Name Lafayette G.M. Fletcher
Death Date 21 Jan 1910
Death County Blue Earth
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The father of education in this city — Born in Stockholm, St Lawrence county, New York, February 13th, 1830. His parents were Adolphus and Sarah (Wellington) Fletcher. Both his parents were of English descent through colonial families noted in the early history of New England. His father was a native of Walpole, New Hampshire, born in 1795, and served as a private soldier in the War of 1812. His grandfather, Luke Fletcher, served through the War of the Revolution, fought at Newton, and, wintering at Valley Forge, was present at the surrender of Yorktown. The Fletcher family came from England in 1630, and settled at Lowell, Massachusetts.
He spent his younger days on his father's farm, attended the common school and later the St Lawrence Academy at Potsdam and the Ogdensburg Academy, and taught school winters from the age of nineteen to twenty-four.
His father died at the old homestead in 1851, and his mother in 1873. In May, 1854 he started out to see the world. He stopped at Dubuque, Iowa and while there met a party of government surveyors and engaged to go with them. Being active, energetic, and quick to learn, he soon acquired a fair understanding of surveying. They started the survey July 6, 1854 at the southeast corner of Blue Earth county, and ran west on the first standard parallel, reaching Mankato about August 15th of the same year. He was so much pleased with the country that he concluded to locate there permanently, and he was the only one out of a party of forty men that remained. He immediately made a claim north of the present town site where he built a homestead, and where he has resided for over forty eight years. He spent much of his time in those early years in locating new corners, surveying claims and making out papers. He located the Maple River colony and surveyed the land; he also surveyed and laid out several additions to the city of Mankato.
He has been engaged in farming, grain storing, and in the real estate business and banking and has built many substantial business blocks in Mankato. He was one of the original incorporators of the Mankato Savings Bank, and has been its president since its organization. He was also one of the directors of the Mankato Manufacturing Company, and has been interested in various business institutions. He was one of the original five who organized the Republican party in Mankato in 1856 and he is the only surviving member of that quintette. He has been a member of the school board nearly all the time since 1860, and has served the people with zeal and marked capacity. He helped to build the first school house in Mankato in the summer of 1855 and he taught the first school in it in the winter of 1855-1856, and also in the winter of 1857-1858. He was elected to the State Senate in 1883 and served for one term. In fact he has always been a prominent figure in the history and growth of Mankato.
Success attended his efforts, as a reward for well-directed industry, and with it all he secured the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. Mr Fletcher is a gentleman of correct habits, positive convictions, and strong friendships. He has ever been a firm and unswerving friend of the cause of popular education, and from his earliest citizenship in Mankato, has earnestly and unselfishly labored to promote its success. For over forty years he has been identified with the school interests of this city, and while he has, in the positive declaration of his views, incurred opposition, the earnestness and unmistakable honesty of his purpose, has commanded the confidence and support of his constituency, enabling him to wield a large influence in shaping and directing the policy of the public schools. He has always been on the side of good government and for simplicity and economy in all public affairs. Mr Fletcher's noblest monument will be his unswerving devotion to the school interests of this city. For this alone he deserves and will receive the lasting remembrance of all good citizens.
Mr Fletcher was married to Miss Lucina Bacon, at Canton, New York, December 30, 1858. To this marriage four children were born, viz: George Henry, Carrie D, now the wife of Chelsie J Rockwood; Emma A, the wife of W W Davis; Harry E, born June 12, 1870; this child dying August 17, 1870. Mrs Lucina Bacon Fletcher died September 17, 1870. She was a true and noble woman and died unusually beloved.
Mr Fletcher was again married, May 15, 1872 to Susie M Dyer, a teacher in the Normal school of Mankato, at New Sharon, Maine. To this marriage seven children were born, viz : Lucina E, born April 7, 1873, who died June 12, 1891; Ella May; Jennie D; Nellie, who died September 10, 1884; Mildred R; L G M Jr; and Edith A.
[Mankato-Its First Fifty Years, 1902]
There is another, longer, bio of Mr Fletcher and the Fletcher family in the book, History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, by Thomas Hughes, pub ~1908, pages 398-400. You can google it.
