Duncan Upshaw Fletcher # 223 ( 1859-1936)

700 Seagate Ave, Neptune Beach, FL

Duncan U. Fletcher High School was founded 1937.  It sits on 20.5 acres and located at the beaches.

Beaches Museum Photo

The school was named in honor of Duncan U. Fletcher.  Fletcher was born in Georgia, graduated from Vanderbilt University and  after 1880 moved to Jacksonville, Fl working as a lawyer.  He became mayor of Jacksonville from 1893-1895.  After the Great fire of jacksonville, Fletcher was instrumental in getting the city back on a positive path. Fletcher served as a member of the Florida Senate for some 30 years.   By his pen, the Everglades National Park was introduced and signed into law in 1934 by President FDR.

Duncan U. Fletcher. Photo- Public Domain

He was chairman of the Board of Public Instruction from 1900-1907 and for many years was a trustee of John B. Stetson University and the St. Luke’s Hospital .  (Wikipedia).

 Fletcher died in Washington D. C in 1936. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida.

Memorial Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville- Photo-Find a Grave.

See you tomorrow

Nan

Sources: Wikipedia, Stetson University, Duval County, Personal visit to Evergreen and the school.

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