Matthew C. FLEMING

  General Notes:

MATTHEW C. FLEMING, farmer and stockraiser; P. 0. Radnor. Among the leading and prominent men of Radnor Township, is Mr. M. C. Fleming; he was born on the farm he now owns and occupies. Mathew's father, H. C. Fleming, was a native of Pennsylvania, while his mother was of Welsh descent; when but a. lad, the father emigrated to Delaware County andengaged in the lucrative business of farming; here it was that Mr. Fleming met her who afterward became Mrs. Fleming. He was united in marriage April 24, 1823, to Susanna Jones ; from this union there were four sons and two daughters, four of whom are yet living; the mother departed this life Dec. 28, 1849; the father was again married; Catharine Evans was the second wife to whom he was married, February, 1851; she was a widow lady with a family of five children, four of whom are yet living; this last union resulted in the birth of one child, a girl, yet living; the father died March 7, 1873, followed by his wife June 3, 1873. The marriage ceremony of Matthew and Miss Melvina C. Finley was celebrated the 2d of December, 1861. The wife was a daughter of our subject's father's second wile; from this union there were three sous and two daughters\emdash Hattio V., Lola and Alonzo (twins), John F. and Charles L. Mr. Fleming enlisted in Co. A, 145th 0. V. I.: after serving out his time\emdash 100 days\emdash he returned home and again commenced the duties devolving on a sueeessf'ul farmer. He has ninety-one acres of excellent land, all of which is under a high state of cultivation. He is a Democrat, and liberal in religious views; is nicely settled near the Scioto River, where he enjoys, the many comforts of a successful farmer.