Fletcher Family
Collection Overview
The Fletcher Family collection includes family correspondence from the period 1826-1903 and photographs from circa 1860-1890. The material comes from the Fletcher Family subseries of the Consuelo Northrop Bailey Papers, which contains family papers collected by Consuelo's mother, Katherine Fletcher Northrop.
The correspondence included in this collection was collected by Ruth Allen Colton Fletcher, Henrietta Smith Fletcher, and Katherine Fletcher. Ruth was born in 1810 or 1811 to Lydia and Lemuel Colton of Sharon, VT. She married Andrew Fletcher in 1839, and lived in Waterville, Belvidere, and then Johnson, VT until her death, circa 1903. Her oldest surviving child was Andrew Craig Fletcher, who married Henrietta Smith in 1869. Henrietta was born in 1845 to Catherine and George Smith of Burke, NY. Katherine Fletcher was born in 1870 to Henrietta and Andrew Craig Fletcher of Jeffersonville, VT. She attended Johnson State Normal School from 1885-1887, graduating in January 1888.
The correspondence describes the experiences of several family members who moved west to New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and California. The correspondents recount in great detail the work of creating and managing their farms in these new states or territories, and many letters give meticulous lists of the prices of land, grains, stock, and groceries. The families in this correspondence endure a great deal of sickness and deaths and these as well as some accounts of their medical treatments are described in the letters. There are a few letters from Enos Fletcher and Charles Hogan that are from the Civil War, and several letters refer to the War and its effects on their communities. There is an account of the "St. Albans Raid" by Ruth's son Andrew Craig Fletcher, who was working in St. Albans at the time. Katherine Fletcher's correspondence with her family and classmates document her life and studies at Vermont's teacher training institution twenty years into its history as such.
Below is a list of most of the correspondents and their basic biographical information if known. Some of the dates are those found in Katherine Fletcher's geneaological research and some have been inferred from the correspondence. The list is alphabetized by first name.
Addie Melvin (friend of Katherine)
Addie Quimby (friend of Della Fletcher Oakes)
Almira T. (friend of Ruth)
Andrew Craig Fletcher (son of Ruth) (b. 1842; d. 1917; m. Harriet Smith 1869; ch. Katherine, Carrie, Rhett, Ray, Bess)
Andrew Fletcher (husband of Ruth) (b. 1812; d. circa 1892; m. Ruth Colton, 1839)
Angie Day (friend of Katherine)
Arvilla Coats Colton (sister-in-law of Ruth) (m. Moses S. Colton, 1824)
Ashley Dixon (uncle or friend of Andrew Craig Fletcher)
Bertha Daggett (friend of Katherine)
Betsey Verona Colton Jagua (niece of Ruth; daughter of Moses and Arvilla) (b. 1828; d. 1872; m. Seth Jagua; ch. Sarah Eveline)
Carlos Colton (nephew [older] of Ruth; son of Zebina and Lois Colton) (m. Hannah)
Carlos Colton (nephew [younger] of Ruth; son of Lemuel and Matilda Colton) (died young)
Carrie Blodgett (friend of Katherine)
Carrie Carroll (friend of Katherine)
Carrie Fletcher (sister of Katherine)
Carrie Maude (friend of Katherine)
Carseldana Colton Potter Holdridge (niece of Ruth; daughter of Moses and Arvilla Colton) (b. 1826; d. 1852; m. William Potter, 1843?, and Hiram Holdridge 1850?; ch. Cyril and another son)
Catherine Emily Alvord Smith (also spelled with a "K") (mother of Henrietta) (b. 1820; d. 1885; m. George Smith, 1840; ch. Edward, George Bent, Henrietta)
Clara Gris (friend of Carrie Fletcher)
Clark Pratt (m. Susan Colton, 1831; d. 1839?)
Cora Davis (friend of Katherine)
Curtis Colton (nephew of Ruth; son of Zebina and Lois Colton) (d. 1859?)
