Brief Life History of William Emmett
When William Emmett Flesher was born on 2 May 1845, in McLean, McLean, Illinois, United States, his father, James Madison Flesher, was 31 and his mother, Mary "Polly" Watson, was 25. He married Rachel Stanton Draper on 4 October 1866. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Grant Township, Richardson, Nebraska, United States in 1885 and Silverton, Marion, Oregon, United States in 1910. He died on 1 April 1912, in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Wm Flesher, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Flesher, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- William Flesher, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1854
Historical Boundaries - 1854: Marion, Oregon Territory, United States; 1859: Marion, Oregon, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
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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