FLETCHER, Amos H. 1832-1905

FLETCHER, SHERBURNE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/28/2012 at 17:47:57

Amos H. Fletcher

Amos Fletcher settled in Cedar Township in 1863. He bought a tract of wild land on sections 11 and 12, township 97, range 17. He lived in a 9x15 shanty the first year, when he built a frame house, which was burned in 1876. He then erected his present dwelling, a neat frame house. Mr. Fletcher has been a successful farmer, and now has upwards of 200 acres of land, the greater part of which is improved.

He was born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, on February 3, 1833. When he was but four years of age his parents moved to Illinois and became early settlers in Kane County. His father was Charles and his mother was Mary Fletcher. His father purchased a large tract of land in Kane County and made a farm, but the climate did not agree with him and he subsequently sold and returned to Pennsylvania.

Amos spent his younger days in school and on the farm. When a young man he learned the carpenter's trade. When twenty-one years of age he left home and went to Illinois, where he worked at his trade until 1863, when he came to Iowa.

He was married in 1861 to Mary Sherburne, a native of Ohio. They have one son, Herbert.

[History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883]

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The Osage Cemetery listing on IaGenWeb shows:
FLETCHER, AMOS H. (Death/burial) 18 DEC 1905 (bur. loc.) 0760 1

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Photo of Amos, from HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, 1883.

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