Eliza Ellen FLETCHER

Eliza Ellen FLETCHER

Female 1845 - 1917  (72 years)

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  • Name Eliza Ellen FLETCHER 
    Born 22 Mar 1845  Boone County, Missiouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 30 Jul 1917  Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Harrison County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa
      Thursday, August 8, 1907

      Saturday afternoon about one o'clock MISS FLOSSIE FLETCHER, a young woman about eighteen years old, committed suicide. The tragedy occurred at the residence of Samuel Jones, one block north of the Q depot, where MISS FLETCHER had been making her home for some time, Mrs. Jones being an aunt of
      hers. The deed was deliberately planned and executed. She laid down upon the floor with her head upon a pillow, placed the muzzle of a 32 caliber revolver to her right temple and fired it. Death resulted almost instantly.
      Coroner Storie was called and upon viewing the remains and reading a letter written by her and addressed to a young man she had been keeping company with, which was full of accusation and good advice to him, he decided not to hold an inquest and issued a certificate of death accordingly.

      MISS FLETCHER had made an attempt to end her life a few days previous by taking some drug but which did not prove successful. Thus another young life has gone, like a flash of lightning, out into the great beyond. She had her troubles and her sorrows and brooded over them until they seemed greater than she could bear, and rashly concluded to end them all. Someone somewhere knows why she did this rash act, and someone knows they are responsible for it, and in all their future life they will never be able to
      forget it, and waking or sleeping the horror of it all like
      "Banquo's ghost" will refuse to stay down.

      Funeral services were held at the home at two o'clock Sunday, conducted by Rev. A.H. Stote, who by a few manly and well directed words drew a lesson that should be a benefit to the community, after which her body was laid
      away in Russell Cemetery.
    Person ID I17804  Complete
    Last Modified 6 May 2008 

    Family Allen Samuel JONES,   b. 5 Dec 1845, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1917, Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 11 Sep 1864  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Marietta JONES,   b. 28 Jun 1865,   d. 1866  (Age 0 years)
     2. Sarah Emma JONES,   b. 10 Mar 1867, Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Clayton New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. William Edward JONES,   b. 24 Feb 1869, Boone County, Missiouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1951, Billings MT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +4. Callie Ann JONES,   b. 9 Mar 1871,   d. 21 Jun 1955, Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     5. Minnie Alice JONES,   b. 19 Nov 1873,   d. 7 Aug 1917  (Age 43 years)
    +6. Nora Abigail JONES,   b. 21 Feb 1877, Inwood (Lyon) IA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1963, Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +7. Ada Belle JONES,   b. 7 Mar 1879,   d. 26 Feb 1966  (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F7031  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Mar 1845 - Boone County, Missiouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Sep 1864 - Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Jul 1917 - Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Rose Hill Cemetery, Harrison County, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S186] WPA 1930s Graves Registration Survey., b. 22 Mar 1845.

    2. [S186] WPA 1930s Graves Registration Survey., d. 30 Jul 1917.

    3. [S186] WPA 1930s Graves Registration Survey., bur. Rose Hill Cem., Missouri Valley (Harrison) IA.