| Name |
Douglas D. Fletcher [1, 2, 3] |
| Birth |
8 Feb 1847 |
Messongo, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  [1, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Biography |
- Thomas E. and Douglas D. Fletcher, possibly the Shore's oldest twins now living are aged 80 years. They are the sons of John T. and Sarah Dickerson Fletcher, born at the Fletcher homestead at Messongo. Their mother died when they were infants. Douglas came to Onancock and married Miss Susie Parker, daughter of the late J.W.H. Parker. Mrs. Fletcher died in 1898, there were no children of this union. Thomas also later came to Onancock and married Miss Eliza Drummond of Norfolk, who is still living. They had four children, Edgar D., M.L., Rev. Custis, and Cecil C. Fletcher (E.S. News, 11 Feb 1927).
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| Census with another person |
1850 |
Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA [4] |
- He was shown as Douglass D. Fletcher, age 3 in HH#805 headed by Richard Fletcher, a 35 year old farmer. He and his twin brother were living with his uncle and grandmother.
|
| Census with father |
20 Jun 1860 |
Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA [5] |
- He was shown as Douglas D. Fletcher, age 13 with $4,500 in trust in HH#237 headed by John T. Fletcher, a 43 year old farmer.
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| Land - they sold land |
1907 |
Marsh Market (tract A150), Messongo Cr, Accomack Co, Virginia [6] |
- 1712 Richard Bayly sold 300 acres of the eastern 600 acres of this tract to Thomas Fletcher, it being a strip extending from A159 to the creek and at the lower end of it was bounded on the west by the road through Marsh Market.
1737 Thomas Fletcher left to his son Henry for life and then to the latter's first male heir.
1772 Henry Fletcher bought the adjacent 300 acres from the western 600-acres part, and in 1779(sic) 1799 he left the whole 600 acres then owned to his son Thomas.
1820 He died intestate and in the division of his lands this original 300 acres part with the home went to Thomas W. Finney in right of his wife Sarah.
1821 The Finneys sold to Henry Fletcher, and in 1835 he and his wife Mary sold to Thomas Fletcher.
Some years later, following the intestate death of Thomas, this part of his holdings became owned by Thomas E. and Douglas D. Fletcher, who in 1907 united in a sale of the house and 58 acres. A number of other owners followed until 1945 when a descendant, C.G. Fletcher of York County, purchased the house and 30 acres.
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| Death |
6 May 1930 [1, 3] |
| Obituary |
9 May 1930 |
Oak Hall, Accomack County, Virginia, USA [3] |
- Mr. Douglas Fletcher, 83, who with his brother, Tom Fletcher, was the oldest twin on the Eastern Shore, died at the home of Lee Massey near Oak Hall Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon, by the Rev. H. N. Laws, from Holy Trinity Episcopal church, Onancock. Active pallbearers were: E. O. F. Custis, John Major Fosque, W. F. B. Fletcher, Donald Fletcher, Thomas S. Hopkins, Dr. George Lee Fosque and Page Parker. There was a Masonic funeral. He is survived by his brother, Tom Fletcher and his nephew, Edward Fletcher of Accomac.
The Eastern Shore News, Onancock, Va., Friday, May 9, 1930, p. 5
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| Record ID |
12884 |
| Burial |
Onancock Cemetery, Onancock, Accomack County, Virginia, USA [1, 3] |
Origins  |
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| Patriarch & Matriarch |
James Fletcher, b. Abt 1610 d. Yes, date unknown (5 x Great Grandfather)  Sarah F. Dickerson, b. Abt 1825, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Abt 1848 (Age 23 years) (Mother) |
| Siblings |
1 brother |
| + | 1. Thomas Edgar Fletcher, b. 8 Feb 1847, Messongo, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 22 Apr 1931, Onancock, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)
╚═ Elizabeth Custis 'Eliza' Drummond, m. Abt 1870 | | > | 2. Douglas D. Fletcher, b. 8 Feb 1847, Messongo, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 6 May 1930 (Age 83 years)
╚═ Susan C. 'Sudie' Parker, m. 24 Mar 1881 |
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| Person ID |
I12884 |
MilesFiles23 |
| Last Modified |
25 Mar 2025 |
1847 - 1930 (83 years)
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