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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Tipton County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Samuel Fleming, farmer and citizen of the Twelfth District, is a son of Samuel and Kesiah (Wilson) Fleming, was born in Rutherford County, in 1882, and is one of seven children, three sons and two daughters living. The father was born in North Carolina, in 1798, was married in that State, and moved to Rutherford County, Tenn., and farmed until his death in 1835. The mother was born in Alabama, about 1800, and died in 1873. Both parents were members of the Christian Church. Our subject was raised by his mother and educated in Rutherford County. June, 1850, he married Jane, daughter of William and Massey Maxwell, and by this marriage had four children, three living: Don F., born in 1854; John Wesley, born in l856, and Amanda, born in 1859, wife of John Smith (deceased). Mr. Fleming came to Tipton County in 1853, and the first year lived near Covington, but since then has been a resident of the Twelfth District, and living on his present farm since 1865. He owns over 320 acres of good productive land. He has been a hard-working, industrious man, and has accumulated his property by his own labor, and in a good citizen and kind neighbor. He was formerly a Whig, but cast his first vote for President for James Buchanan in 1856, and is now a Democrat. Mr. Fleming is a true Christian though not identified with any church. Mrs. Fleming was born in Middle Tennessee, about 1828, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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This family biography is one of 91 biographies included in the book, The History of Tipton County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Tipton County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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