Archibald Robert Bell ¹ was born ¹ in 1875. He died ¹ in 1960. Archibald married ¹ Charlotte Isabella Adams in BET 1891 AND 1922.

Charlotte Isabella Adams [Parents] ^{1, 2} was born ^{1, 2} in 1875. She died ^{1, 2} in 1952. Charlotte married ¹ Archibald Robert Bell in BET 1891 AND 1922.

Archibald Grey Fletcher [Parents] was born ^{1, 2} on 2 Aug 1917 in Taegu, Korea. He died ³ on 7 May 2010 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was buried ⁴ in Live Oak Memorial Park, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Archibald married ⁵ Valeria Riggs on 16 Jun 2001 in Leavenworth, Chelan County, Washington, USA.

Archibald graduated ⁶ from High School in 1934 in Korea. He graduated ⁶ from Princeton University in Jun 1938 in Princeton, New Jersey. He graduated ⁶ from Medical School in Jun 1942 in Columbia University. He worked ⁶ with U. S. Army Medical Corps. in 1944/1946. He worked ⁶ as Surgical Resident with University of PA in 1946/1947 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He worked ⁶ as Residency with Montreal General Hospital in 1947/1948 in Montreal, Canada. He worked ⁶ as Senior Surgical Residency with University of PA in 1948/1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He worked ⁶ with Presbyterian missionary doctor in 1950 in India. In 1993/1996 He lived at 1420 Santo Domingo Ave # 68; Duarte, California 91010.

Other marriages:

Blair, Huldah Loring

April 4, 2007 PROFILE - Archibald G. Fletcher '38 Looking back on a lifetime abroad' By Nicole Oncina '05 (Nicole Oncina '05 is a writer at the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in San Francisco):

"When Archibald G. Fletcher '38 arrived in India in 1950 as a medical missionary, he knew he would be there for the "long haul," he says. Having grown up in Korea, where his father was also a medical missionary, he had decided to follow in his father's footsteps in medical school. During the 30 years he spent in Miraj, Maharashtra (about 250 miles southeast of Mumbai), Fletcher dedicated himself to fulfilling the needs of a medically underserved community, developing treatments for tuberculosis, heart disease, and cancers that were common in the community.

"When Fletcher, a surgeon, and his late wife, Huldah, a nurse, signed up with the Presbyterian Church, they thought they would return to Korea, where they had met as children — her father also was an American missionary. But at the final conference for outgoing missionaries, says Fletcher, the organizers said, "'We sure need somebody in India!' We decided that we would go to India instead, and never regretted it."

"The Fletchers spent a year becoming fluent in Marathi, the local language, before getting to work at the Wanless Hospital. When Fletcher began his mission at the 350-bed Wanless Hospital in Miraj, India, there were five foreign missionary doctors, about 10 Indian doctors, plus other junior Indian doctors-in-training. Fletcher worked in a variety of specialties (he even delivered two of his five sons), but focused on thoracic surgery because it previously was not practiced at the hospital.

"The challenge, excitement, and satisfaction of the job kept me there," Fletcher says. "I was doing something that was needed."

"He was pioneer in cardio-thoracic surgery in India.

"In 1980, the Fletchers left Wanless Hospital — having helped train a team of Indian doctors and nurses, missionaries were no longer needed — and returned to the United States to teach at the University of Washington, thinking their missionary days were over. But they were called back to Asia three times. He spent four years as a surgeon in Katmandu, Nepal, and three years running a hospital in Cameroon before spending a final year back in Miraj at Wanless Hospital.

(After retirement) "and living with his second wife, Valeria, in Duarte, Calif., Fletcher recently self-published his autobiography, To India and Beyond (Xlibris), which chronicles his medical contributions abroad and his attachment to Asia. Last fall he returned to the Wanless Hospital to endow a new wing devoted to neurology and neurosurgery and to visit old friends. Looking back over his career, he says, "India and Nepal and Cameroon each came to seem like home for us."

Obituary: "Dr. Archibald Fletcher Jr., Former Director of MMC, went away to his heavenly abode on 7th May 2010 at the age of 93 in his home Westminster Garden, at Duarte, CA USA. Dr. A.G. Fletcher along with his wife Mrs. Hilda Fletcher came to Miraj in 1950. Dr. Fletcher served MMC, local Church and community at large with unparallel dedication and fervor. Dr. Fletcher was a great leader with vision, excellent surgeon, a good medical teacher and an able Hospital Administrator. He was pioneer of modern health services in Western Maharashtra and North Karnataka. Dr. Fletcher served in Wanless Chest Hospital from 1956 to 1960 as a Medical Superintendent and Cardiothoracic Surgery who brought name and fame to the Wanless Chest Hospital by performing first successful open heart surgery in India with the help of Dr. R. Padhi. During his tenure from 1962 to 1977 he worked very hard to develop Wanless Hospital with modern buildings for hospital, state-of-art medical equipments and new medical treatment facilities. Therefore he was called 'A modern Architect of MMC' after Dr. Wanless.

