Levi Fetters

Levi Fetters (November 3, 1831 – August 1893) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1883 to 1886.

Fetters was the son of a commissioned officer, and the grandson of a war veteran of the American Revolutionary War. He worked as a teacher during the 1850s, but he left his teaching position for military service in the American Civil War. He served as the captain of a company in the 175th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment,

From 1854 to the outbreak of the American Civil War, Fetters taught school in the winters. In 1859, he traveled to Europe for six months and wrote for the Chester County Times. In 1866, he moved to Florida to work in the cotton business.

Fetters was director of the Phoenixville National Bank. He owned six farms in Upper Uwchlan Township.

Personal life In 1869, Fetters married Mary King, daughter of Isaac King, of East Whiteland.

Fetters died by suicide by hanging on August 24 or 25, 1893, at his home in West Chester. He was interred at Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Glenmoore.