Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Fletcher was born on 16 May 1894, in Magoffin, Kentucky, United States, his father, George W Fletcher, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Jane Bailey, was 34. He married Lula Mae Marshall on 13 April 1918, in Swampton, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wayne Township, Starke, Indiana, United States in 1930 and Magisterial District 4, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 12 August 1972, in Magoffin, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Fletcher Cemetery, Adamsville, Morgan, Kentucky, United States.
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- Tommie Fletcher, "United States Census, 1920"
- Tommie Fletcher, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Thomas Fletcher, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1900 · Governor Shot
On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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