Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography: Benjamin Franklin FLESHMAN ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Transcribed and submitted by Darla Ruebush, , 1998. ************************************************************************** BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FLESHMAN - son of Michael and Elizabeth (SYDENSTRICKER) FLESHMAN, was born in Greenbrier County, near Lewisburg, March 18, 1829. His mother was a native of this county, and his father came to the county in 1798. They were among the early and prominent settlers in Anthonys Creek District, and his mother died on the farm they owned, in August 1839, aged about 44 years. The farm was soon after sold, but after many years was repurchased by the subject of this sketch, who brought his then aged father back to the old homestead, and here the old gentlemen died, in the house and in the same room where his wife departed this life forty-four years before, he dying March 25, 1883, in his 97th year. This farm, still owned and cultivated by Benjamin F. FLESHMAN, contains 250 acres, mostly bottom land, and lies on Anthonys Creek, at the mouth of Little Creek. The oldest grist and saw mill in the district is located on the land. The first wife of Benjamin F. FLESHMAN was Evaline J. HULL and their only child, Maggie J., is now the wife of William H. CLEEK, of Pocahontas County, West Virginia. At Knapps Creek, Pocahontas County, September 25, 1872, Benjamin F. FLESHMAN wedded Alice E. CLEEK, and their daughter, Addie Arrena, was born October 4, 1882. John and Phebe Ann (LIGHTNER) CLEEK are the parents of Mrs. FLESHMAN, who was born in Pocahontas County, March 16, 1847. During the civil war, Mr. FLESHMAN was a member of Company B, Edgars Battalion, Confederate army. Himself and wife are devoted and useful members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder. His post office address is Alvon, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock, 1974.