The Fleming Families of Buchanan County, Missouri

LEWIS V. FLEMING, well known in St. Joseph, is a native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and was born April 13, 18 17. His father, Benjamin, and his grandfather,

Benjamin, were natives of that state. His mother was Raphel Bowman, and her father, Henry Bowman, was an officer in the revolutionary war. Lewis was raised in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. His father was a ship carpenter and died when our subject was quite young. After receiving the benefit of a limited common school education he went to Philadelphia and learned the coach finishing trade, and in 1838, went to Cincinnati and worked as journeyman, after which he took up his above in Madison, Indiana, and there fitted up the first coach that ran on the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad. He was engaged for a time in conducting a shop at Georgetown, Kentucky, after which he located in Worthsville, Kentucky, where for nine years he was engaged in merchandising. In 1855, he came to Missouri, locating in DeKalb County, and was engaged in stock raising, until 1866, when he became a resident of this city. He first commenced steamboating, purchasing the ferry, and acted in that role until after the completion of the bridge. There were but few residents in Buchanan County, and in Doniphan County, Kansas, but what became acquainted with Captain Fleming. He was married at Madison, Indiana, in 1840, to Miss Amelia, daughter of James H. Wallace, an official on the Madison and Indiana Railroad. By this union they have had eight children, Ben W., Louis F., James W., Henry B., George, Edward and Charles S.; lost one, Robert. Mr. Fleming is a member of the I. O. O. F., and was a charter member of Washington Lodge, No. II, of Madison, Indiana. During the nine years stay at Worthsville, Kentucky, in connection with his business, he held the position of Postmaster. He was one of the prime movers and directors of the St. Joseph and Denver Railroad. His sons, Ben W., and George B., the matters; are among the sterling business men of St. Joseph.

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JAMES FLEMING, farmer and stock raiser, Section 34, Washington Township, postoffice St. Joseph, was born February 2d, 1830, in County Tipperary, Ireland, and was there reared and received a common school education. On the 8th of March, 1848, he emigrated to America, and landed at Quebec on the 20th of May. From there he went to Franklin County, New York, thence to Fleming County, Kentucky, in the spring of 1849 and from there to St. Louis, arriving in St. Joseph in the spring of 1850. He worked at odd jobs until 1857, and on the 22d of June of that year he married Miss Lydia Miller, a native of Athens CSunty, Ohio. They settled in St. Joseph and remained for 12 years. He was in the employ of Nave, Mc- Cord & Co. for some time, also with Andrew L. Kerr & Co. and others. He went West in 1860, and spent 7 years among the territories. He purchased the farm he now resides on in the spring of 1868, commenced improving it, and is now the owner of 114 acres of well improved land. He has a handsome residence, and a fish lake on the farm. He has filled the office of school director several terms. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming have five children, Mary, Margaret, (now Mrs. John Smith,) Agnes, Elizabeth and John D. Himself and family are members of the Catholic church.

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S. C. FLEMING, miller, postoffice Halleck, was born in East Tennessee. His education was fair. He was reared on a farm. He married August 13, 1854, Miss Adaline Stokes, also native of Tennessee. She died January 5, 1859. I'l 1864 he married Miss Mary Stone, a native of Tennessee. She was born March 15, 1838. They had four children: Minerva, born March 5, 1865; Mary E., born August 6, 1871; Edney T., born October 18, 1872; Emma, born July 20, 1877. They emigrated to Missouri in 1860, locating at Halleck. Mr. Fleming farmer for six years. He then engaged in milling, in which business he has continued up to the present (1881). He has seven acres of land all in orchard, and is now building a fine residence.

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M. K. FLEMING, freight agent, of the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad Company, is a native of Ohio, and was born in 1841. In 1861, he was married to Miss Mary Northup. Mr. Fleming was for four years in the army, serving in four different Ohio and Indiana regiments. In i87i,he emigrated to Nebraska, and in 1875, was transferred to Missouri, being all the time in the employ of railroads. He is a Mason, an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

As printed in the source¹. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.