18 February 1903
POSTMASTER DIES SUDDENLY
Mr. Fletch(er) Stricken with Heart Disease in His Store
Warrenton, Va., Feb. 17 - Mr. West Wood Fletch(er), merchant and postmaster at Buckland, Prince William County, died suddenly this morning shortly after opening his place of business. His death was caused by heart trouble.
Mr. Fletcher was a gallant Confederate soldier and was a member of the Fauquier Guards of the Forth ninth Virginia Regiment. A widow and several children survive him.
[West Fletcher lost a leg at Fredericksburg, VA in 1863 ~cgl]
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