Background
Fletcher, James Cooley was born on April 15, 1823 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Calvin and Sarah (Hill) Fletcher.
Fletcher, James Cooley was born on April 15, 1823 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Calvin and Sarah (Hill) Fletcher.
Graduate Brown University, 1846. Attended Princeton Theological Seminary.
Ordained by Presbytery of Muncie, Indiana, 1851. Went to Brazil, 1851. Acting secretary United States legation Rio de Janeiro, 1852-1853.
Agent for American Bible Society in Brazil, 1855-1856.
Settled in Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1856-1862. Agent of America Sunday School Union to Brazil, 1862-1863, of America Tract Society, 1868-1869.
United States consul Oporto, Portugal, 1869-1873. United States charge d’affaires, Lisbon, Portugal, 1870.
Missionary, Naples, Italy, 1873-1890.
Moved to Los Angeles, 1890. President Los Angeles School of Art and Design, 1895-1901.
Married Henrietta Malan, August 28, 1850, at least 2 children. Married second, Frederica Jane Smith, October 22, 1872.