JOHN R. FLETCHER, deceased, Auburn, Illinois, was born in Kentucky, September 15, 1827; son of James and Jane Fletcher. There was a family of sixteen children, eleven of which lived to men and women. James Fletcher emigrated with his family to Sangamon county in 1828, and located on Sugar Creek, Auburn township, where he died the following year. His mother died October, 1853. They were members of the old school, Presbyterian, and died as they had lived sincere Christians, and loved and respected by all who knew them. John R. was a mere boy when he came to the county, he was reared on a farm and received a liberal education. January 16, 1851, married Miss Margaret J. Kessler, a daughter of Benj. Kessler, of Auburn, where she was born September 26, 1831. By this union there was a family of seven children, two of whom are living, Anna S., now Mrs. Wm. H. Hunter and Jennie V. Mr. Fletcher died August 16, 1870; was a member of the Presbyterian church. He was a kind husband and an indulgent father, and was mourned by a large body of friends.