History of Jericho, (Windsor County) Vermont United States of America

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Mary Martha Fletcher, philanthropist, was born in Jericho, Vt., Sept. 30, 1830; daughter of Thaddeus Russell and Mary Laurence (Peaslce) Fletcher, and granddaughter of James and Catherine (Russell) Fletcher. She was educated in the schools of Burlington, Vt. In 1873, with, her mother, Mrs. Mary L. Fletecher, she founded the Fletcher free library by a gift of $24,000 for books on condition that the city provide a building. In 1876 she gave to the city of Burlington $200,000 to found the Mary Fletcher hospital. This hospital which was dedicated and opened Jan. 21, 1879, on the death of Miss Fletcher in 1885, came into the possession of the bulk of the estate, amounting to about $340,000. In addition to founding the Fletcher free library and the Mary Fletcher hospital, Miss Fletcher by her will left the sum of $5,000 to the Winooski Avenue Congregational church, Burlington. She died in Burlington, Vt., Feb. 24, 1885.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Jericho, (Windsor County) Vermont

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