Douglas Flesher (1860–1870) • FamilySearch

Douglas Flesher

May 1860–before 1870 (Age 9)
Palmyra, Warren, Iowa, United States

The Life of Douglas

When Douglas Flesher was born in May 1860, in Palmyra, Warren, Iowa, United States, his father, Frederick Lemon Flesher, was 38 and his mother, Almyra Ann Lemon, was 20. He died before 1870, in Palmyra, Warren, Iowa, United States, at the age of 8, and was buried in Palmyra, Warren, Iowa, United States.

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Parents and Siblings

Frederick Lemon Flesher

1821–1911

Almyra Ann Lemon

1839–1906

Frances Clara Flesher

1852–1929

Ida L. Flesher

1858–1870

Douglas Flesher

1860–1870

Eugene Willard Flesher

1861–1907

Ellsworth Elmer Flesher

1862–1937

Thomas Jefferson Flesher

1864–1961

Conrad Rod Flesher

1866–1952

Laura Leslie Flesher

1868–1957

George Paris Flesher

1871–1953

Maybelle Flesher

1873–1958

Fred Flesher

1876–1900

Rosa Etta Flesher

1879–1895

Parents and Siblings

Frederick Lemon Flesher

Male1821–1911Male

Almyra Ann Lemon

Female1839–1906Female

siblings

(12)

Frances Clara Flesher

Female1852–1929Female

Ida L. Flesher

Female1858–1870Female

Douglas Flesher

Male1860–1870Male

Eugene Willard Flesher

Male1861–1907Male

Ellsworth Elmer Flesher

Male1862–1937Male

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World Events (6)

1863

Age 3

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

Age 3

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1865

Age 5

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Flesher

Douglas

English: occupational name for a butcher. In part it is from Middle English flescher, an agent derivative of Old English flæ¯sc ‘flesh’, ‘meat’; in part a reduced form of Middle English fleschewere, Old English flæ¯schēawere, in which the second element is an agent noun from hēawan ‘to hew or cut’.

Sources (2)

Douglas Flesher in household of Fred L Flesher, "United States Census, 1860"
1860 Census Warren Co Iowa

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