name of newspaper: St. Johnsbury Caledonian location: 190 Federal Street St. Johnsbury, Vermont 05819 phone number: unknown website: http://www.caledonianrecord.com/ about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Caledonian-Record source: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84023253/ ______________________________________________________________________ date of article: Wednesday, April 19, 1911 page: page 8 column: 2 source: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84023253/1911-04-19/ed-1/seq-8/ PERSONALS ... Col. T. C. Fletcher is seriously ill at his home on Main street. ... ______________________________________________________________________ date of article: Wednesday, May 03, 1911 page: page 4 column: 2 & 3 source: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84023253/1911-05-03/ed-1/seq-4/ RECENT DEATHS Col. T. C. Fletcher. Passed Away at 3.30 This Morning--Funeral Friday Afternoon. Col. Truman C. Fletcher, one of St. Johnsbury's most widely known citizens died at his home on Main street at 3.30 this morning. He had been ill for several months with valvular heart disease and in a critical condition for several days previous to his death. His two sons, Philip, of this place, and Carl C., of Swanton, were at the home at the time of his death. The funeral will be held at the house Friday afternoon at 2.30. Col. Fletcher was born in Underhill and was in the 66th year of his age. He was a very successful merchant here about 20 years ago. ______________________________________________________________________ date of article: Wednesday, May 10, 1911 page: page 4 column: 4 source: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84023253/1911-05-10/ed-1/seq-4/ RECENT DEATHS ... ... ... --------------- Col. T. C. Fletcher. The funeral of Col. Truman C. Fletcher whose death was briefly announced in last week's Caledonian was held from the residence on Main street last Friday afternoon at 2.30. The officiating clergymen were the Rev. G. W. C. Hill and the Rev. A. P Grint. Dean D. Patterson had charge of the arrangements. The house was filled with friends and neighbors and there was a very rich display of flowers about the casket. The honorary bearers were: Alexander Dunnett, F. G. Bundy, J. C. Clark, Dr. C. A Cramton, F. H. Brooks and C. H. Stevens. The body bearers were H. H. Carr, W. Grant Brown, John F. Puffer, E. E. Gage, Clarence A. Forrest and C. C Locke. Among those present from out of town were, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Murray of Burlington, Mrs. Eugene Velie of Ottawa, Ralph Fletcher and James S. Mitchell of Sherbrooke, George N. Roberts and R. S. Towers of Shelburne. As a mark of respect and in acknowledgment of the valuable service Mr. Fletcher had given in 21 years work as a director of the public schools all the flags on the schoolhouses in the village were hung at half mast last Wednesday, the day of his death. Col. Fletcher was one of the wealthiest and most influential residents of the village but an unostentatious man who had a cheery greeting and a courteous word for all acquaintances without discrimination regarding their standing in wealth. Although he retired from active business 25 years ago he was a large owner of real estate and identified with so many of the large business interests of the village that he was busy and always much interested in any proposed village activities. He also owned a fine estate in Shelburne which was inherited from his father. Truman C. Fletcher was born in Underhill Oct. 25, 1845, the son of Col. Frederick and Beulah (Chittenden) Fletcher and was educated in Williston and St. Lawrence academies and then entered the mercantile business in St. Johnsbury in which he was very successful and retired from active business in 1886. Since that time he had devoted himself to his investments and public duties. He was a director in the Passumpsic Savings bank and had been officially connected with the Merchants National which was founded by his father. Col. Fletcher was a life long republican and in his younger years was an active political worker. Besides serving as village trustee he represented St. Johnsbury in the legislature of 1886, was aide-de-camp on the staff of Gov. John W. Stewart, delegate to the national republican convention in 1884 and presidential elector in 1900. He also served four years as a railroad commissioner in Vermont from 1886 until 1890. Col. Fletcher was a member of several fraternal organizations, of St. Andrew's Episcopal church, and military societies. He was a member of Passumpsic Lodge, F. & A. M.; Haswell Chapter, R. A. M.; Palestine Commandery, K. T.; Mt. Sinai Temple of the Mystic Shrine; Apollo Lodge, K. P.; of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Society of Colonial Wars. He was also a trustee of the St, Johnsbury Cemetery Association having been reelected to that position the evening before his death. He was twice married, first to Katherine Knapp Brown, who died in 1890 and in 1901 to Belle F. Small, who with two sons, Carl C., of Swanton and Philip A., of this place, are the only survivors. May 1911 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31