"From 1962 to 1974, Dr. Fletcher was Director of the Miraj Medical Centre. He constructed new building for hospital (existing Administrative Block to Radiology Dept.), new bungalows for consultants, student nurses hostel, Meuttman hostel, IHR Hostel, hospital chapel, Fletcher Hall and Ortho. Workshop and guest house. In 1962, with his vision and drive and tireless work, he established today's Government Medical College at Miraj with the help of Maharashtra Govt. He became Professor and Head of Surgery Dept. of the Medical College. Today mainly due to his leadership, medical education has become possible for hundreds of boys and girls. According to his agreement with the Govt. of Maharashtra, MMC could sponsor and train about 90 Christian doctors at Govt. Medical College, Miraj. Some of these doctors are shouldering the responsibilities at MMC and also at various mission hospitals and other hospitals. Dr. Fletcher was responsible for starting modern care for poor patients, dialysis unit for kidney failure patients, Radiotherapy treatment for Cancer patients by installing Cobalt machine, Coronary Care unit etc. Dr. Fletcher performed and started critical services at Wanless Hospital and gave new life to many patients. He developed all basic specialties and started Religious Work Dept. Apart from his commitment to the health services; he devoted his stay at Miraj to the Glory of God. He was an active leader in formation of the Kolhapur Diocesan Council of the Church of North India. He was also an Elder of the Miraj Christian Church, KDC, CNI. He was an excellent human being and had a social concern. He used to take part in almost all social activities, Christmas sports. He was President of Indian Medical Association, Miraj and Staff Research Society of Govt. Medical College, Miraj and Lions Club. After his early retirement in 1977, Dr. Fletcher continued to serve MMC till his death by raising funds for MMC through PC USA, Medical Benevolence Foundation and ASHA US AID grant and other large donations from Presbyterian Churches in USA for new Cath Lab in 1989, construction of Miraj Heart Institute in 1994 and Mother and Child Block in 1999.

"Dr. Fletcher also gave large donations through his family funds for CT scan in 1996 and for Miraj Institute of Neuro Sciences in 2006. Dr. Fletcher’s life was exemplary to Christians and non-Christians. His witness for Jesus Christ – living and glowing. During his entire period of services at MMC, he showed through his life what wonders can be achieved, through total surrender and commitment of Jesus Christ.

"Dr. Fletcher left behind his wife Mrs. Valerina, five sons and their families. MMC upholds the bereaved family and pray to the God for His grace and comfort for them.

"A condolence/memorial service was held in hospital Chapel on 12.05.2010 where rich tributes were paid by the staff observing two minutes silence in Dr. Fletcher’s memory. He believed in 'Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life. He that believe in me, though he dies, yet shall he lives'."

Dr. Archibald Grey Fletcher [Parents] ¹ was born ^{2, 3, 4} on 16 Aug 1882 in Tilbury East Township, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died ^{1, 5} in Jun 1970 in California. He was buried ⁶ in Live Oak Cemetery, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Archibald married ^{1, 7} Jessie Lawson Rodgers ¹ in 1915 in Seoul, Korea.

Archibald worked ² as Missionary Doctor in 1920 in Ventnor City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA. He was naturalized ⁸ into USA on 21 Nov 1944 U.S. District Court, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, USA.

In 1900 US census he is found with Uncle, James Fletcher, in Boise, ID.

His WWI draft card from 1917 & his WWII draft card from 1942 lists his contact as Dr. W. G. Fletcher of Orchard, Nebraska.

Parents born in Scotland. Found indexed as Aniabald G. in the 1920 census (Ventnor City, Atlantic County, New Jersey). Living at 1 N. Portland Ave, Ventnor City, NJ in 1920. The family of Dr. Ralph G. Mills (Missionary Dr.) seems to be at the same address in 1920. And Rev. Howel Vincent is next door at 3 N Portland.

