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William Andrew Fletcher

b. 1839

Texas born Confederate soldier and author

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About William Andrew Fletcher

Born 1839. William Andrew Fletcher was a slave driver, author and soldier.

William Andrew Fletcher (April 23, 1839 – January 5, 1915) was an author, veteran of the American Civil War, and lumber tycoon. and slave driver or overseer in Texas but left in 1836 due to the Texas Revolution and moved east to Louisiana where he met Eliza and they had William 3 years later. Thomas told his son in the 1850s that he suspected that slavery would eventually be abolished and that a war would surely begin over the issue which was an unpopular opinion. However they moved to Beaumont in 1859 at the insistence of a friend of Thomas known only as Simon. Williams enlisted into the Confederate Army and was sent to Richmond, Virginia where he was assigned to the Company F, Fifth Texas Regiment, Hood's Texas Brigade.

Harvey Davis Fletcher Harvey (20 August 1869-3 January 1920) was a newspaper man in the Service Department of The Beaumont Enterprise and became the treasurer of a lumber company in Beaumont in 1900.

Marion K. Fletcher Marion (1871–1938) led a rather mysterious life, not much is publicly known about Marion other than that around 1896 he married Katherine Ligon (1874–1956) and had 3 children together.

Vallie Fletcher Vallie (1874–1959) also led a quiet life, she lived in Houston for the majority of her adult life and never married.

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1839
Birth century
Occupation
Slave driver, author, soldier

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Texas born Confederate soldier and author

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William Andrew Fletcher was a slave driver, author and soldier.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: William Andrew Fletcher

· Wikidata: Q130766286

· DBpedia: William Andrew Fletcher

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