Jonathan Wiley "John", son of Robert B. Fletcher & Sarah Jane Chambers, was born Jan 31, 1856 Somerville, Fayette Co TN, died Oct 14, 1933 Fayette Co TN & buried at Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
Occupation: Farmer
Religion: Member & choir leader of Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist Church.
Cause of Death: Pneumonia.
Married: Margaret Abigail Daugherty "Maggie" 1888 TN. She is the daughter of Jeremiah Daugherty & Eliza Todd & was born Aug 9, 1858 MS, died Feb 25, 1941 Hardeman Co TN & buried at Mt Olive Cem, Fayette Co TN.
Religion: Member of Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist Church, Mt. Olive Baptist Church & Mt. Tabor Baptist Church.

Children of John & Maggie:
1. Bessie Blanche born Apr 9, 1888 TN, died Feb 12, 1942 Fayette Co TN & buried at Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, Fayette Co TN.
Married: John W. Steele May 2, 1909 Fayette Co TN. He was born 1888 TN, died Feb 23, 1924 Fayette Co TN & buried at Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, Fayette Co TN.
Children: Vernon, John Olaf, Ercel & Fay.
2. Nettie Gertrude born Nov 9, 1889 Fayette Co TN, died July 11, 1971 Fayette Co TN & buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery.
Married: (1) John T. Gately Dec 18, 1907 Fayette Co TN. He was born 1874 TN. They were divorced.
Children: None
Married: (2) James Miller Smalley about 1919 Somerville, Fayette Co TN. He was born Jan 20, 1881 TN, died Sep 16, 1968 Memphis, Shelby Co TN & buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Fayette County.
3. Bertie Bliss born Dec 30, 1891 Fayette Co TN, died Feb 9, 1976 Portland, Multnomah Co OR & buried at Portland Memorial Mausoleum.
Married: (1) George Boothe about 1907. He was born about 1887 Somerville, Fayette Co TN. They divorced.
Children: Annie L. & Franklin.
Married: (2) Jonathan Jehue Arrowood Aug 28, 1922 Somerville, Fayette Co TN. He is the son of Mathias Arrowood & Sarah Honeycutt and was born 1856 Burns NC, died Nov 9, 1944 Fayette Co TN & buried at Asbury Cemetery, Fayette Co TN.
Children: Margaret, Gertrude, Enda, Edward & John Wilson.
4. Annie Jane born June 6, 1893 Fayette Co TN, died Aug 1982 Senatobia, Tate Co MS.
Married: (1) P.N. Mason June 12, 1909 Fayette Co TN. They divorced.
Married: (2) Neal Parker before 1917 TN.
Children: Neely
Married: (3) Frank Brannon before 1920 Somerville, Fayette Co TN. He was born 1889 Somerville, Fayette Co TN, died before 1930.
Children: Murrell
Married: (4) ? Revel after 1942.
5. John Wesley born Aug 8, 1895 Somerville, Fayette Co TN, died Mar 3, 1980 Coldwater, Tate Co MS & buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Fayette Co TN.
Married: Ruby May Stephen. She is the daughter of William Stephen & Dora Doyle & was born Apr 15, 1904 Fayette Co TN, died Mar 3, 1987 Memphis, Shelby Co TN & buried at Shady Grove Cemetery, Williston, Fayette Co TN. They divorced.
Children: Bill.
6. Marlin Black born Nov 18, 1897 Fayette Co TN, died Sep 14, 1924 Fayette Co TN & buried at Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Fayette Co TN.
Married: Emma Alice Stephen Jan 17, 1922 Hardeman Co TN. She is the daughter of William Stephen & Dora Doyle & was born Jan 14, 1907 TN, died July 27, 1996 Jackson, Madison Co TN.
Children: Wesley Blick.

Notes:
1. June 10, 1880 Hardeman Co TN census record shows Jonathan Wiley Fletcher age 25 living with Amanda McGowen & family in District 3. He is working as a farm hand. (pg 418a, #128)
2. 1888 - John Wiley Fletcher married Margaret Abigail Daugherty in Tennessee.
3. June 9, 1900 Hardeman Co TN census record shows John Wiley Fletcher age 45, Mittie age 40, Bessie age 12, Mattie age 9, Bertie age 8, Annie age 6, John age 4 & Marlin age 2 on their farm in District 3, New Castle. It is noted they had been married 13 years, had 6 children, all living. (pg 45b, #89)
4. Apr 15, 1910 Fayette Co TN census record shows John Gately age 36, Gertrude age 20 on their farm in District 15, Bolivar Road. Gertrude is listed as a farm laborer. They had been married 2 years with no children. (pg 109a, #6)
5. Apr 16, 1910 Fayette Co TN census record shows John Wiley Fletcher age 54, Margaret age 51, sons John age 14, Marlin age 12, daughter Annie Mason age 16 & divorced, his mother Sarah Jane age 82, a widow, on their farm in District 15 on Bolivar Road. It is noted that this was John's first marriage & Margaret's second marriage. Margaret had 8 children with 6 living. Sarah Jane had 8 children with 5 living. (pg 110, #26)
6. Jan 9, 1920 Fayette Co TN census record shows John Fletcher age 64, Margaret age 61, Bertie Boothe age 28, John Fletcher Jr. age 25, Marlin age 23 & Bertie's son Franklin age 7 on their farm in District 14 on the Bolivar-Macon Road. (pg 246b, #19)
7. Jan 15, 1920 Fayette Co TN census record shows James Miller Smalley age 39, Gertrude age 30 on their farm in District 15. Gertrude is listed as a farm laborer. Both were born in TN. (pg 267a, #50)
8. Apr 23, 1930 Fayette Co TN census record shows John Arrowood age 74, Bertie age 38, Margaret age 6, John age 4, P? age 3, Annie age 1 & Franklin Boothe age 17 on their farm in District 15. John is born in NC, all others in TN. John is listed as a farmer, Bertie as a farm laborer & her son, Franklin, is a cotton crop farmer. (pg 302a, #201)
9. Apr 23, 1930 Fayette Co TN census record shows John Fletcher age 75, Maggie age 71, son John W. age 35, grandson William age 3yrs, 5mo, daughter Annie Brannon age 36, Murrell Brannon age 4yrs, 11mo & grand-daughter Neeley Parker age 13 on their farm in District 15. (pg 302a, #202)
10. Oct 14, 1933 - John Wiley Fletcher died of pneumonia. (Fayette Falcon newspaper obituary)
11. Feb 27, 1942 - Maggie Fletcher died at the age of 83. (Fayette Falcon newspaper obituary)
12. 1971 Nettie Fletcher-Smalley died at the age of 81. (Fayette Falcon newspaper obituary)
13. Birth/death dates & places for John Wesley Fletcher are from SSDI. Last residence was listed as Tate Co MS & last benefit paid in Bolivar, Hardeman Co TN. The ssn was issued in Tennessee.
14. Death certificate for Wesley Fletcher, son of Marlin, showed his middle name spelled Blick. He signed his marriage certificate as Black instead of Blick.
15. Jonathan Wiley Fletcher is my 2C3R.

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