TAIKU: population 60,000; 77 miles inland from Fusan, and 155 miles southeast of Seoul ; Station opened in 1899. Missionaries — Rev. James E. Adams, D.D., and Mrs. Adams, Rev. H. M. Brucn and Mrs. Bruen, Rev. Herbert E. Blair and Mrs. Blair, Rev. E. F. McFarland and Mrs. MacFarland, Rev. Walter C. Erdman and Mrs. Erdinan. Rev. George H. Winn and Mrs. Winn, Archibald G. Fletcher, M.D., and Mrs. Fletcher, Miss Harriet E. Pollard, Miss Martha Switzer, Miss Elizabeth B. Bekins, Miss Gerda O. Bergman, Rev. Harold H. Henderson and Mrs. Henderson. [Reports of the Boards; By Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly; Published 1919]

Jessie Lawson Rodgers [Parents] ¹ was born ^{2, 3, 4} on 9 Mar 1884 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. She died ⁵ on 31 Aug 1971 in California, USA. She was buried in Live Oak Cemetery, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Jessie married ^{1, 6} Dr. Archibald Grey Fletcher ¹ in 1915 in Seoul, Korea.

Jessie resided ⁷ at 1105 N 42nd Street in 1900 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. She worked ⁸ as Clerk with R. Rand in 1910 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Father from PA. Mother from Ireland, per 1920 census. Ship record from 23 May 1928 lists her as Jessie Lawson FLETCHER (with birthplace of Philadelphia), while other documents call her Jessie R. Could the R have been for Rodgers and Lawson have been her middle name?

Jessie Rodgers is found with her father (Robert Rodgers) in Philadelphia, PA. Her birth of Mar 1884 matches the birth date of 9 Mar 1884 found in the CA death index for Jessie R. Fletcher. Further this 1900 census has her father from PA and mother from Ireland (as does the 1920 census).

On a 23 May 1928 ship manifest she is named "Jessie Lawson". She might have been Jessie Lawson Rodgers. Her initial appears to be "L" in the 1910 Delaware County census.

Herbert Edgar Blair [Parents] was born ¹ on 23 Sep 1878 in Salina, Kansas. He died ² on 20 Feb 1945 in Los Banos Internment Camp, Philippines. Herbert married ³ Susan Gillett about 1902.

Herbert graduated ⁴ from Salina High School in 1896 in Salina, Kansas, USA. He worked ¹ as Student in 1900 in Park College, Parkville, Platte County, Missouri. He worked ¹ as Presbyterian Missionary to Korea in 1930 in Princeton Borough, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.

In 1900 census he is at Park College, Parkville, Platte County, Missouri. Father from Iowa mother from Ohio.

Susan Gillett [Parents] was born ^{1, 2} on 12 Jan 1877 in LaSalle County, Illinois, USA. She died ³ on 25 Sep 1966 in Duarte, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Susan married ⁴ Herbert Edgar Blair about 1902.

Susan worked ¹ as Presbyterian Missionary to Korea in 1930 in Princeton Borough, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.

Per census data: father from Indiana, mother from Mass. A 1920 ship passage document lists her, Herbert and all four girls as Scotch. I assume they are all of Scottish ancestry.

William Charles Fletcher [Parents] ¹ was born ^{1, 2} on 22 Apr 1846 in Fletcher, Ontario, Canada. He died ² on 1 Dec 1891 in Fletcher, Ontario, Canada. He was buried ^{1, 3} in 1891 in Stewart Cemetery, Tilbury, East Kent County, Ontario, Canada. William married ^{1, 4, 5} Elizabeth Fletcher on 23 Jan 1873 in Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada.

William worked ⁶ as farmer in 1873/1882 in Ontario, Cnanda.

William Charles Fletcher married Elizabeth Fletcher his 1st cousin.  Their common ancestors are James Fletcher and Elizabeth Gray.

Elizabeth Fletcher [Parents] was born ¹ on 11 Oct 1849 in Logie Coldstone, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She was christened ¹ on 10 Nov 1849 in Logie Coldstone, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She died ² in 1889 in Ontario, Canada. She was buried ³ in Stewart Cemetery, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth married ^{2, 4, 5} William Charles Fletcher ² on 23 Jan 1873 in Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada.

Elizabeth Fletcher married William Charles Fletcher her 1st cousin.  Their common ancestors are James Fletcher and Elizabeth Gray.

Edgar Wilson Blair [Parents] was born ¹ on 12 May 1847 in Kossuth, Iowa. He was christened ² on 9 Jan 1848 in Presbyterian Church, Yellow Springs Twp, Des Moines, Iowa. He died ³ on 10 Feb 1929 in Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, USA. He was buried in Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Block A, Lot 11, Space 9, Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA. Edgar married ⁴ Emma Ann McClure on 11 Jan 1872 in Louisa, Iowa.

Edgar worked ⁵ as US Land Officer in 1870 in Junction City, Davis County, Kansas, USA. He worked ⁵ as Laywer in 1900 in Salina, Kansas. He worked ⁵ as General Practice Lawer in 1910 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA. He resided in 1926 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA.

