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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Melvina Fletcher
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Melvina Fletcher
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| LAST NAME: Fletcher
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FIRST NAME: Melvina
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| TITLE: Miss
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| BORN: 3 May1850
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DIED: 6 Mar 1903
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BURIED: 8 Mar 1903
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| BIRTH PLACE: Mercer Co., Illinois
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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Name of father Samuel M. Fletcher
Maiden name of mother Betsy Jones
1900 OR CENSUS - Melvina Fletcher, age 50, occupation farmer, b. May 1850 in Illinois, is enumerated with her aunt Columbia Jones, age 79, single, b. Dec 1820 in New Hampshire, and her newphew, Marion Fletcher, age 22, single, occupation farmer, b. Jan 1878 in Oregon.
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OBITUARY:
HAS PASSED AWAY
MISS ALVINA (sic) FLETCHER SUCCUMBS TO CANCER OF THE STOMACH
Miss Alvina Fletcher passed away at 10 o'clock Friday night, March 6, 1903, at the home of her brother, Silas Fletcher, near the Fair Grounds. She had been sick for about four weeks, of a complication of diseases, including cancer of the stomach.
Deceased was born in Mercer county, Illinois, May 3, 1850, and in 1864 came to Oregon with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Fletcher, settling on a farm in Howell Prairie, and the following year removed to Salem, where she made her home until the spring of 1882, when she went to Linn county to keep house for her brother, William Fletcher, since deceased. After a few years residence in Linn county she returned to Salem, where she has made her home ever since.
She is survived by two brothers, Silas and Henry C., both residents of Salem, one sister, Mrs. Lois Whealdon, of Linn county, and two half-sisters, Mrs. Esther Farwell of Plainview, Linn county, and Lucy Churchman, of Sheridan, Yamhill county.
Miss Fletcher was not a member of any church, but was a firm believer in Christianity, and of the Universalist faith. She was not a member of any organization, and did not take much part in public works of any kind, but in her quiet, peaceful life she showed a gentle disposition and kindly deed at her hands. She leaves a large host of warm friends who will greatly miss her. The funeral will be from the Unitarian church today at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Frank A. Powell, and the remains will be interred in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 8 March 1903 1:5
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INSCRIPTION:
Melvina Fletcher
1850 - 1903
(shares marker with Samuel, Betsey & Columbia)
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SOURCES:
1900 OR CENSUS (Linn Co., Shedd, ED 46, sheet 15B)
DAR pg 5
Saucy
OS 8 March 1903 1:5
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| LOT: 216
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