Windsor

FLETCHER, Henry Addison

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, pp 140-141

Henry Addison FLETCHER, of Proctorsville [Windsor County, Vermont], was born 
11 December 1839 in Cavendish [Windsor County, Vermont], son of Ryland and 
Mary Ann (MAY) FLETCHER. The name of FLETCHER for three generations has been 
a prominent one in the town of Cavendish. Dr. Asaph FLETCHER was a member of 
the convention that framed the Constitution of Massachusetts. Having moved 
to Cavendish in 1787, he was also a member of the convention which applied to 
Congress for the admission of Vermont into the Union, was several times 
elected to the Legislature, and was also a county judge and presidential 
elector. Of his [Asaph FLETCHER's] family of nine children, the three most 
distinguished were: Horace FLETCHER, a prominent Baptist clergyman; Richard 
FLETCHER, a member of Congress and judge of the Supreme Court; and Ryland 
FLETCHER, who became lieutenant governor, and was the first Republican 
Governor of the state.

Henry A. FLETCHER was mustered into the U. S. service 23 October 1862 as 
first sergeant of Company C, Sixteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, 
commanded by Col. W. G. VEAZEY, was appointed sergeant major on 09 March 
1863, and commissioned second lieutenant of Company C on 02 April 1863. 
Republican; represented Cavendish in the House in 1867, 1868, 1878, 1880, and 
1882, and was a senator from Windsor County in 1886. Among his other 
legislative duties he served on the committees on banks, railroads, revision 
of laws, and the general committee. In 1878 he was appointed aide on the 
staff of Governor PROCTOR with the rank of colonel. In 1890 he was elected 
lieutenant-governor of the state. Member of Howard Post No. 33, Grand Army 
of the Republic, of Ludlow. Unmarried. Is a farmer residing on the old 
homestead, which has been owned and occupied by the family for more than a 
century. His name is equally associated with the distinguished memory of an 
honored ancestry and his own excellent record as a citizen and a public man.

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