Joshua P. Fletcher

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ID: I365
Last: Fletcher
First: Joshua
Middle: P.
Nickname: Josh
Birth: 7 Mar 1884 at Marlboro Co., South Carolina 1
Death: 7 Feb 1962 at Marlboro Co., South Carolina 2
Burial: Beaverdam Cemetery, McColl, Marlboro Co., South Carolina 3
Sex: M
Notes: Per notes on photos in Lula Feaster's photo album: Bessie Wolling md. Josh Fletcher, with children Lewis Allen Fletcher who attended NC State College, Raleigh, 1941; and Bill Fletcher - have a picture of him in suit coat abt. 1939; he died in an accident a few years later, a tree fell on him.

In 1930 Joshua P. Fletcher family lived in Savannah, Georgia, where Josh was a Railroad Engineer (per 1930 census).
Sources: 4
 
Mother: UNKNOWN
Father: UNKNOWN
 
Marriage 1   Bessie Rawls Wolling b: 19 Jul 1888 d: AFT 1948
Wedding: ABT 1913 5
 
Children:
1 J. P. Fletcher b: 14 Mar 1916 Marlboro Co., South Carolina
2 Lewis Allen Fletcher b: ABT 1918 Georgia
3 William S. Fletcher b: ABT 1921 Georgia
4 Living Fletcher b: withheld
 
Sources:
1 Title: Internet
Note: Publication: rootsweb.com Blackman and Farmer database, contact: Larry & Elaine Blackman <leblackm@bellsouth.net>
 
2 Title: Internet
Note: Publication: rootsweb.com Blackman and Farmer database, contact: Larry & Elaine Blackman <leblackm@bellsouth.net>
 
3 Title: Internet
Note:
Joshua Fletcher is buried next to wife and toddler son in Beaverdam Cemetery, located just sw of McColl, SC town line on US-401/15.
On p. 64, per Index of book, "Cemetery Records of Marlboro County, Second Edition (1984)", see Marlboro, Co. SC website (Mgr. Victoria Proctor):
http://www.rootsweb.com/~scmarlbo/cemeteries/BeaverDam_cem.htm
Text: Joshua FLETCHER, son of L. A. and Eliza, Mar. 7, 1884 - Feb. 7, 1962
J. P. FLETCHER, Jr., Mar. 14, 1916 - Sept. 14, 1919
wife Bessie Wolling FLETCHER, July 19, 1888
 
4 Title: 1930 U.S. Census, Georgia, Chatham Co.
Publication: T626_344
Date: 8 Apr 1930
Page: p. 210-a (8a)
Note:
Joshua P. Fletcher age 46 from SC, with wife Bessie W. and 3 sons living on Bull St. (near Brady St.; voted in Sacred Heart Rectory) in E.D. #30 of Savannah, Georgia. He was originally from Marlboro Co., SC.
(image 15 of 36, ancestry.com)
Text:
HN/FN 1717/152/177
Name Sex Col Age Mar Yrs Born-Fa-Mo
Joshua P. Fletcher M w 46 Md 29 SC-SC-SC
Rents home; Occup: Locomotive Engineer Employer: Steam Railroad
Bessie W. F w 42 Md 25 SC-FL-SC
Lewis A. M w 12 Sgl GA-SC-SC
William S. M w 9 GA-SC-SC
John R. M w 11/12 GA-SC-SC
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5 Title: 1930 U.S. Census, Georgia, Chatham Co.
Publication: T626_344
Date: 8 Apr 1930
Page: p. 210-a
Note: Marriage year 1913 calculated from 1930 census data: Bessie Wolling married at age 25 (born 1888); and Josh Fletcher married at age 29 (born 1884).
 


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