Death Date 21 Jan 1910
Death County Blue Earth
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The father of education in this city — Born in Stockholm, St Lawrence county, New York, February 13th, 1830. His parents were Adolphus and Sarah (Wellington) Fletcher. Both his parents were of English descent through colonial families noted in the early history of New England. His father was a native of Walpole, New Hampshire, born in 1795, and served as a private soldier in the War of 1812. His grandfather, Luke Fletcher, served through the War of the Revolution, fought at Newton, and, wintering at Valley Forge, was present at the surrender of Yorktown. The Fletcher family came from England in 1630, and settled at Lowell, Massachusetts.
He spent his younger days on his father's farm, attended the common school and later the St Lawrence Academy at Potsdam and the Ogdensburg Academy, and taught school winters from the age of nineteen to twenty-four.
His father died at the old homestead in 1851, and his mother in 1873. In May, 1854 he started out to see the world. He stopped at Dubuque, Iowa and while there met a party of government surveyors and engaged to go with them. Being active, energetic, and quick to learn, he soon acquired a fair understanding of surveying. They started the survey July 6, 1854 at the southeast corner of Blue Earth county, and ran west on the first standard parallel, reaching Mankato about August 15th of the same year. He was so much pleased with the country that he concluded to locate there permanently, and he was the only one out of a party of forty men that remained. He immediately made a claim north of the present town site where he built a homestead, and where he has resided for over forty eight years. He spent much of his time in those early years in locating new corners, surveying claims and making out papers. He located the Maple River colony and surveyed the land; he also surveyed and laid out several additions to the city of Mankato.
He has been engaged in farming, grain storing, and in the real estate business and banking and has built many substantial business blocks in Mankato. He was one of the original incorporators of the Mankato Savings Bank, and has been its president since its organization. He was also one of the directors of the Mankato Manufacturing Company, and has been interested in various business institutions. He was one of the original five who organized the Republican party in Mankato in 1856 and he is the only surviving member of that quintette. He has been a member of the school board nearly all the time since 1860, and has served the people with zeal and marked capacity. He helped to build the first school house in Mankato in the summer of 1855 and he taught the first school in it in the winter of 1855-1856, and also in the winter of 1857-1858. He was elected to the State Senate in 1883 and served for one term. In fact he has always been a prominent figure in the history and growth of Mankato.
Success attended his efforts, as a reward for well-directed industry, and with it all he secured the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. Mr Fletcher is a gentleman of correct habits, positive convictions, and strong friendships. He has ever been a firm and unswerving friend of the cause of popular education, and from his earliest citizenship in Mankato, has earnestly and unselfishly labored to promote its success. For over forty years he has been identified with the school interests of this city, and while he has, in the positive declaration of his views, incurred opposition, the earnestness and unmistakable honesty of his purpose, has commanded the confidence and support of his constituency, enabling him to wield a large influence in shaping and directing the policy of the public schools. He has always been on the side of good government and for simplicity and economy in all public affairs. Mr Fletcher's noblest monument will be his unswerving devotion to the school interests of this city. For this alone he deserves and will receive the lasting remembrance of all good citizens.
Mr Fletcher was married to Miss Lucina Bacon, at Canton, New York, December 30, 1858. To this marriage four children were born, viz: George Henry, Carrie D, now the wife of Chelsie J Rockwood; Emma A, the wife of W W Davis; Harry E, born June 12, 1870; this child dying August 17, 1870. Mrs Lucina Bacon Fletcher died September 17, 1870. She was a true and noble woman and died unusually beloved.
Mr Fletcher was again married, May 15, 1872 to Susie M Dyer, a teacher in the Normal school of Mankato, at New Sharon, Maine. To this marriage seven children were born, viz : Lucina E, born April 7, 1873, who died June 12, 1891; Ella May; Jennie D; Nellie, who died September 10, 1884; Mildred R; L G M Jr; and Edith A.
[Mankato-Its First Fifty Years, 1902]
There is another, longer, bio of Mr Fletcher and the Fletcher family in the book, History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, by Thomas Hughes, pub ~1908, pages 398-400. You can google it.
