jane Fletcher, b. 19 Oct. 1836, Adair Co., KY. and d. 27 March 1911,

Marion Co., IA. m. Joseph London, b. 1834, Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. and d. 19 Oct. 1863,

Memphis, Shelby Co., TN. on 9 July 1856, Marion Co., IA.  Had three children.

b.       Emily B. Fletcher, b. 1838, Adair Co., KY. and d. 3 May 1891, Jefferson Co.,

NE. m. James L. Heaton, b. April 1833, Clinton Co., OH. and d. 1902, Endicott, NE. on 22 Oct.

1855, Marion Co., IA.   Had 8 children.

c.       Amanda Fletcher, b. 23 Feb. 1842, Adair Co., KY. and d. 14 Aug. 1920,

Marion Co., IA. m. James Dennison, b. 18 Sept. 1830, Trumbull Co., OH. and d. 29 Jan. 1894,

Knoxville, Marion Co., IA. on 4 Oct. 1860, Marion Co., IA.  Had six children.

d.       George Washington Fletcher, b. 8 Oct. 1844, Adair Co., KY. and d. 26 March

1916, Gosport, Marion Co., IA. m. Elizabeth Anne Crowley, b. 4 Oct. 1841, Wheeling, Ohio Co.

WVA and d. 30 Oct. 1910, Chariton, Lucas Co., IA. on 30 May 1865, Lucas Co., IA. Nine children.

e.       Samuel Burns Fletcher, b. 16 May 1848, Adair Co., KY. and d. 27 Sept.

1922, Melcher, Marion Co., IA. m. Anne Louise Thomas, b. 12 July 1856, Muskingum Co., OH.

and d. 17 April 1919, Marion Co., IA. on 31 Aug. 1872, Marion Co., IA..  Seven Children.

f.         Elizabeth Victoria Fletcher, b. Nov. 1851, Adair Co., KY. and d. ----m. William

Taylor, b. 1845, Sangamon Co., IL. and d. ------- on 4 April 1871, Marion Co., IA.  One child.

7.       Jane Elizabeth “Jinsey”  Fletcher, b. 10 Feb. 1813, Adair Co., KY. and d. 1866,

Paradise, Coles Co., IL. m. John Rice Tilman, Jr. b. 22 Feb. 1803, Adair, KY. and d. 10 Nov.

1856, Paradise, Coles Co., IL. on 2 Feb. 1831, Paradise, Coles Co., IL. Had 11 children.

children.

8.       Oliver Cromwell Fletcher, b. 1816, Adair Co., KY. and d. Nov. 1867, Damascus, St.

Clair. Co., MO. m1. Elizabeth L. Roberts, b. Abt. 1817, Macoupin Co., IL. and d. – on 3 Oct.

1835. One child. m2. Jane Ann Harvey, b. 25 Oct. 1815, Adair Co., KY. and d. 9 Feb. 1910,

Rogers Co., OK. on 15 Aug. 1840, Adair Co., KY. Had five children.

9.       Sirena Fletcher, b. 1818, Adair Co., KY. and d. --- m. Allen E. Wheeler, b. 1808,

Adair Co., KY. and d. ----  on 3 April 1838.  Children:  ?

 

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