Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....FLEMING, John 1827 - living in 1899
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  JOHN FLEMING, who for many years was a prosperous farmer near Campbell's Mills,
  Forks township, Sullivan County, Pa., is now living in happy retirement in the
  town of Forksville, where he is held in the highest esteem. He is a son of John
  and Ann (Curl) Fleming, and was born in the state of New Jersey, April 29, 1827.
  
    John Fleming, the father of our subject, located in Luzerne County, Pa., and
  there followed his trade as mason during the remainder of his life, dying at the
  age of fifty-five years. He married Ann Curl, who died at the age of about
  eighty years, and their children were as follows: Martha; Mary Ann; Rebecca;
  Julia; Rosella; Daniel, who was killed in war; John, the subject of this sketch;
  Russell, a resident of California; and two who died in infancy.
  
    John Fleming upon reaching the age of twelve years went to live with Joseph
  Warren of Forks township, a farmer by occupation, and after attaining man's
  estate, he purchased a tract of one hundred and twenty acres of timberland and
  immediately set about to clear it. This land is located near Campbell's Mills,
  Forks township, Sullivan County. There he erected a house and other substantial
  buildings necessary for carrying on his business. He transformed the tract from
  a wilderness to a beautiful farm, and beginning with little or no means he
  applied himself with great energy and accumulated sufficient wealth to enable
  him to retire in 1889. He disposed of his estate to Edward Bahl, and purchased a
  valuable lot in Forksville at the corner of Water and Main streets upon which he
  built a handsome house and a good barn. He has since resided there and has
  gained a large ntimber of friends who hold him in the highest esteem.
  
    Mr. Fleming formed a marital union with Zilpha Ann Rogers, who was born August
  2, 1829, and is a daughter of Moses A. Rogers, a record of whose life appears
  elsewhere in this Book of Biographies. This union resulted in the following
  issue: Isaac R., born October 25, 1854, a merchant of Picture Rock, and who
  married Minerva Matthews, by whom he has three children, Ora, Carl, and Bruce:
  Annie J., born April 7, 1856, married Charles Nye, and has one son, Claire;
  Clara B., born October 7, 1860, married to O. H. Gardner of the city of
  Minneapolis; Melvia A., born December 15, 1861, married Barton Molyneux of
  Buffalo, N. Y., and they have three children, Lee, Myrtle, and Chester; Mary S.,
  born January 2, 1863, married George Snyder of Forksville, and they have two
  children: Marion, and Lou; Delia J., born February 14, 1868, married Dr. William
  F. Randall, a resident of Dushore, and they have a son, Ralph; William R., born
  August 18, 1865, resides in Grafton, N. D.; C. Q., born October 14, 1870, who
  lives in Scranton, Pa.; Bertha, born September 21, 1872, lives at home with her
  parents; and Blanche R., who was born March 28, 1875, and died January 17, 1897,
  aged twenty-two years.
  
     Politically Mr. Fleming is an independent Republican and has held several
  minor offices of the township, such as assessor and tax collector. Religiously
  he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
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