Grundy County IL Archives Obituaries.....Fletcher, Rollin  1885
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Morris Herald, May 1885
Morris Herald, Morris, Grundy County IL
May 1885

Obituary

Died, in Morris, Sunday, May 3, 1885, Mr. Rollin Fletcher, in the seventieth 
year of his age.

Mr. Fletcher was born at Acton, Mass., January 8, 1816. He learned the trade 
of a tailor, and at the age of 21 was settled in business for himself at 
Portland, Maine. In the year 1838 he was married to Sarah B. Waite, who lived 
but a few years, and in 1846 he was married to Henrietta W. Allison who, with 
one son, Eugene B., survives him.

For the thirty five years prior to his death Mr. Fletcher had been an invalid. 
In 1850 he was taken seriously ill and was compelled to give up his business 
as a tailor and to seek some out-door employment. The business that had the 
strongest attractions for him was civil engineering, and with the idea in his 
mind of following this, he started in 1853 for Ottawa, this State, to take a 
position with the surveying corps of the Rock Island Road. But he was taken 
sick at Cincinnati, and this project was thwarted. After his recovery, 
however, he assisted in building the Muskingum Valley Railroad, running from 
Cincinnati to Zanesville. After the completion of this road, he was employed 
to lay out the Forest Cemetery at Circleville, Ohio, and under his management 
that cemetery was made one of the most beautitul in the State. While working 
on the Muskingum Valley Road he was struck on the neck by an employee, the 
blow causing a malignant ulcer which resulted in his death. The last time Mr. 
Fletcher was out of the house was on election day last November, when he rode 
to the polls to vote for Blaine and Logan. On Christmas day he was compelled 
to take to his bed, and his sufferings from that time up to the day of his 
death were intense. But he bore his sufferings manfully, never uttering a 
complaint.

Although not a member of any church, there is no doubt that Mr. Fletcher was a 
genuine Christian. He made it a rule of his life to do unto others as he would 
have others do unto him. The writer of this article knew him for many years, 
and ever found him a true, honorable, upright and conscientious man. For weeks 
prior to his death, he knew that he must die, but the thought of death had no 
terrors for him. He was even anxious to go, long before he did. He felt that 
his work was done, and he approached the grave with no fears in regard to the 
life beyond.

The relatives, and especially the bereaved wife, have the heartfelt sympathy 
of many friends in this community in their hour of sore affliction. The 
funeral was held at the residence of his son, E. B. Fletcher, on last Tuesday 
morning at 10:30, and on the noon train the son started with the remains for 
Circleville, Ohio, where the remains will be intered in Forest Cemetery, which 
the skill and Industry of the deceased did so much to make beautiful.

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