Read Fletcher

Read Fletcher
Read Fletcher
	Fletcher, ca. 1866
Member of the; Arkansas House of Representatives; from Jefferson County
	In office; November 5, 1866 – April 2, 1868 Serving with Witt Williamson, Jr.
Preceded by	H. B. Allis; D. C. Hardeman;
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Postmaster of Pine Bluff
	In office; January 11, 1856 – May 13, 1856
Nominated by	Franklin Pierce
Preceded by	Joseph Merrill
Succeeded by	Thomas B. Morris
Personal details
Born	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	November 22, 1889; Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S.
Cause of death	Tuberculosis
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Eliza Tucker (m. 1855)
Relatives	Thomas Fletcher (brother)
Alma mater	Cumberland University (dropped out)
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States
Branch/service	Confederate States Army
Years of service	1861–1865
Rank	Captain
Commands	Company D, 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (1862–65)
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Read Fletcher (died November 22, 1889) was an American politician, lawyer, co-founder and editor of the Pine Bluff Graphic.^[1] Besides service on state court benches, he represented Jefferson County in the Arkansas House of Representatives.^[2] He previously served with the Confederate army during the Civil War.^[3]

References

^ Allsopp, Fred W. (1922). History of the Arkansas Press for a Hundred Years and More. Little Rock, Arkansas: Parke-Harper Publishing. p. 213. OCLC 697783476 – via Internet Archive.
^ Herndon, Dallas T. (1922). Outline of Executive and Legislative History of Arkansas. Special edition printed for distribution by the Arkansas History Commission. Ft. Smith, Ark.: Calvert-McBride Printing. pp. 80-89. LCCN 23027102. OCLC 1050267138. OL 7084386M – via Internet Archive.
^ "At Rest". The Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock. November 24, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.