Sunday's Obituary: West Fletcher

Baltimore Sun (MD)

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]

Newspaper Tidbid: Deeds of Transfer (1916)

Manassas Journal
12 May 1916

DEEDS OF TRANSFER

List of Realty Transfers Admitted to Prince William County Record

May 4 - From Robt. B. Graham et al to A. C. Fletcher et ux - 2 tracts of land and buildings thereon - consideration $600.  From Quantico Co., Inc. to H. B. Hutchison - lots - consideration $7,000.  From Quantico Co. inc. to H. B. Hutchison - lots and 5,000 sq. ft. ground.

May 5 - From D. E. Copp to Berry Butler - lot at Industrial School addition.

May 6 - From Wm. Spitler to I. T. Cutler et ux - 73 acres - consideration $3,000.  From W. R. Milstead et ux to Mrs. Carrie Bland - 4 1/2 acres - consideration $450.

May 8 - From Alvin T. Embrey to Garlie S. Rosson - tract near Cherry Hill - consideration $950.

May 9 - From Quantico Co. Inc. to Robert Detwiler - lot - consideration $255.

May 10 - From Henrietta and Daniel Nash to Gracie Bates - 10.21 acres - consideration $100.  From J. Stewart White, trustee, et al to J. M. Hooe - about 196 acres - consideration $6,700.  From J. Stewart White, trustee, to W. R. Hooker - 138 1/2 acres - consideration $3,650.

May 11 - From L. A. Williams et ux to W. R. Milstead - 6 acres - consideration $325.

Will: John Lucas (4 June 1871)

John Lucas Will

Prince William County Liber 18, Folio 627

In the name of God Amen I John Lucas of the County of Prince William and state of Virginia being of sound mind and in full pursession of my mental facilities make this my last will and testament never having made or executed any other will or desire.  I hereby give and bequeath all my personal estate which shall be left after the payment of all my just debts and liabilities to Caroline Fletcher of the county of Prince William and state of Virginia.  I also give and bequeath to the aforesaid Caroline Fletcher all my right title and interest to the tract of land on which I now reside which tract of land decended to me from my father Samuel Lucas to have and to hold during the term of her natural life.  I further will and desire the said tract of land at the decease of Caroline Fletcher to her daughter Helen Catherine the wife of Alexander Harris and his heirs forever.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my hand and seal this thirty first day in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

John [X his mark] Lucas {seal}

B. F. Lewis Witness

John Y. Cundiff Witness

I Prince William County Court June 4^th 1871

    The last will and testament of John Lucas deceased was this day proved in open court by the oath of B. Fl Lewis one of the subscribing witnesses thereto which is ordered to be certified and in Prince William County Court March 6^th 1871 the said will was again produced in court and being fully proved by the oath of John Y. Cundiff a subscribing witness thereto is ordered to be recorded.

Teste,  L. A. Davis, clerk

Newspaper Tidbits: Periodicals Outside of PWCo

Richmond Planet – August 9, 1890

Rev. M. D. Williams of Manassas, Va. Writes:

            Manassas, Va., July 29, 1890.

Editor of the Planet:

            We are raising funds to beautify our house of worship here.  On Sunday last Rev. Rice, of Alexandria, and Rev. W. Harris were with us, collections raised amounted to $31.33 cents.  The North Virginia Baptist Association meets in Middleburg, Loudon county, Va., on the 20^th of August.

            I preached the funeral of Miss Kate Fletcher daughter of Brother Frank Fletcher, Thoroughfare Station, Prince William County.  She departed this life on the 20^th of July, in her 20^th year. She died a Christian.

            Yours:  M. D. Williams

Roanoke Daily Times – September 20, 1896

VIRGINIA BREVITIES.  A pretty wedding was solemnized at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Manassas Wednesday.  The parties were John S. Wilson, prominent merchant of Paris, Fauquier county, and Miss Maud E., daughter of the late Judge Aylett Nicol, of the county court of Prince William county, and sister of Judge Charles E. Nicol.

The Free Lance (Fredericksburg, VA) – December 29, 1900

Mr. Andrew J. Davis formerly of Prince William county, died in Washington last week at an advanced age.  His remains were taken to Brentsville for interment.

The Richmond Dispatch – April 21, 1901

Eppa Hunton, Jr., who has been nominated for the convention by the Democrats of Fauquier, is a son of General Eppa Hunton and Lucy Wier Hunton, and was born at Brentsville, Prince William county, April 14, 1855.  He was prepared for the University of Virginia at the Bellevue High School, Bedford county, and entered the University in the autumn of 1873, and received his diploma in the law department in 1877.  Soon after graduation the young attorney located at Warrenton, and has there diligently devoted himself to his profession ever since, achieving advancement therein.  He has never sought nor held political office, with the exception of a term in the Legislature, 1893-'94, to which he was elected by the Democrats of Fauquier and Loudoun counties.  His nomination for the convention was practically without opposition.

The St. Paul Globe (Minnesota) – June 10, 1902

A letter of Gen. Robert E. Lee to Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, dated Headquarters A. N. Va., Jan 31, 1863 and complimenting "Sergeant Mickler and his party" for gallantry "in a skirmish in the streets of Brentsville on the 9^th inst." Sold for $5.

The Colored American (Washington, DC) – September 20, 1902

Miss Estelle V. Hedgeman, of Brentsville, Va., has returned home after spending a few days in the city with friends.  She will shortly resume her residence here.  Miss Hedgeman was formerly employed in the Census, and is the owner of a farm near Brentsville.