Francis Fletcher

For the circumnavigator, see Francis Fletcher (clergyman).
Francis Fletcher
Francis Fletcher
BornMarch 1, 1814 (1814-03)
Allerston, Yorkshire, England
DiedOctober 7, 1871(1871-10-07) (aged 57)
Dayton, Oregon
Burial place
Brookside Cemetery, Dayton, Oregon
OccupationFarmer
Known forEarly Oregon Trail Pioneer; Voted for the Oregon Provisional Government at Champoeg

Francis Fletcher (March 1, 1814 – October 7, 1871) was a prominent pioneer of the U.S. state of Oregon and a member of the Peoria Party.[1][2]

Biography

Born in Allerston, Yorkshire, England, he immigrated with his parents, William and Mary Fletcher and four brothers, to Nassagaweya Township, Ontario, Canada in 1825. Moving as a young man to Peoria, Illinois he joined the Oregon Dragoons and traveled overland on what was to become the Oregon Trail, arriving in the Willamette Valley of Oregon in 1840.[3] There he took a Donation Land Claim along the Yamhill River adjacent to his lifelong friend and fellow dragoon Amos Cook. On May 2, 1843, Cook and Fletcher were among the settlers present at Champoeg, Oregon who voted to create the Provisional Government of Oregon, the first American government west of the Rocky Mountains.[2]

Personal

In 1843 he married Miss Elizabeth Smith who had arrived in the Willamette Valley earlier that year after crossing the Oregon Trail with her parents, Andrew and Polly Smith.[2] The Fletchers raised eight children. Fletcher volunteered for service in the Cayuse War of 1848 and was on the first board of trustees of Willamette University. He died on his farm near Dayton, Oregon and is buried in Brookside Cemetery. His house in Dayton is on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]

References

  1. ^ Corning
  2. ^ a b c Dobbs
  3. ^ Patricia Kohnen. "Oregon Trail Timeline 1831 - 1840". Oregon.com. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department. July 16, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  • Corning, Howard M., editor. Dictionary of Oregon History. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, 1956.
  • Dobbs, Caroline C. Men of Champoeg. 1932. Reprint Cottage Grove, Oregon: Emerald Valley Craftsmen, 1975.

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