James R. Fletcher

Birth Date

1839-01-02

Death Date

1927-09-28

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Adair County, Kentucky, student and soldier. Adair County, Kentucky, native. Son of William T. Fletcher and B. J. Fletcher. Married to Sarah M. Views Fletcher in Adair County, Kentucky, on August 5, 1865. Student in Adair County in 1850. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 30, 1861 to January 12, 1865. Wounded at the Battle of Huff's Ferry, Roane County, Tennessee, on November 14, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 40A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0264.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Adair County Marriages, Film 000830576.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 861.
"James R. Fletcher (1839-1927)," Find A Grave, Memorial 24361032, accessed November 23, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24361032.

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