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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

    FLEMING LAW, Attorney-at-law, was born in October, 1833, at Sunberry,
Liberty County, Ga. His parents were Josiah S. and Ellen S. (Barrett) Law, both
Georgians. His father was a minister of the Baptist Church in Georgia for over
twenty-five years, and died in October, 1853.

    The subject of this sketch was educated at the common schools: read law in
the office of Law & Sims, Bainbridge, Ga.; was admitted to the bar in 1853. He
was also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of that State in 1856. He
began the practice at Fort Gaines, Ga., which he continued until 1862, when he
entered the Confederate Army as a private in Company G, Fifth Georgia Cavalry,
and, being subsequently appointed to a non-commissioned office, he served in
that capacity until the war closed.

    After the war. Fleming Law was farming until 1867; came in that year to
Union Springs, and resumed the practice of his profession, to which he has since
sedulously devoted his attention. Since coming to Union Springs, he has held the
office of County Solicitor for six years, and has also been Mayor of the town.
As a lawyer he ranks well at the bar before which he practices.

    Mr. Law was married, in 18S56>, to Miss Caledonia A., daughter of William P.
and Ann A. (Baily) Ford, of Fort Gaines, Ga. They have four children: William
F., Callie, DeLacy, and Claud.

    Our subject has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for
thirty-five years, a steward therein for thirty years, and superintendent of the
Sunday-school at Union Springs for ten years.

    He was a lay delegate to the General Conference in 1878, 1882 and 1886;, and
to the Annual Conferences several years.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART III.
HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
COTTON BELT.


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