Benjamin Fletcher and Elizabeth Hemphill

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Husband Benjamin Fletcher ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Connecticut
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           Died:  - ? Butler Co, PA
         Buried: 

       Marriage:  - Butler Co, PA

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Wife Elizabeth Hemphill ¹

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         Father: [Father] Hemphill (      -      )
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Esther Fletcher ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1883
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2 F Ann Fletcher ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Spouse: [Unk] Reep (      -      )

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3 F Martha Fletcher ¹

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           Died: Bef 1883
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4 M Thomas Fletcher ^{1 3}

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           Born:  - Butler Co, PA
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           Died: 1874 - ? Butler Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Anna Campbell (      -1882) 3 4

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5 F Sarah Fletcher ^{2 5 6}

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           Born: Abt 1813 - Parker Twp, Butler Co, PA
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           Died: 5 Oct 1852 or 1853 2 7
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         Spouse: John Say (1811-1896) 2 4 6
           Marr: 1836 6

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6 F Eliza Fletcher ¹

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           Died: Bef 1883
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7 F Abigail Fletcher ⁸

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           Born: 6 Jun 1816
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           Died: 28 Sep 1890
         Buried:  - Nickleville Cemetery, Nickleville, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA 9

         Spouse: David Say, Jr. (1811-1900) 8

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Fletcher

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He came from one of the Eastern States - probably Massachusetts - and settled in Butler County, PA, about the year 1800.
He was the owner of a 500 acre tract of land in Parker Township, Butler County, PA, on a part of which Martinsburg, now the borough of Bruin, was built.

He was born in Connecticut, and became a pioneer of Parker township, Butler County, PA. There he became prominent in several ways, building a grist and saw-mill which he oper­ated until his death.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Hemphill

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This family was of of Scotch-Irish descent. About 1796, she and three brothers settled in Fairview township, Butler County, PA. All married there and reared families.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 406.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 713.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 698.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 407.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 402x, 406.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1328.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 402x.

8 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 981.

9 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 4, Richland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1996), Pg 38.