Still living with wife in 1920 census.

He married Emma Ann McClure on 11 January 1872 at Kossuth, Iowa. He was a clerk for the United States Land Office between 1870 and 1880, but by 1900, he had become a lawyer; his practice was first in Salina, Kansas and later in Joplin, Missouri.

OBITUARY: Topeka (Kansas) State Journal issue of February 11, 1929:

"Former Salinan Is Dead

"Edgar W. Blair, 81, Was Father of Missouri Justice

"Funeral services for Edgar W. Blair, 81, father of Supreme Court Justice, David E. Blair, will be held in the Presbyterian Church here tomorrow morning. The body will be taken to Salina, Kan. for burial. Death occurred last night.

"The elder Blair is survived by his widow, three brothers and three sisters and four sons. The sons are David E., supreme judge of Missouri, William N. and Herbert E. missionaries in Korea, and Summer H. of St. Louis.

"Born in Kossuth, Ia., in 1847, Edgar W. Blair moved to Salina, Kan., where he practiced law for a number of years, later moving to Joplin where he continued his law practice. He came to Jefferson City after the election of his son to the supreme bench in 1921."

Emma Ann McClure [Parents] was born ¹ on 16 Oct 1849 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA. She died ² on 13 Aug 1929 in Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, USA. She was buried in Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Block A, Lot 11, Space 9, Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA. Emma married ³ Edgar Wilson Blair on 11 Jan 1872 in Louisa, Iowa.

Still living with husband in 1920 census.

John Cope Caldwell was born on 27 Nov 1913. He died ¹ in Oct 1984 in Tennessee. John married Elsie Isabel Fletcher ².

From "The Korea story" - Page 3 - by John Cope Caldwell, Lesley Frost - History - 1952 - 180 pages:

"It was to be the romantic background for courting my future wife, Elsie Fletcher, whose parents, Dr. and Mrs. AG Fletcher, had long been missionaries in ..."

Possibly the son of Mary Belle (Cope) Caldwell.

Elsie Isabel Fletcher [Parents] ¹ was born ^{2, 3, 4, 5} on 2 May 1916 in Taegu, Korea. She died ⁶ on 30 May 2011 in Tennessee, USA. Elsie married John Cope Caldwell.

On 16 Aug 1934 Elsie FLETCHER, age 16, is found on a ship record with her brother Archibald. They are students. She is listed as "c/o Mr. R. Rodgers; 414 Swarthmore Ave.; Ridley, Park, Penn." This is her Grandfather, Robert Rodgers.

In "WAVES, Ahoy!" by Elsie (Fletcher Caldwell):

"When the US declared war in December 1941, my parents were missionaries in Korea (then a possession of Japan). So my parents became prisoners, incarcerated in their own home. However, other missionaries whom I knew were thrown in jail or even tortured. I heard about this in the summer of ’42 when the US and Japan agreed to an exchange of prisoners, which included my parents.

"This was my motivation for asking the dean of the college where I was teaching to allow me to quit in mid-term and join the Navy, the acceptance of women by the armed Forces having just been announced. The Navy was willing to accept me but said that I must go in as an enlisted WAVE because my father was Canadian and I had been naturalized for less than 10 years. They did, however, give me the interesting job of aerial free gunnery instructor (using synthetic devices). I taught both officers and enlisted gunners at Pensacola, NAS, and Norfolk. In one class, a young class member became bothersome; so I asked him to stay after class. As soon as we were alone, he said, "How about a date?" "Henderson," I replied, "I wouldn’t go on a date with you if you were the last man alive." After that he behaved fairly well in class.

"The dean of my college, CDR Margaret Disert, was the CO of the boot camp I attended. When she heard about the JLS she recommended me because of my Korean background and cum laude at college and at that point the Navy seemed to forget that I could not be an officer because I had not been a citizen for ten years. So I struggled through Boulder and was commissioned. [You could not be a normal officer, but you could be an officer in a highly classified field. The same thing happened to me for other reasons - bumped from military intelligence only to be assigned to a nuclear capable, field artillery unit. Go figure, some security risk.]

"Since the WAVES were not sent overseas, most of us JLS Wave grads ended up in Washington, DC, working at Naval Communications. The US had broken some of the Japanese codes and the messages we worked on were in language (Japanese), but were often fragmentary and jumbled. I still feel traitorous talking about this hush-hush work, although I’ve often wondered whether the old messages most of us worked on really were very important in the war effort [Virtually all the WWII intelligence papers have been declassified, allowing RAD Layton and others to write their books. Most of the authors stress that decryption would have been of little use without translation and interpretation].