Name Lafayette G.M. Fletcher
Death Date 21 Jan 1910
Death County Blue Earth
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The father of education in this city — Born in Stockholm, St Lawrence county, New York, February 13th, 1830. His parents were Adolphus and Sarah (Wellington) Fletcher. Both his parents were of English descent through colonial families noted in the early history of New England. His father was a native of Walpole, New Hampshire, born in 1795, and served as a private soldier in the War of 1812. His grandfather, Luke Fletcher, served through the War of the Revolution, fought at Newton, and, wintering at Valley Forge, was present at the surrender of Yorktown. The Fletcher family came from England in 1630, and settled at Lowell, Massachusetts.
He spent his younger days on his father's farm, attended the common school and later the St Lawrence Academy at Potsdam and the Ogdensburg Academy, and taught school winters from the age of nineteen to twenty-four.
His father died at the old homestead in 1851, and his mother in 1873. In May, 1854 he started out to see the world. He stopped at Dubuque, Iowa and while there met a party of government surveyors and engaged to go with them. Being active, energetic, and quick to learn, he soon acquired a fair understanding of surveying. They started the survey July 6, 1854 at the southeast corner of Blue Earth county, and ran west on the first standard parallel, reaching Mankato about August 15th of the same year. He was so much pleased with the country that he concluded to locate there permanently, and he was the only one out of a party of forty men that remained. He immediately made a claim north of the present town site where he built a homestead, and where he has resided for over forty eight years. He spent much of his time in those early years in locating new corners, surveying claims and making out papers. He located the Maple River colony and surveyed the land; he also surveyed and laid out several additions to the city of Mankato.
He has been engaged in farming, grain storing, and in the real estate business and banking and has built many substantial business blocks in Mankato. He was one of the original incorporators of the Mankato Savings Bank, and has been its president since its organization. He was also one of the directors of the Mankato Manufacturing Company, and has been interested in various business institutions. He was one of the original five who organized the Republican party in Mankato in 1856 and he is the only surviving member of that quintette. He has been a member of the school board nearly all the time since 1860, and has served the people with zeal and marked capacity. He helped to build the first school house in Mankato in the summer of 1855 and he taught the first school in it in the winter of 1855-1856, and also in the winter of 1857-1858. He was elected to the State Senate in 1883 and served for one term. In fact he has always been a prominent figure in the history and growth of Mankato.
Success attended his efforts, as a reward for well-directed industry, and with it all he secured the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. Mr Fletcher is a gentleman of correct habits, positive convictions, and strong friendships. He has ever been a firm and unswerving friend of the cause of popular education, and from his earliest citizenship in Mankato, has earnestly and unselfishly labored to promote its success. For over forty years he has been identified with the school interests of this city, and while he has, in the positive declaration of his views, incurred opposition, the earnestness and unmistakable honesty of his purpose, has commanded the confidence and support of his constituency, enabling him to wield a large influence in shaping and directing the policy of the public schools. He has always been on the side of good government and for simplicity and economy in all public affairs. Mr Fletcher's noblest monument will be his unswerving devotion to the school interests of this city. For this alone he deserves and will receive the lasting remembrance of all good citizens.
Mr Fletcher was married to Miss Lucina Bacon, at Canton, New York, December 30, 1858. To this marriage four children were born, viz: George Henry, Carrie D, now the wife of Chelsie J Rockwood; Emma A, the wife of W W Davis; Harry E, born June 12, 1870; this child dying August 17, 1870. Mrs Lucina Bacon Fletcher died September 17, 1870. She was a true and noble woman and died unusually beloved.
Mr Fletcher was again married, May 15, 1872 to Susie M Dyer, a teacher in the Normal school of Mankato, at New Sharon, Maine. To this marriage seven children were born, viz : Lucina E, born April 7, 1873, who died June 12, 1891; Ella May; Jennie D; Nellie, who died September 10, 1884; Mildred R; L G M Jr; and Edith A.
[Mankato-Its First Fifty Years, 1902]
There is another, longer, bio of Mr Fletcher and the Fletcher family in the book, History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, by Thomas Hughes, pub ~1908, pages 398-400. You can google it.
Death Date 21 Jan 1910
Death County Blue Earth
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The father of education in this city — Born in Stockholm, St Lawrence county, New York, February 13th, 1830. His parents were Adolphus and Sarah (Wellington) Fletcher. Both his parents were of English descent through colonial families noted in the early history of New England. His father was a native of Walpole, New Hampshire, born in 1795, and served as a private soldier in the War of 1812. His grandfather, Luke Fletcher, served through the War of the Revolution, fought at Newton, and, wintering at Valley Forge, was present at the surrender of Yorktown. The Fletcher family came from England in 1630, and settled at Lowell, Massachusetts.
