Francis H. Fletcher (abt. 1841 - 1872)

Born about 1841 in Massachusetts, United States

Died 8 Feb 1872 at about age 31 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Francis Fletcher is a part of US Black heritage.

Francis was born about 1841 in Massachusetts.

Occupations

• 1870: House painter
• 1869: Painter
• 1863: Clerk

Residences

• 1872: 2 Pratt, Salem, Massachusetts^[1]
• 1870: Salem, Massachusetts with 66-year-old Rachel Kelsy
• 1866-1869: 2 Pratt, Salem, Massachusetts^[2]
• 1863: Salem, Massachusetts (military enlistment)

Military Service

Sergeant in Company A of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the first regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 22 years old, single and working as a clerk when he enlisted on 13 February 1863 in Salem, Massachusetts. Mustered out with his regiment on 20 August 1865.

Census Race

• 1870: Black

Death

He passed away in 1872 and is buried at Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts.

Research Notes

Possible census match?

Year: 1860; Census Place: Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_500; Page: 858; Family History Library Film: 803500

Possible birth record?

Francis Heywood Fletcher, s. George and Almira, Aug. 15, 1833.

Projects

• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Sources

1. ↑ 1872 Salem, Massachusetts city directory as Francis H. Fletcher
2. ↑ 1866, 1869 Salem, Massachusetts city directories as Francis H. Fletcher

• 1866, 1869, 1872 Salem, Massachusetts city directories
• 1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Salem Ward 3, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_613; Page: 580A; Family History Library Film: 552112
• Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
• Find a Grave: Francis H. Fletcher