"Anyway, life in Washington, DC was difficult because transportation and housing were so over-taxed with the swollen war population. I had an old (’35) Chevy coupe which ran with difficulty. One rainy day as I drove along I spotted a Navy Captain on the crowded sidewalk; so I stopped and offered him a ride. He jumped in with alacrity. Remembering my boot camp training, I saluted as well as I could while driving and said, "Ensign Fletcher, Captain." To which he replied, "Captain Richardson (or whatever his name was)".

"Four of us WAVES, studying ads in the paper, found an old farm house in Falls Church for rent that was something like $50.00 a month. It was a cute little house with a screened-in porch and a big, beautiful yard, but no running water. There was a hand pump by the sink, a coal stove, and an outhouse. We moved in. When the weather was good, our Navy friends liked to visit us, and we exchanged country visits for city showers. One time we decided to invite a group and serve sukiyaki. This entailed carefully saving up red meat points, but we finally had enough.

"The party was going well. Everyone had had a few drinks, and the first pan of sukiyaki had been served. I went in the kitchen to prepare the second pan-full only to find that the cocker spaniel belonging to one of us had managed to get on the low kitchen table and eat the rest of the meat. However, all was not lost. We had some carefully hoarded luncheon meat in the ice box; and everyone had had a couple of drinks, as mentioned, and had enjoyed the first round; so they didn’t seem to notice that the second round was inferior, or they were too polite to say so! Such was the life of the JLS WAVES during WWII."

Obituary: "CALDWELL, Elsie Fletcher, who died on Monday, May 30, 2011 was born of missionary parents in Taegu, Korea, May 2, 1916. She graduated high school in 1934 from Pyong Yang Foreign School, Pyong Yang, North Korea. She was a 1938 graduate of Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA and received her Masters degree in religious education from New York University in 1941. She worked for the New York city Mission from 1939 - 1941 and taught at Montreat College in North Carolina from 1941 - 1942. Mrs. Caldwell served her country honorably as a Lt. j.g., intelligence officer in the United States Navy from 1943 - 1946. She attended a Japanese language school, after which she translated captured Japanese documents. In Korea, Mrs. Caldwell was a Cultural Officer with the United States Army and the United States State Department from 1946 - 1950. In 1949, she married John C. Caldwell in Korea and they evacuated Korea together in 1950 and settled in Nashville, TN in 1951. She assisted her husband with writing his many travel related books and conducting his tours to the Orient and around the world. Mrs. Caldwell operated the Golden Dragon Import Shop from 1964 - 1968 and then founded Caldwell Travel with her son Billy and daughter Betsie in 1977. She retired from Caldwell Travel in 2002, but remained Chairman of the Board. Her husband, John C. Caldwell died in 1984. Mrs. Caldwell is survived by three children David Caldwell of Raleigh, N.C., William Caldwell of Nashville, TN, Elizabeth Richards of Mobile, AL, and two step children, John Caldwell, Jr of Nashville, TN and Kendall Morris of Barnesville, GA, one brother, Dr. Donald Fletcher of New Jersey, five grandchildren, six step grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and six step great grandchildren. Memorial services will be held at Calvary United Methodist Church on Saturday, June 4, 2011, 10 am and burial to follow at Harpeth Hills Memorial Gardens."

Alfred Leonard Arner ^{1, 2} was born ^{1, 3, 4, 5, 6} on 19 Oct 1882 in Essex, Ontario, Canada. He died ^{1, 5, 6} on 13 Jun 1958. Alfred married ^{1, 2, 7} Minnie Jane Adams ^{1, 2} in 1906.

Alfred resided ⁸ in 1901 in Colchester (South/Sud), Essex (South/Sud), Ontario, Canada. He was born in 1882. He was born ² about 1883 in Essex, Ont. He was born ⁸ in 1882 in Ontario. He was born ⁹ in Oct 1882 in Ontario. He was born ⁷ on 19 Oct 1882. He died in 1958. He died ^{4, 7} on 13 Jun 1958. He died ⁴ on 13 Jun 1958. He resided ² in Ontario, Canada. He resided ⁹ in 1911 in Essex South, Ontario.

Minnie Jane Adams [Parents] ^{1, 2} was born ^{1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} on 9 Jan 1880 in Tilbury, Kent, Ontario, Canada. She died ^{1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} on 7 Feb 1980. Minnie married ^{1, 2, 4} Alfred Leonard Arner ^{1, 2} in 1906.

Minnie resided ⁸ in 1911 in Essex South, Ontario. She was born in 1880. She was born ² about 1881 in Tilbury. She was born ⁸ in Jan 1881 in Ontario. She died in 1980.