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FLETCHER M. SALISBURY is the proprietor of the leading meat market of Marathon, Cortland County, and has acquired a trade that will compare favorably with any in the county. He is a son of Leander M. and Phoebe Ann (Meeker) Salisbury, and was born November 21, 1860, in the town of Silver Lake, Susquehanna County, Pa.

Leander M. Salisbury was a native of Delhi, Delaware County, N. Y., and received his education in the district schools of that town. He took up farming as a means of earning a livelihood, and followed it in Delhi until 1853, when he moved to Brackneyville, Susquehanna County, Pa. After remaining there a few years, he moved to Binghamton, N. Y., where he resided at the outbreak of the Civil War. He enlisted in Co. A. 137th Reg. N. Y. Vol. Inf., and was in the service but a short time, when he died. He was a brave and valiant soldier, ever faithful in the discharge of his duty, and he possessed the good will and respect of the entire company. Our subject’s father was united in marriage with Phoebe Ann Meeker, who was born in 1836, a daughter of Joshua Meeker, a native of Susquehanna County. As a result of this union, two children were born, namely: Elsie A., the wife of Adam Hilsinger, the efficient sheriff of Cortland County; and Fletcher M., the subject of these lines.

Fletcher M. Salisbury attended the public schools of Susquehanna and Cortland Counties. After leaving the parental roof, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and purchased a farm in the town of Willet. After a period of five years he gave up farming and went to Binghamton, where he was engaged in teaming for a short time. In 1888, he moved to Marathon and inaugurated a butcher business, which he still conducts. He carries a full line of choice meats, and by his honest and enterprising methods he has established a large and paying business. His trade increased rapidly from the first, and he is now obliged to keep two delivery wagons going all the time. He still owns a fine farm of one hundred and eighty-eight acres in the town of Willet. On May 7, 1882, Mr. Salisbury was united in marriage with Ella E. Lamb, and one child, Flora E., was born to make their home happy. Mr. Salisbury is a Republican, and takes an active interest in political affairs. He is at present serving as a deputy sheriff of the county. Socially, he is a member of Lodge No. 167, I. O. O. F., of Marathon.