Cyrus Cornelius Pratt (nephew of Ruth; son of Susan and Clark Pratt) (b. 1833)
Daniel Willey (brother-in-law of Ruth) (m. Lydia Colton [sister], 1849)
Della (Adella) Fletcher Oakes (daughter of Ruth) (b. 1857; m. ? Oakes)
Edward C. Smith (brother of Henrietta) (b. 1843; d. 1933; m. Marilla S. Derby, 1869; ch. Carl Carlsmith, Mattie, Grace [died young], George [died young], Mabel [died young], Winifred)
Elias Fletcher (brother-in-law of Ruth)
Ella Fletcher [s.n.] (daughter of Ruth)
Ellen Colton Church (niece of Ruth; daughter of Zebina Colton) (m. John Church)
Enos Fletcher (brother-in-law of Ruth)
Florence [s.n.] (friend of Carrie Fletcher)
George and Mary Sprague (friends of Ruth from Craftsbury)
George Bent Smith (brother of Henrietta) (b. 1841; m. Lucy A. Brown, 1879; ch. Edward, Gladys)
Gertie Harrington (JSNS schoolmate of Katherine)
Harriet Fletcher Perham (friend of Ruth; sister of Andrew)
Harriet Hodgkin (acquaintance of Ruth)
Harry C Fallangton (friend of Katherine)
Henrietta Lurena Smith Fletcher (b. 1845; d. 1916; m. Andrew Craig Fletcher, 1869; ch. Katherine, Allison Craig [died young], Carrie, Edward George [died young], Rhett, Ray, Bessie)
Hiram Holdridge (2nd husband of Carseldana Colton Potter Holdridge, m.1850?, d. 1854?)
Ida Barton (teacher in Jeffersonville 1886-1887)
Ira Clark (nephew of Ruth by marriage) (m. Mary Powers)
Isa Hazen Thorp (JSNS schoolmate of Katherine)
Jane Fletcher (sister-in-law of Ruth)
Jennie Perry (also known as "Joe") (JSNS schoolmate of Katherine)
Joe [s.n.] (JSNS schoolmate of Katherine)
Julie Galushia (JSNS schoolmate of Katherine)
Katie Smith (daughter of George B. and Lucy Smith?)
Lemuel Colton (brother of Ruth) (b. 1800?) (m. Matilda) (ch. Lemuel and Carlos)
Lemuel Colton, Jr. (nephew of Ruth, son of Lemuel Colton) (m. Lue)
Levi Pratt (nephew of Ruth; son of Susan and Clark Pratt) (b. 1835)
Lizzie Harvey Hobart (grandniece of Ruth; daughter of Mary Pratt Harvey)
Lois Colton (sister-in-law of Ruth) (m. Zebina Colton)
Lucy [s.n.] (JSNS schoolmate of Katherine)
Lucy Brown Smith (sister-in-law of Henrietta) (m. George B. Smith)
Lucy L[eland?] (friend of Katherine)
Lue Colton (niece of Ruth; wife? of Lemuel Colton, Jr.)
Lulu F. R. (JSNS schoolmate of Katherine)
Lydia Colton (mother of Ruth) (b. 1767; d. 1852; m. Lemuel Colton, 1796)
Lydia Colton Willey (sister of Ruth) (b. 1804; d. before 1885; m. Daniel Willey, 1849)
Lyman Colton (nephew of Ruth; brother of Betsy Verona and Carseldana) (b. 1830?; d. 1884; m. Nancy, 1859?)
Mamie Flagg (friend of Katherine)
Maria Fletcher Horner (sister-in-law of Ruth)
Marilla Derby Smith (sister-in-law of Henrietta) (m. Edward C. Smith)
Mary A. Johnson (friend of Ruth)
Mary Powers Clark (niece of Ruth)
Mary Pratt Harvey (niece of Ruth; daughter of Susan and Clark Pratt) (b. 1831; m. Caleb Harvey; ch. Lizzie and Clark) (Not to be confused with Caleb's sister, Mary Harvey)
Matilda Colton (sister-in-law of Ruth) (d. 1883; m. Lemuel Colton)
Moses S. Colton (also known as Shepard) (brother of Ruth) (b. 1799; d. 1868; m. Arvilla Coats, 1825; ch. Carseldana, Betsey Verona, and Lyman)
Myrtie Grean (friend of Katherine)
Nate [s.n.] (JSNS schoolmate of Katherine)
Nida George (friend of Katherine)
Ruth Colton Fletcher (b. 1810/11, d. circa 1903; m. Andrew Fletcher 1839; ch. Infant, d. 1841; Andrew Craig; Frederick Cornelius; Emma Alvora, died young; Ella Aldora; Allison Evelyn, "Allie," a boy, died circa age 15; Ruth Adella, "Della")
S.H. Alvord (sister of Catherine Smith?)
