"Peter W. Fleming, was born in West Lebanon, Indiana, November 20, 1838, and is a son of Cornelius V. and Malinda A. (Clifton) Fleming. Mr. Fleming's first teach was Rev. Mr. Hall, a Methodist divine; he also attended the general school of the place. From 1856, he clerked for his father, in a general store, until he was twenty-one years of age, when his father gave the store to him and his brother William (who was killed during the war at Stone River).
Peter W. was likewise a soldier of the late war, having enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Indiana Infantry, May 4, 1864. He was commissioned First Lieutenant and honorably discharged September 21, 1846, after which he resumed mercantile business with his father, having since added dry goods, boots and shoes, etc., to the value of $10,000.
Mr. Fleming was married January 5, 1860, to Miss C.J. Sinkes, daughter of James M. and Jane Sinkes. To this union succeeded one child - Leland B.; Mrs. Fleming died February 19, 1867; Mr. Fleming was next married June 1, 1869 to Miss Arranna Craft, daughter of W. and Mary Craft, a native of Ohio. To this union were born three children, the first and last dying in infancy, the second only living - Lois B.
Mr. Fleming is Past Master in the Masonic order, also a member of Covington Chapter, H.R.A. In politics, he is Republican, and was Postmaster during the Lincoln administration." - Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana, 1883, pages 168 & 169
Peter W. was likewise a soldier of the late war, having enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Indiana Infantry, May 4, 1864. He was commissioned First Lieutenant and honorably discharged September 21, 1846, after which he resumed mercantile business with his father, having since added dry goods, boots and shoes, etc., to the value of $10,000.
Mr. Fleming was married January 5, 1860, to Miss C.J. Sinkes, daughter of James M. and Jane Sinkes. To this union succeeded one child - Leland B.; Mrs. Fleming died February 19, 1867; Mr. Fleming was next married June 1, 1869 to Miss Arranna Craft, daughter of W. and Mary Craft, a native of Ohio. To this union were born three children, the first and last dying in infancy, the second only living - Lois B.
Mr. Fleming is Past Master in the Masonic order, also a member of Covington Chapter, H.R.A. In politics, he is Republican, and was Postmaster during the Lincoln administration." - Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana, 1883, pages 168 & 169
"Peter W. Fleming, was born in West Lebanon, Indiana, November 20, 1838, and is a son of Cornelius V. and Malinda A. (Clifton) Fleming. Mr. Fleming's first teach was Rev. Mr. Hall, a Methodist divine; he also attended the general school of the place. From 1856, he clerked for his father, in a general store, until he was twenty-one years of age, when his father gave the store to him and his brother William (who was killed during the war at Stone River).
Peter W. was likewise a soldier of the late war, having enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Indiana Infantry, May 4, 1864. He was commissioned First Lieutenant and honorably discharged September 21, 1846, after which he resumed mercantile business with his father, having since added dry goods, boots and shoes, etc., to the value of $10,000.
Mr. Fleming was married January 5, 1860, to Miss C.J. Sinkes, daughter of James M. and Jane Sinkes. To this union succeeded one child - Leland B.; Mrs. Fleming died February 19, 1867; Mr. Fleming was next married June 1, 1869 to Miss Arranna Craft, daughter of W. and Mary Craft, a native of Ohio. To this union were born three children, the first and last dying in infancy, the second only living - Lois B.
Mr. Fleming is Past Master in the Masonic order, also a member of Covington Chapter, H.R.A. In politics, he is Republican, and was Postmaster during the Lincoln administration." - Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana, 1883, pages 168 & 169
Peter W. was likewise a soldier of the late war, having enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Indiana Infantry, May 4, 1864. He was commissioned First Lieutenant and honorably discharged September 21, 1846, after which he resumed mercantile business with his father, having since added dry goods, boots and shoes, etc., to the value of $10,000.
Mr. Fleming was married January 5, 1860, to Miss C.J. Sinkes, daughter of James M. and Jane Sinkes. To this union succeeded one child - Leland B.; Mrs. Fleming died February 19, 1867; Mr. Fleming was next married June 1, 1869 to Miss Arranna Craft, daughter of W. and Mary Craft, a native of Ohio. To this union were born three children, the first and last dying in infancy, the second only living - Lois B.
Mr. Fleming is Past Master in the Masonic order, also a member of Covington Chapter, H.R.A. In politics, he is Republican, and was Postmaster during the Lincoln administration." - Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana, 1883, pages 168 & 169
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