Thomas - Fletcher Cemetery, est. 1865
Pleasant Grove Rd
Burials
Pleasant Grove Rd
Burials
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First burial 1856 - Robert Thomas, first appointed sheriff of Henderson County, murdered on the family homestead at the end of the Civil War. There is no photo of Thomas or his wife Susan Reese Thomas. Married 1828, according to the Family Record
Only one of their four children is buried in this cemetery, Susannah Matilda Thomas Fletcher. There is a Civil War era photo of one of his sons, James Lafayette who served as a private 7th Battalion NC Cavalry, shown below. Included here because perhaps there may be a measure of likeness with his father Robert. Obituary of Susan Reese Thomas, from the Thomas Family Record. Transcribed as printed, Courtesy of Henderson County Genealogical & Historical Society
" Mrs. Susan Thomas, widow of the late Robert Thomas, was born July 25th, 1809, and departed this life July 30th, 1885, aged 86 years and 5 days. It was the writers privilege to have a long and intimate acquaintance with the deceased, an acquaintance reaching back over half a century, yea, I may say can't remember when I did not know "Aunt Susa," (as she was familiarly known.) And these years have brought to her many sorrows and bereavements, but thank God they have also brought them the sustaining grace of God. In the late war her afflictions and trials were extreme. Two sons were called into their country's service, one of which never returned to brighten the home of his childhood, and amid the gloom and sadness of the closing out of the war she was left a widow to mourn the loss of a tender and affectionate husband, but under all these afflictions the God in whom she trusted was her stay and support. "She feared the Lord from her youth," and in early life joined the Methodist church and lived a consistent member of the same to the day of her death, having fought a good fight and kept the faith and finished her course, she is gone home to receive the crown. [cont. right]
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Headstones of Robert Thomas (1806 - 1865) and Susan Reese Thomas (1809 - 1885)
James Lafayette Thomas (1842 - 1918) is buried in the nearby Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. His death certificate lists occupation as farmer.
Photo: Book: State Troops and Volunteers, Vol. 1, Greg Mast, 1995, NC D of Cultural Resources, Div of Archives & History [obituary continued]
One son and one daughter, Mr. James L. Thomas and Mrs. Mary Osborne, still survive her, and numerous relatives and friends cherish her memory and hope to meet her in the "sweet by and by." The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Neuton and the writer at the old homestead and family burying ground in the presence of a large congregation. C. M. Greer. Brevard paper please copy. " |
William Pinkney "W.P." Fletcher (1846 - 1906). Courtesy of Henderson County Genealogical & Historical Society
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William Pinkney "W.P." Fletcher is descended from the Fletcher line who lived in Fletcher, Henderson County. W. P.'s father was Joakim Fletcher and his grandfather was John Fletcher.
W. P. married Robert and Susan Thomas' daughter Susannah Matilda. Three of W.P. and Susannah's four children are buried here along with their spouses and children: Robert Jackson (married Rebecca Ann Hooker) Joseph Pinkney (married Maggie Orr) Susan (married Judson Wilson) Susannah died in 1876 and W.P. remarried Minerva Shepard. Minerva's one month old infant William F. is buried here, d. 1895 |
Susannah Matilda Thomas Fletcher's headstone
Minerva Shephard Fletcher's headstone
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Robert Jackson "Jack" Fletcher (1867 - 1952). Courtesy of Henderson County Genealogical & Historical Society
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Robert "Jack" Jackson and Rebecca Hooker Fletcher were married in ____.
Two of their seven children are buried in this cemetery: Infant George William (d. 1892) John Hooker Fletcher (1899-1951) photos of headstones
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Rebecca Hooker Fletcher (1868 - 1958). Courtesy of Henderson County Genealogical & Historical Society
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Courtesy of Evelyn Taylor Fletcher Holcombe
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Courtesy of Evelyn Taylor Fletcher Holcombe
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Courtesy of Evelyn Taylor Fletcher Holcombe
ADDITIONAL BURIALS - MATERIAL TO BE ADDED
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Joseph Pinkney Fletcher (1870-1944)
Maggie Orr Fletcher (1874-1951) Children: Walter T Flossie L Lillie B Jessie P Judson Madison Wilson (1880 - 1969)
Susan Fletcher Wilson (1876 - 1951) Children: William W Lizzie Minerva Patty E. Fletcher Garren (1881 - 1909)
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Eli Squire Shepherd (1815 - 1896)
Gravesite marked "Father" [to be documented] son, Benjamin David Sheppard (Shepherd) grandson, Lee James Sheppard (Shepherd) Altha L. (Althea Reese) Hawkins (1887-1948)
and her two infants unnamed fieldstone graves, 6
sunken graves, 2 unmarked in 1995 survey, now w/fieldstones |