Sally Dwinnell (aunt? of Ruth)
Sarah Nolan (sister-in-law of Catherine Smith)
Susan Colton Pratt (sister of Ruth) (b. 1806 or 1807; d. 1839; m. Clark Pratt 1831; ch. Mary, Cornelius, Levi)
Tom Guild (friend and JSNS schoolmate of Katherine)
Willis Hubbard (friend and JSNS schoolmate of Katherine)
Will Newcomb (JSNS schoolmate of Katherine)
Zebina Colton (brother of Ruth) (b. 1802; d. 1856; m. Lois Buck, 1831; ch. Zebina, Curtis, Carlos, Ellen)
Time Period Covered: 1826-1903
Related Archival Collection(s)
Consuelo Northrop Bailey Papers
Published: December 05, 2008, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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Creator(s)
- Fletcher, Henrietta [63]
- Fletcher, Katherine [50]
- Smith, Catherine [33]
- Harvey, Mary [31]
- Smith, Edward C. [30]
- Fletcher, Carrie [27]
- Colton, Lemuel [23]
- Unidentified [20]
- Smith, George B. [15]
- Hubbard, Willis [13]
- Fletcher, Andrew Craig [12]
- Flagg, Mamie [11]
- Colton, Moses Shepard [9]
- [s.n.], Joe [8]
- Colton, Ellen [6]
- Colton, Lyman [6]
- Guild, Tom [6]
- Jagua, Betsey Verona [6]
- L[eland?], Lucy [6]
- Pratt, Cyrus Cornelius [6]
- Colton, Lydia [5]
- Fletcher, Harriet [5]
- Smith, Lucy [5]
- Colton, Betsey Verona [4]
- Gauvin Brothers [4]
- Fletcher, Ruth [3]
- George, Nida [3]
- Merrill, [s.n.] [3]
- Newcomb, Will [3]
- Perry, Jennie [3]
- Smith, Marilla [3]
- Barton, Ida [2]
- Colton, Carlos [2]
- Colton, Curtis [2]
- Colton, Lemuel Jr. [2]
- Colton, Lois [2]
- Colton, Zebina [2]
- D.C. Heath & Co. [2]
- Davis, Cora [2]
- Fletcher, Elias [2]
- Fletcher, Maria [2]
- Hamm, A.J. [2]
- Johnson, Mary A. [2]
- Nolan, Sarah [2]
- Oakes, Della [2]
- Pratt, Mary [2]
- Sprague, George [2]
- [s.n.], Lucy [2]
- Allen, Viola [1]
- Alvord, S.H. [1]
- Barton, H. [1]
- Blodgett, Carrie [1]
- Carbee, Julie [1]
- Carey, E.M. [1]
- Carroll, Carrie [1]
- Church, Ellen [1]
- Clark, Ira [1]
- Clark, Mary [1]
- Cleveland, Mrs. G.D. [1]
- Colton, Arvilla [1]
- Colton, Carseldana [1]
- Colton, Lue [1]
- Cornell, Marion [1]
- Culver, E.W. [1]
- Day, Angie [1]
- Dixon, Ashley [1]
- Ervins, Blanch [1]
- Fallangton, Harry [1]
- Fletcher, Andrew [1]
- Fletcher, Enos [1]
- Fletcher, Jane [1]
- Galushia, Julie [1]
- Grean, Myrtie [1]
- Gris, Clara [1]
- Grout, W.P. [1]
- Harrington, Gertie [1]
- Hobart, Lizzie [1]
- Hodgkin, Harriet [1]
- Hogan, C.P. [1]
- Hogan, Charles [1]
- Horner, Maria [1]
- Huard and Langlois [1]
- Maude, Carrie [1]
- Melvin, Addie [1]
- Perham, Harriet [1]
- Pettengill, P.H. [1]
- Powell, P.A. [1]
- Powers, Mary [1]
- Powers, Mary M. [1]
- Quimby, Addie [1]
- R., Lulu F. [1]
- Shepard, Isaac [1]
- Smith, Carl [1]
- Smith, Katie [1]
- Snelson, H.W. [1]
- Sprague, Martha [1]
- T., Almira [1]
- Thompson, C.R. [1]
- Thorp, Ida [1]
- Thorp, Isa [1]
- [Burnell, M.S.?] [1]
- [Fallangton?], Harry [1]
- [Herrick?], E.D. [1]
- [Whipple, Mrs. Abed?] [1]
- [s.n.], Alberta [1]
- [s.n.], Burton [1]
- [s.n.], Ella [1]
- [s.n.], Florence [1]
- [s.n.], Gene [1]
- [s.n.], M. [1]
- [s.n.], Nate [1]
- [s.n.], S. [1]
Recipient(s)
- Fletcher, Katherine [183]
- Fletcher, Ruth [111]
- Fletcher, Henrietta [95]
- Fletcher, Andrew [64]
- Fletcher, Andrew Craig [41]
- Colton, Ruth [18]
- Fletcher, Carrie [8]
