William M. Fletcher was born 9 March 1828 in East New Market, the son of John H. Fletcher and Sarah Andrews. On 19 April 1858, he married Sarah C. Keene. She was born 10 July 1837, the daughter of Robert and Juliet Keene.
In 1889, William M. Fletcher and his brother John W. Fletcher purchased property from their brother Major S. Fletcher to settle a mortgage debt. Major Fletcher was ill at the time. The property included a storehouse and shop, Fletcher's Folly, and the "Buckland" property.
Mrs. William M. Fletcher
1896 - 1 lot in ENM with store & dwelling $3400
31 acres land lying between ENM and the Depot $930
16 May 1905 - Lot 50x118 in ENM from Wm. R. Sherman $200
1 May 1906 - reduced by 1 acre near depot at ENM to Charles Teel &
Samuel J. Curtis $30
31 May 1904 - reduced by 3 lots 1/2 acre each to Mary J. Cheeseman $150
reduced by 1 lot 1/4 acre to John E. Maxwell $50
reduced by 2 lots 60x300 feet each to Lida M. Smith $200
reduced by 1 lot (2 streets) 80x300 to E.E. Lord $100
reduced by 1 lot 50x118 to Wm. R. Sherman $200
16 May 1905 - reduced by lot & dwelling in ENM to C.A. & Henrietta
Wright $2400
1 May 1906 - reduced by 1 acre near depot in ENM to John A. Baker $30
23 January 1902 - insolvent
May 1909 - reduced by storehouse & lot to E.L. Holland & Co. $850
reduced by 1 lot 25x50 feet and by 1 lot 112x108 feet to Thos. W.
Collins $150
reduced by 2 1/2 acres between ENM & Depot to Leroy Lankford $75
19 May 1910 - reduced by 2 acres to E.C. Bell $60
reduced by 1 3/4 acres between ENM & Depot to E.C. Bell $52
reduced by 3 1/2 acres between ENM & Depot to C.W. Demott $105
reduced by 1/3 acre between ENM & Depot to Wm Stedman $10
1896 Tax Record
Wm M. Fletcher
1 lot in East New Market with store & dwelling $3400
31 acres of land lying between East New Market & the Depot $930
In 1903 William and John Fletcher sold one acre of the "Buckland" property to Lida Smith. Louis and Lida Smith built a house on this property in 1904. The house is now known as the "Lida Smith House".
Maryland State Legislative Laws 1906
...to a certain gift, grant, deed and conveyance of certain lands lying
in Dorchester county, near the town of East New Market, made by William
M. Fletcher and Sarah C. Fletcher, his wife, unto Frederick Pegelow and
others, trustees, in trust, for the use and benefit of the German Salem
Church, of East New Market, in Dorchester county.
William M. Fletcher died on 30 May 1913 and is buried in Cambridge.