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/1749 Message Board Post: During 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.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Sidney township" Samuel Fletcher....7m....4f....1 voter....3 militia....no aliens 2. 1856 Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Sidney township" Samuel Fletcher....50....b. VA.......7 yrs. in the State Charlotte...............41........Conn...7 Hiram...................18.........Ind......7 Matilda.................15.........Ind......7 William S..............13........Ind......7 Nancy Jane...........11........Ind......7 John P....................9........Ind......7 Emeline..................3........Iowa....3 Samuel R...............0........Iowa.....0