Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and Tennessee Secretary of State. Carter County, Tennessee, native. Son of John and Leah Fletcher. Married to Catherine Drake Fletcher in Carter County, Tennessee, on December 10, 1840. Father of Mary C. Fletcher, Emma J. Fletcher, James R. Fletcher, and Ada L. Fletcher. Married to Emma E. Fletcher in 1860. Father of Andrew Fletcher, Sarah Fletcher, and Rosa R. Fletcher. Attorney in Cocke County, Tennessee, in 1850. Attorney in Greene County, Tennessee, in 1860. Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee from 1865 to 1870.