When Martha Ann Jane Fletcher was born on 7 November 1833, in Georgia, United States, her father, Joseph Fletcher ll, was 52 and her mother, Mary Ann Hendley, was 36. She married Rueben Roundtree on 4 December 1853, in Telfair, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Irwin, Georgia, United States for about 30 years and District 1626, Turner, Georgia, United States in 1910. She died on 25 October 1913, in Turner, Georgia, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Rebecca, Turner, Georgia, United States.
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The Second Seminole War, often called the Florida War, was a conflict between Native Americans and the United States. Taking place from 1835 until 1842, it is regarded as the lengthiest, most expensive conflict that the United States had with the Native American people. There were roughly 1,600 US military casualties and over 3,000 deaths among the Seminole people. The war was followed by a brief period of peace, but the government's insistence on removing Native Americans from Florida would eventually result in further conflicts.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries 1856: Lafayette, Florida, United States
English: occupational name for an arrowsmith, from Middle English fleccher, Old French flechier, flecher ‘fletcher’, for someone who made or sold arrows for bows. This surname has sometimes been confused with Flesher .
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