Biographical Sketch of Smith B. Fletcher, Jefferson County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Smith B. Fletcher, a native of Clermont County, Ohio, was born March 
26, 1844 and is a son of John and Eliza (Buckingham) Fletcher, the 
former a native of Virginia; the latter died when he was but three 
years of age.  Smith B. Fletcher was reared on a farm.  During the
late war he served as bugler in the Fifth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, 
and participated in some of the hardest fought battles.  After a 
short time of service, being discharged on account of disability, he
engaged in railroading, and when but twenty one years old was employ-
ed as a conductor on a passenger train running between Chillicothe
and Cincinnati.  In 1867 he went to St. Louis, and for several years
ran passenger trains on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, removing to
De Soto in 1874, where he has since lived, with the exception of one
year subsequently spent in St. Louis.  September 16, 1871 he married
Miss Eliza, daughter of Robert and Esther (Needham) Davidson.  Mr.
and Mrs. Fletcher have two children: Claude and Paul.  Mr. Fletcher
is a member of the A. O. U. W. and O. R. C.  Mrs. Fletcher is a mem-
ber of the Episcopal Church.  Mr. Fletcher owns several houses in
De Soto, also some business property in Sheldon, Ill.

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