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View Tree for Timothy Merrill FletcherTimothy Merrill Fletcher (b. March 28, 1834, d. January 14, 1913)

Timothy Merrill Fletcher (son of James P. Fletcher and Mary Ann Bean) was born March 28, 1834 in Pickering, Yorkshire, England17, and died January 14, 1913 in Lynchburg Township, Illinois17. He married Rebecca Ann Shoemaker on May 22, 1858 in Havana, Illinois17, daughter of Peter Shoemaker.

 Includes NotesNotes for Timothy Merrill Fletcher:
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Timothy came to the United States from England to join his older brothers
John J. and William and his sister Martha in 1849. However, J ohn J.,
William and Martha are the only children of James and Mary who can be
found in the 1850 census. John J. was in Mason County, and William and
Ma r tha were in Cass County.
We believe that Timothy first lived in Cass County f or a time before
coming to Mason County where he built a cabin near where Joh n J. had
established his residence. Public Domain Land Tract Sales records s how
Timothy purchased 80 acres for $.25 per acre on August 29, 1855. Like his
brother John, Timothy did very well in Lynchburg Township. Each served
for m any years as Justice of the Peace, and each acquired significant
land holdi ng s. We may assume that these two brothers provided the money
for the rest o f the family still in England to join them in 1856.
In the 1860 Census, a Oliv e r Strickland age 13 was living in the Timothy
household as a farm laborer. O li ver was born in France. In the 1880
Census, a John Bradshaw was living wit h T imothy's family as a servant
and
farm hand.

More About Timothy Merrill Fletcher and Rebecca Ann Shoemaker:
Marriage: May 22, 1858, Havana, Illinois.17

Children of Timothy Merrill Fletcher and Rebecca Ann Shoemaker are:
  1. +George Timothy Fletcher, b. November 22, 1871, Lynchburg Township, Mason County, Illinois17, d. February 15, 1945, Graham Hospital, Canton, Illinois17.
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