City: Cleveland
FLETCHER, Andrew Jackson, lawyer: born Greenville, Tenn., March 11, 1861; Scotch-Irish descent; son of A. J. and Emma (Hickey) FLETCHER; father’s occupation, lawyer, and served one term in Senate before the war and was Secretary of State 1867-18; received common school education; reared on farm and worked while attending school; married Ella P. BLANTON Feb. 12, 1889; Republican; elected Circuit Court Clerk of Bradley Co., 1886; re-elected 1890; elected Attorney-General 17th circuit in 1894; re-elected Attorney-General of 4th circuit 1902, making 24 years of continuous public office holding; sole owner and proprietor of the Fletcher & Harrison Nurseries, one of the largest exclusive peach tree nurseries in the world; was a delegate to Republican National Convention Chicago 1908, and is now president of the Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association.