He spent his younger days on his father's farm, attended the common school and later the St Lawrence Academy at Potsdam and the Ogdensburg Academy, and taught school winters from the age of nineteen to twenty-four.
His father died at the old homestead in 1851, and his mother in 1873. In May, 1854 he started out to see the world. He stopped at Dubuque, Iowa and while there met a party of government surveyors and engaged to go with them. Being active, energetic, and quick to learn, he soon acquired a fair understanding of surveying. They started the survey July 6, 1854 at the southeast corner of Blue Earth county, and ran west on the first standard parallel, reaching Mankato about August 15th of the same year. He was so much pleased with the country that he concluded to locate there permanently, and he was the only one out of a party of forty men that remained. He immediately made a claim north of the present town site where he built a homestead, and where he has resided for over forty eight years. He spent much of his time in those early years in locating new corners, surveying claims and making out papers. He located the Maple River colony and surveyed the land; he also surveyed and laid out several additions to the city of Mankato.
He has been engaged in farming, grain storing, and in the real estate business and banking and has built many substantial business blocks in Mankato. He was one of the original incorporators of the Mankato Savings Bank, and has been its president since its organization. He was also one of the directors of the Mankato Manufacturing Company, and has been interested in various business institutions. He was one of the original five who organized the Republican party in Mankato in 1856 and he is the only surviving member of that quintette. He has been a member of the school board nearly all the time since 1860, and has served the people with zeal and marked capacity. He helped to build the first school house in Mankato in the summer of 1855 and he taught the first school in it in the winter of 1855-1856, and also in the winter of 1857-1858. He was elected to the State Senate in 1883 and served for one term. In fact he has always been a prominent figure in the history and growth of Mankato.
Success attended his efforts, as a reward for well-directed industry, and with it all he secured the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. Mr Fletcher is a gentleman of correct habits, positive convictions, and strong friendships. He has ever been a firm and unswerving friend of the cause of popular education, and from his earliest citizenship in Mankato, has earnestly and unselfishly labored to promote its success. For over forty years he has been identified with the school interests of this city, and while he has, in the positive declaration of his views, incurred opposition, the earnestness and unmistakable honesty of his purpose, has commanded the confidence and support of his constituency, enabling him to wield a large influence in shaping and directing the policy of the public schools. He has always been on the side of good government and for simplicity and economy in all public affairs. Mr Fletcher's noblest monument will be his unswerving devotion to the school interests of this city. For this alone he deserves and will receive the lasting remembrance of all good citizens.
Mr Fletcher was married to Miss Lucina Bacon, at Canton, New York, December 30, 1858. To this marriage four children were born, viz: George Henry, Carrie D, now the wife of Chelsie J Rockwood; Emma A, the wife of W W Davis; Harry E, born June 12, 1870; this child dying August 17, 1870. Mrs Lucina Bacon Fletcher died September 17, 1870. She was a true and noble woman and died unusually beloved.
Mr Fletcher was again married, May 15, 1872 to Susie M Dyer, a teacher in the Normal school of Mankato, at New Sharon, Maine. To this marriage seven children were born, viz : Lucina E, born April 7, 1873, who died June 12, 1891; Ella May; Jennie D; Nellie, who died September 10, 1884; Mildred R; L G M Jr; and Edith A.
[Mankato-Its First Fifty Years, 1902]
There is another, longer, bio of Mr Fletcher and the Fletcher family in the book, History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, by Thomas Hughes, pub ~1908, pages 398-400. You can google it.
Family Members
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Carrie Delania Fletcher Rockwood
1861–1915
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Emma Aurelia Fletcher Davis
1863–1945
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Harry E Fletcher
1870–1870
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Lucina E Fletcher
1873–1891
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E May Fletcher
1874–1959
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Jennie D Fletcher Berquist
1876–1974
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Nellie Fletcher
1879–1884
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Mildred Rose Fletcher Fowler
1881–1963
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Lafayette Gilbert M Fletcher
1883–1933
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Edith A Fletcher
1886–1947
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