- Colton, Lydia [7]
- Family [7]
- Fletcher, Ella [3]
- Willey, Lydia [3]
- Fletcher, Rhett [2]
- Smith, Catherine [2]
- Smith, Edward C. [2]
- Smith, George B. [2]
- Classmates at Johnson State Normal School [1]
- Colton, Carlos [1]
- Colton, Susan [1]
- Dwinell, Harry [1]
- Fletcher, Henrietta [1]
- Fletcher, Ray [1]
- Hubbard, Willis [1]
- Oakes, Della [1]
- Pratt, Mary [1]
- Sheldon Prudential Committee [1]
- Smith, Carl [1]
- Smith, Lucy [1]
- Smith, Mattie [1]
- Willey, Daniel [1]
- [s.n.], Ella [1]
- [s.n.], Fitch [1]
- [s.n.], Jessie [1]
- [s.n.], Nate [1]
Format(s)
- text [452]
- still image [26]
Genre(s)
- letter [453]
- photographs [25]
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Title: Bertha Perham photographic portrait
Creator: Gauvin Brothers
Date: 1888
Resource type: photographs
Title: Bestsey Verona Colton to Ruth Fletcher, 1852 December 24
Creator: Colton, Betsey Verona
Date: 1852-12-24
Resource type: letter
Topics include the death of Verona's Grandmother (Ruth's mother), Carseldana (Verona's sister), the birth of Carlos Colton to Lemuel and Matilda, and the recovery of Curtis Colton.
Title: Betsey Verona Colton to Ruth Fletcher and Lydia Willey, 1852 May 20
Creator: Colton, Betsey Verona
Date: 1852-05-20
Resource type: letter
Topics include the death of Betsey's grandmother (Ruth's mother), their home and farm in Indiana, her health, age, and physical statistics, and the activities of family members.
Creator: Colton, Betsey Verona; Colton, Lemuel
Date: 1843-11
Resource type: letter
Topics include Carseldana's marriage with William Potter, Moses Shepard Colton's (Betsey Verona's father) move west, Moses Shepard's joining the Baptist Church, the value of wheat and corn, and farming and weather conditions in Ohio.
Creator: Colton, Betsey Verona; Colton, Moses Shepard
Date: 1850-04-28
Resource type: letter
Topics include Carseldana's remarriage, Lyman Colton's (nephew) beginning of work as shoe maker, an illegibly named person's marriage, the milder climate of Indiana, the state of the farm in Indiana, and the state of family members' health.
Title: Betsey Verona Jagua to Ruth Fletcher, 1865 August 20
Creator: Jagua, Betsey Verona
Date: 1865-08-20
Resource type: letter
Topics include her family's health, her daughter, Sarah Everline, the photograph of Craig which Ruth had sent, and the state of their crops.
![Thumbnail: Betsey Verona Jagua to Ruth Fletcher, [1855?] January [11?]](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/fletcher/CnbC063f005i001p001-thumb.jpg)
Title: Betsey Verona Jagua to Ruth Fletcher, [1855?] January [11?]
Creator: Jagua, Betsey Verona
Date: 1855-01-11
Resource type: letter
Topics include Betsey's continuing ill health, the death of Lemuel's and Matilda's son Carlos, the price of produce and stock, and a recent religious meeting and subsequent conversion of Betsey's husband.
Title: Betsey Verona Jagua to Ruth Fletcher, circa 1851 February 23 and March 5
Creator: Jagua, Betsey Verona
Date: 1851-02-23
Resource type: letter
Topics include the death of Hiram Holdridge, the husband of Carseldana, Verona's own poor health, Verona's marriage the previous fall, the state and value of their farm, and how Matilda Colton and Grand Ma get along together.
