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Fletcher, Hezekiah

Sessions Served    Other Information

Territorial House 1854 (District 6)

Party when first elected:  Not Available

Counties Served:  Dakota

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 6/16/1818
Birth Place: , Maine
Birth County: Washington
Birth Country: United States
Date of Death: 7/15/1892
Gender: Male
Religion: Baptist
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected): (Unknown)
Occupation (when first elected): None Listed

EDUCATION

Worcester Medical College of Massachusetts; Medical Degree; 1848

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Judge: Hennepin County, Minnesota (Judge of Probate); [Dates Unknown]
Judge: Hennepin, Minnesota (Justice of the Peace; served for 4-5 years); 1852 to ?
County Board/Commissioner: Hennepin County, Minnesota (Hennepin County Agricultural Society; founding commissioner); 02/26/1853 to ?
Postmaster: Minneapolis, Minnesota; 01/07/1854 to ?
County Board/Commissioner: Hennepin County, Minnesota (County Commissioner); 1860 to ?
U.S. Executive Branch: United States Land Office, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Receiver; Appointed by President Lincoln); 1863 to ? [Appointed]
State Governor Staff: Minnesota Governor Miller's Office (Aide De Camp); 02/1864 to ?

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Pricilla Sanborn (married May, 1847; she died in 1860); Laura Woodbridge (married July 13, 1864)
Children: Six children
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

He came to St. Anthony, Minnesota in 1850.

He built the third house in Minneapolis on the West bank and was the first postmaster there. The first Baptist services in Minneapolis on the West bank were held in his home in 1853 with only 10 members.

He was trained as a physician, but did not work in his trade while in Minnesota.

Sometime before 1873, he moved to Springfield, Missouri.

He is buried at Maple Park Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri.

Religion reported in The Minneapolis Tribune, August 5, 1884, p. 4.

Total Days Served: 364

SESSIONS SERVED

5th Territorial Legislative Session (1854)

  Session Details   Convened Date: 1/4/1854
Body: Territorial House
District: 06
Elected: 10/12/1853
Residence: (Unknown)
Term of Office: 1/4/1854 to 1/2/1855
Oath Date: 1/4/1854
Counties Represented: Dakota
Occupation: None Listed
Party: Not Available
Committees:
  • Estates and Escheats
  • Incorporations (Chair)
  • Judiciary
  • Printing
Session Notes: From 1849 to 1886, the term of office start date is uncertain.

OTHER INFORMATION

Articles & Books About

  • "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883.
  • "Location of Claims." Williams, J. Fletcher, et al. History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis: North Star Publishing Company, 1881, p. 373.

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