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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	N2003- 3
	Creator:	Gregory family.
	Title, Dates:	Gregory family papers, 1861-2003.
	Amount:	2.25 cubic ft.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Dr. William Gregory Fletcher was born in Gadsden County in 1886. His grandfather William T. Gregory fought in the Civil War in the Fourth Regiment, Florida Volunteers for Liberty County. During the 1900s, Dr. Fletcher was a licensed minister. He traveled to several churches throughout Florida and in Oakland, California. He was living in Oakland in the 1930s when he wrote most of the manuscripts in this collection. Dr. Fletcher also served as a missionary and pastor in the Middle East, India, and Cuba. The 19th century Gregory family plantation was located near Ocheese Landing on the west bank of the Apalachicola River. In 1936, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) moved the house across the river to Torreya State Park where it stands today. In 1961, William Fletcher's daughter Isobel donated a trunk from William T. Gregory's service in the Civil War to Torreya State Park for display in the Gregory House.
	Summary:	This collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, recollections, a scrapbook, and various other records that primarily document the life and experiences of Dr. William Gregory Fletcher. The recollections discuss the Gregory family and rural life in North Florida in the 19th and early 20th centuries and Dr. Fletcher's experiences as a missionary overseas. Other documents discuss various families and activities in Liberty and Gadsden counties such as community picnics, sugar cane grinding, farming, church services, clearing new land and education. There is a series of correspondence between Fletcher's daughter Isobel and the Florida Park Service concerning the donation of a Civil War-era trunk. The scrapbook includes letters, newspaper articles, photographs, and other materials related to Dr. Fletcher's career as a minister and missionary in the Middle East, India, Cuba, and the United States.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Fletcher, William Gregory, Dr. Gregory family. Florida Park Service. African Americans Florida. Agriculture Florida Church. Clergy. Education Florida Preaching. Railroads Florida Religion. Secession. Sugarcane Florida Photographs. aat Apalachicola River (Fla.) Gadsden County (Fla.) Liberty County (Fla.) Quincy (Fla.) Torreya State Park (Fla.)
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