This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fletcher Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1743 Message Board Post: In her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest of the pioneers in Fremont county. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1.--1852: Fremont county census, "Fulton Township" James Fletcher.....4m....3f 2.--1854: Fremont county census, "Sidney township" James Fletcher....4m....5f....1 voter....1 militia....no aliens 3.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, Sidney township: James Fletcher....39....b. Ind.....6 years in the State Melinda...............34........Ind....6 Margaret..............14........Ill......6 James K..............10........Mo....6 Martha J...............10.......Mo....6 Frances M............8.........Mo....6 Thomas B.............6.........Mo....6 Louisa Iowa...........5.........Iowa..5 Manda J...............2..........Iowa..2