Joshua P. Fletcher
| 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 [Transcriber CMB] |
| 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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