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(189G); ScopeJism (1897): A Trmjedy of the Great Plaijiie of JSlihiH in 1030 (1898; ; besides numerous contiibutious to nieJical auj scientific journals. FLETCHER, Ryland, governor of Vermont, was born m Cavemlish. Vt.. Feb. 18, 1T99; son of Dr. Asaph and Sally (Green) Fletcher. His father (born in Westford, Mass., June 28, 1746, died in Cavendish, Vt.. Jan. 5, 1839), was a member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention, 1780; re- moved to Vermont in 1787; was a presi- dential elector on the Monroe ticket in 1816, and was a iH'ac- tising physician. The son was educated in the common schools and at the Norwich military academy. He joineil the state militia in 1817 and rose 1)}' successive I^romotions to the rank of brigadier-gen- eral in 1835. He was prominent among the early advocates of anti- slavery. In 1S.')4 and 18.5.'j he was elected lieuten- ant-governor of the state and in 18.}6 was elected governor, serving two jears. He was a represent- fitive in the state legislature, 1861-62, antl was a member of the constitutional convention of 1870. He sub.sequently served several times as a presi- dential elector and as a delegate to Republican national conventions. Dartmouth conferred ujjon him the honorary degree of A.M. in 1869. He was married, June 11, 1829, to Mary, daughter of Eleazer May of Westminster, Vt. Their son, Col. Henry Addison Fletcher, served in the civil war, was an aide on the stuff of Goyernor Proctor in 1878, a member of the state assemblj' for eight years, a .state senator, 1886-87, lieutenant-gov- ernor of Vermont, 1890-91. and died at Proctors- ville in April, 1897. Governor Fletcher died at Prnctcu-sville, Vt., Dec. 19, lS8."i.

FLETCHER, Thomas Clement, governor of Missouri, was born in Herculaneum, Jefferson countj'. Mo., Jan. 31, 1827; son of Clement B. and Margai-et S. (Byrd) Fletcher. He attended the public schools of his native place and studied law while holding the position of clerk of the cir- cuit courts, 1849-.56. In 1857 he was admitted to the bar. He was a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1860 and 1864. In 1862 he joined the Union army as colonel of the 31st Missouri regiment and on Dec. 29, 1863, was wounded and taken prisoner and confine(,..

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and shortly afterward received the brevet rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. He served as governor of Missouri, 1865-69. He was elected by the Republican party governor of Missouri in 1864, as successor to Willard P. Hall, and on Jan. 6, 1865, when the new state constitution providing for the emancipation of

slaves in the state was adopted, Gov- ernor Fletcher issued a proclamation an- novmcing the same and describing the other changes in- duced by the adoption of the new constitution. He served till Jan. 1, 1869, when he was succeeded by Joseph G. SlcClurg and engaged in the practice of his profession. He died in Washington, D.C.. March 25, 1899.

FLETCHER, William Isaac, librarian, was born in Burlington, Vt.. April 28, 1844; son of Stillman and Elizabeth (Severance) Fletcher; grandson of Reuben Fletcher; and a direct de- scendant in the 8th generation of Robert Fletcher, who settled in Concord, Mass., in 1630. He was educated in the public schools of Winchester, Mass., and was assistant in the Boston athe- naeum, 1861-66. He was librarian of the Silas Bronson library, Waterbury, Conn., 1869-72; of the public library, Lawrence, Mass., 1872-74; in the Hartford, Conn., public libraries, 1874-83; and in 1883 was appointed librarian of Amherst college, from which he received the honorary degree of A.M. in 1884. He was admitted to the American library association in 1877. In 1869 he was married to Annie Le Baron, daughter of Francis Richmond of Hartford, Conn. He was collaborator on and continuator of Poole's Index to Periodical L'iterature (1883-97) ; editor of the Annual Literary Index (1887-97); and published ruhJir Libraries in America and Index to General Literature (1894).

FLICK, James P., representative, was born in Bakerstown, Pa., Avig. 28, 1845. He removed with his parents to Wapello county, Iowa, in 1853, and thence to Taylor county in 1857. He attended the public schools and on Ajiril 3, 1862, enlisted as a private in the 4th Iowa infantrj', serv- ing throughout the civil war. He was admitted to the bar in 1870, served in the 17th general assembly of Iowa, aiid was attorney of the 3d judicial district for six years. He was a Repub- lican representative from the 8th Iowa district in the 51st and 52d congresses, 1889-03.