Julia A. Herring was my great grandaunt, a daughter of George Washington Herring and Lucy Simco. She was born December 26, 1833 in Albemarle Co., Virginia. When she was two years old, her family made the journey to Callaway County Missouri.
On January 31, 1856, Julia married my 2nd great granduncle, Albert Samuel Fletcher, in Callaway Co., Missouri. He was born about 1827 in Virginia. He was a son of John and Mary Fletcher, my 3rd great grandparents on my father's mother's side of the family.
In 1849, Albert got the gold rush fever and went to California. He was in Calaveras, California in 1850, occupation minor. He probably didn't stay very long, he was back in Missouri by 1855. Many young men from Callaway County went to California at this time, many of them came back home within a year or two.
Albert and Julia had 7 children that I have found, because of several gaps in the years of birth, I'm thinking there were probably more children born, probably not living to adulthood:
- George Collier Fletcher b: abt 1857, Callaway Co. Missouri. d: Feb 18, 1881, buried Herring Private cemetery #1, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- obit - Callaway Weekly Gazette, Feb 25, 1881
Ham's Prarie - On last Saturday evening the remains of George C. Fletcher were brought to the family cemetery for internment. He had been ill for some time with typhoid fever --. He was about 24 yers of age.
- obit - Callaway Weekly Gazette, March 4, 1881
Feb 18, 1881, near Fulton, Callaway county, George Collier Fletcher, son of Albert and Judy A. Fletcher, aged 23 years, 10 months and 18 days.
- William R. Fletcher b: abt 1858, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: before 1898.
- Leona A. Fletcher b: abt 1860, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: after 1900.
- Married Nov. 28, 1885, Callaway Co., Missouri, Julius Thomas Gibbs, b: Apr. 4, 1863, d: Mar. 14, 1910, probably not in Missouri. He was a son of Churchill J. Gibbs and Jane Frances Dulin, and was my 3rd cousin 4 times removed.
- In this city, by Rev. G. W. Perin, on the 1st inst.. Julius T. Gibbs and Lou A. Fletcher.
Fulton Gazette
- Children:
- Dena L. Gibbs, b: abt. 1888, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Samuel Fletcher b: abt 1866, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Feb 17, 1871, Callaway Co. Missouri. buried probably Herring Private cemetery #1, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Newspaper notice: Samuel Fletcher Abt 5 17 Feb 1871 Missouri Telegraph (Callaway Co.) 10 March 1871
- James E. Fletcher b: March 3, 1863, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Dec. 4, 1936, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hams Prairie Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married before 1920, R. Dena unknown, b: abt. 1874, Missouri.
- Lucy A. Fletcher b: abt 1874, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: after 1898.
- Martin Lonnie Fletcher b: abt 1878, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: after 1898.
The youngest child on the 1880 census was born in 1878, but Julia was not listed on the 1880 census. I assume she died between 1878 and 1880. I have not found a cemetery record for her, nor a death record for her husband.
This has been a very hard family to trace. Mr Fletcher has been found as both Albert and Samuel. Julia has been found as Judith. Their children have also been very hard to trace, I have not found many marriages, death notices, census records or burials.
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