My Genealogy Hound

MRS. ARAZINA FLEMING, who is now (1895) in her one hundred and second year, and is one of the oldest residents of Seneca County, was born in Ovid, N. Y., October 9, 1794, being a daughter of Timothy and Mary (Gorham) Cone. Her parents, who were originally from Connecticut, came to this county in 1793, at a period so early in its history that Indians still roamed over the sparsely-settled tracts of land. Here she spent her girlhood years, and, aiding in the housework on the farm, was trained for the active supervision of a home of her own.

The first husband of our subject was John Leddick, who died some eight years after their marriage. December 7, 1826, she became the wife of Robert Fleming, a farmer by occupation and one of the pioneers of the county. Sixteen years after her marriage, she was again widowed, Mr. Fleming dying February 3, 1858. She has no children. The family of which she is a member consisted of eight children, all of whom are deceased excepting herself, the oldest of the number, and a younger brother, who is seventy-six years of age.

October 9, 1894, Mrs. Fleming celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of her birth, on which occasion over one hundred persons were present and congratulated her upon having rounded out a full century. When a girl, she united with the Presbyterian Church, and hers has always been a useful, sincere Christian life. Notwithstanding her advanced years, she is in possession of all her faculties and still retains much of the mental strength that characterized her in earlier years.