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Edmonia "Monie" Fletcher[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]

Female 1877 - 1933  (55 years)

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  • Name Edmonia "Monie" Fletcher  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth May 1877  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Court Case October 1909  Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Tried for arson
    Carried to Asylum 21 Dec 1909  Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Edmonia Fletcher taken to the asylum for burning the Chewning ba 23 Dec 1909  Fredericksburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Death 22 Jan 1933  Staunton, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I6937161555  Our BIG Family Tree
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2025 

    Mother Martha Elizabeth Fletcher,   b. Jan 1846, Orange, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft. 1920, Orange, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F3235  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Edmonia Fletcher charged with burning A.W. Chewning's barn    		Edmonia Fletcher charged with burning A.W. Chewning's barn

  • Sources 
    1. [S_1718526577] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S_1718148902] National Archives and Records Administration, Virginia 1910 Census Miracode Index, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    3. [S_1718085599] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1920; Census Place: Staunton Ward 1, Staunton (Independent City), Virginia; Roll: T625_1916; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 133.

    4. [S_1718270432] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1880; Census Place: Linvingston, Spotsylvania, Virginia; Roll: 1391; Family History Film: 1255391; Page: 398C; Enumeration District: 137.

    5. [S_1718158808] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1900; Census Place: Livingston, Spotsylvania, Virginia; Roll: 1728; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0082; FHL microfilm: 1241728.

    6. [S_1718155753] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1910; Census Place: Staunton Ward 1, Staunton (Independent City), Virginia; Roll: T624_1650; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0121; FHL microfilm: 1375663.

    7. [S1512918181] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014.

    8. [S1540773152] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    9. [S_1718153646] The Daily Star, 24 Sep 1909, VOL. XVII. NO. 80.
      ... Commonwealth v. Edmonia Fletcher for arson.

    10. [S_1718153646] The Daily Star, 22 Dec 1909, VOL. XVII. NO. 156.
      Sherrif R. M. Waller, of Spotsylvania, brought to this city Tuesday Miss Edmonia Fletcher, who was tried in Spotsylvania for burning the Chewning barn and found insane by the jury, and delivered her to Messenger Ficklen, of the Western State Hospital of Staunton, where she will be taken for treatment.

    11. [S1493683187] Newspapers.com - The Free Lance - 2 Dec 1909 - Page 3, (The Free Lance), Edmonia Fletcher charged with burning A.W. Chewning's barn. 2 Dec 1909.

    12. [S1493683239] Newspapers.com - The Free Lance - 23 Dec 1909 - Page 3, (The Free Lance), Edmonia Fletcher taken to the asylum for burning the Chewning barn. 23 Dec 1909.