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Jerome Fletcher
1817 - 1919 (101 years)-
Name Jerome Fletcher Birth 17 Nov 1817 Geneseo, Livingston County, New York 
Gender Male Death 16 Aug 1919 Honeoye Falls, Monroe County, New York Burial Codding Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York Notes - Honeoye Falls, N. Y., Aug. 16 - Jerome E. Fletcher died at the home of his son, Everett Fletcher, one mile north of West Bloomfield. Mr. Fletcher was the oldest person in this vicinity and had he lived until the 17th of November, he would have been 102 years old. He was a son of William and Betsy Fletcher and was born in Geneseo, November 17, 1817. That he come from long-lived stock is shown by the fact that his father lived to be 103 years of age. Mr. Fletcher grew to manhood in this vicinity and served as a soldier during the Mexican war. He was twice married. His second wife, to whom he was united in 1855, died about twelve years ago. During the early 60's, he lived near Decatur, Mich., where he was in the employ of the government. About 1865 he came to Bristol where he continued to work at his trade as carpenter and wheelwright until over ninety years of age. About eight years ago he came to West Bloomfield to reside with his son. His health has always been good and in his later years he was able to read coarse print without glasses. He is survived by four sons, Orestes Fletcher of Canandaigua; Oscar and J. Cooley Fletcher of Holcomb, and Everett Fletcher of West Bloomfield; also one brother, Melanction Fletcher, a ninety-years-old resident of Benton Harbor, Mich. The funeral was held from his late home Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with interment in the Codding cemetery at Bristol.
(Elmira Telegram, Elmira, New York, August 17, 1919)
Person ID I11064 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 27 Aug 2024
Family Louisa Fisher, b. 1827, Bristol, Ontario County, New York d. 29 Jul 1906, Bristol, Ontario County, New York (Age 79 years) Marriage 1855 Children 1. Everard M. Fletcher, b. Dec 1857, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan d. 1943 (Age ~ 85 years)+ 2. Orestes J. Fletcher, b. Feb 1862, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan d. 29 May 1933, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York (Age ~ 71 years)3. William S. Fletcher, b. Mar 1864, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan d. 29 Apr 1895, Bristol, Ontario County, New York (Age ~ 31 years)4. Oscar Fisher. Fletcher, b. 1867, Bristol, Ontario County, New York d. 5 Mar 1932, Holcomb, Ontario County, New York (Age 65 years)5. Joseph Cooley Fletcher, b. 1869, Bristol, Ontario County, New York d. 7 Jun 1959, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York (Age 90 years)Family ID F2818 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Aug 2024
- Honeoye Falls, N. Y., Aug. 16 - Jerome E. Fletcher died at the home of his son, Everett Fletcher, one mile north of West Bloomfield. Mr. Fletcher was the oldest person in this vicinity and had he lived until the 17th of November, he would have been 102 years old. He was a son of William and Betsy Fletcher and was born in Geneseo, November 17, 1817. That he come from long-lived stock is shown by the fact that his father lived to be 103 years of age. Mr. Fletcher grew to manhood in this vicinity and served as a soldier during the Mexican war. He was twice married. His second wife, to whom he was united in 1855, died about twelve years ago. During the early 60's, he lived near Decatur, Mich., where he was in the employ of the government. About 1865 he came to Bristol where he continued to work at his trade as carpenter and wheelwright until over ninety years of age. About eight years ago he came to West Bloomfield to reside with his son. His health has always been good and in his later years he was able to read coarse print without glasses. He is survived by four sons, Orestes Fletcher of Canandaigua; Oscar and J. Cooley Fletcher of Holcomb, and Everett Fletcher of West Bloomfield; also one brother, Melanction Fletcher, a ninety-years-old resident of Benton Harbor, Mich. The funeral was held from his late home Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with interment in the Codding cemetery at Bristol.
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Birth - 17 Nov 1817 - Geneseo, Livingston County, New York 
Death - 16 Aug 1919 - Honeoye Falls, Monroe County, New York 
Burial - - Codding Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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