Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Fletcher, James H 
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Author: Past & Present Will County, 1907

JAMES H. FLETCHER. In all communities there are found men of enterprise, 
perseverance and business discrimination, who are the leaders in commercial 
circles and whose labors are an important element in the substantial 
upbuilding and growth of the community. To this class belongs James H. 
Fletcher, of Peotone. He was born in Peotone township, November 25, 1869, and 
was educated in the common schools, after which he spent a year in the State 
Normal School, at Normal, Illinois. Subsequently he engaged in teaching for 
eight years in the district schools, mostly in Peotone township. He is a 
painter and paper-hanger by trade and follows that pursuit to some extent in 
season. He also has a threshing outfit which he operates. In 1902 he purchased 
the business of his uncle James Barnhart and is now engaged in dealing in 
books, stationery, pictures, wall paper and novelties. In this connection he 
is enjoying a good trade because of his earnest desire to please his patrons 
and his straightforward business methods. James Fletcher was married to Miss 
Lizzie Morrison, who was born in Peotone township, September 11, 1870, a 
daughter of David and Matilda Morrison, who were pioneer farming people of 
Will county. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher have two children: Margaret, four years of 
age, and Alta Marie, in her second year. The parents are members of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Fletcher is serving as secretary of the 
official board and also as secretary of the building committee, and he did the 
painting on the new church edifice. He has served as township school treasurer 
and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. He also belongs 
to the Modern Woodmen camp. The Fletcher family has long been represented in 
Will county and its members have been recognized as men of honorable purpose, 
faithful in friendship and loyal and progressive in citizenship, while in 
business circles the name stands as a synonym for integrity and industry.

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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