When Charles Monroe Flesher was born on 10 March 1822, in Virginia, United States, his father, Peter Flesher, was 28 and his mother, Ann Jude, was 29. He married Harriet Veach on 20 January 1848, in Shelby, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Concord Township, Ross, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 25 October 1890, in Union Township, Ross, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Baptist Cemetery, Frankfort, Concord Township, Ross, Ohio, United States.
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“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
English: occupational name for a butcher, from Middle English fles(c)her, flesho(u)r ‘butcher’, an agent derivative of flesh ‘meat’, or from Middle English fleshheuer, fleshewer ‘butcher’, a compound of flesh ‘meat’ + heuer ‘cutter’. This surname has sometimes been confused with Fletcher .
Americanized form of German Fleischer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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