Title: Betsey Verona Jagua to Ruth Fletcher, circa August 1864
Creator: Jagua, Betsey Verona
Date: 1864-08
Resource type: letter
Topics include prices of cloth, a draft which may take her husband, Seth, to the war, and the effects of a dry summer.
Title: Blanch Ervins photographic portrait
Creator: Unidentified
Date: 1888
Resource type: photographs
Title: Blanch Ervins to Katherine Fletcher, 1886 March 11
Creator: Ervins, Blanch
Date: 1886-03-11
Resource type: letter
Topics include activities and schoolwork at Johnson State Normal School.
Title: C.P. Hogan to Katherine Fletcher, 1888 March 28
Creator: Hogan, C.P.
Date: 1888-03-28
Resource type: letter
Topics include forwarding her teaching application to the appropriate person with favorable remarks.
Title: C.R. Thompson to Katherine Fletcher, 1888 May 10
Creator: Thompson, C.R.
Date: 1888-05-10
Resource type: letter
Topics include his circumstances in Secor, IL, his personal habits, the advertisement he placed and to which Katherine responded, and a suggestion that she get a Post Office Box for their correspondence.
Title: Carl Smith to Katherine Fletcher, no year March 28
Creator: Smith, Carl
Date: 0000-03-28
Resource type: letter
Topics include how much he would enjoy sugaring in Vermont, the relative size of San Jose, California, and temperance lodge speakers.
Creator: Colton, Carlos; Colton, Zebina; Colton, Lois; Colton, Curtis
Date: 1853-03-02
Resource type: letter
Topics include the health of Curtis Colton, the death of an unnamed relative, the temperance movement, and family business activities.
Title: Carlos Colton to Andrew and Ruth Fletcher, 1888 March 25
Creator: Colton, Carlos
Date: 1888-03-25
Resource type: letter
Topics include building a house, his sister Ellen's children, and the separation of Lemuel (Jr.?) and his wife.
![Thumbnail: Carrie Blodgett to Katherine Fletcher, [circa 1886] May 10](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/fletcher/CnbC063f015i026p001-thumb.jpg)
Title: Carrie Blodgett to Katherine Fletcher, [circa 1886] May 10
Creator: Blodgett, Carrie
Date: 1886-05-10
Resource type: letter
Topics include recalling sledding with Katherine and her dislike of another girl.
Title: Carrie Carroll to Sheldon Prudential Committee, 1888 March 30
Creator: Carroll, Carrie
Date: 1888-03-30
Resource type: letter
Topics include Katherine Fletcher's qualifications for a teaching position in Sheldon.
![Thumbnail: Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher,
[1887 October 8] and Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/fletcher/CnbC063f019i012p001-thumb.jpg)
Title: Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher, [1887 October 8] and Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher
Creator: Fletcher, Carrie; Fletcher, Henrietta
Date: 1887-10-08
Resource type: letter
Topics include a visit from grandparents, activities with friends and school, return of a music teacher, and having a dress made.
Title: Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher, 1885 December 8
Creator: Fletcher, Carrie
Date: 1885-12-08
Resource type: letter
Topics include Katherine's plans to visit home and Carrie's school.
Title: Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher, 1885 July 29
Creator: Fletcher, Carrie
Date: 1885-07-29
Resource type: letter
Topics include attending a Promenade Concert in Calais, VT, attending a Lodge in Johnson, VT, and the activities of various friends.
Title: Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher, 1885 June 11
Creator: Fletcher, Carrie
Date: 1885-06-11
Resource type: letter
Topics include racing, baby birds in the field, horse riding, and the color of houses.
Title: Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher, 1885 November 19 and Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher
Creator: Fletcher, Carrie; Fletcher, Henrietta
Date: 1885-11-19
Resource type: letter
Topics include Carrie trying to get to Johnson, VT, and receiving her dolls for her birthday, and Dell's illness.
Creator: Fletcher, Carrie; Fletcher, Henrietta
Date: 1885-09-20
Resource type: letter
Topics include Henrietta's illness, a new music association, and material for Carrie's doll.
Creator: Fletcher, Carrie; Fletcher, Henrietta
Date: 1886-11-14
Resource type: letter
Topics include the end of school before Thanksgiving for Carrie, Henrietta's recent sore throat, plans to make Katie a dress, and the marriage of two young neighbors.
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