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 HBRRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. She is the author of Alice Withrow; and Talks to Little Missionaries. She died July 31, 1900, in Lynchburg, Va. Fleming, Mrs. May Agnes Early, litterateur, author, was born in 1840 in New Brunswick. She was the author of sensational romances, some of which were issued under the pseudonym of Cousin May Carle-

Among them are Guy Earlscourt's Wife; Lost for a Woman; and Pride and ton.

She died in 1880. Fleming, Rufus Edward, soldier, was born

Passion.

In 1861 he was private in the sixth regiment West Virginia; and in 1865 he attained the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. in Virginia.

Fleming, Thomas, soldier, was born in 1727 in Botetourt county, Va. He was a revolutionary soldier; and attained the rank

He

of colonel.

died in August, 1776.

Fleming,

Maybury,

William

actor,

was

29, 1817, in Danbury, Conn. He known chiefly for his personations

born Sept.

became of Romeo, Claude Melnotte, Edgar in King Lear, Hamlet, Richelieu, Sir Giles Overreach, Sir Edward Mortimer, Mathias in The Bells, RoUa, Jack Cade, and a few special roles of poetic character. 7,

1866, in

New York

He

died

May

City.

Fleming, Williamina Paton, astronomer, was born May 15, 1857, in Scotland. In 1879 she became connected with the Harvard college observatory; and in 1898 was appointed curator of astronomical photographs at the observatory. She is the author of Annals of the Observatory. author,

Flenniker, Robert P., lawyer, jurist, was born in Pennsylvania. He was appointed a justice of the United States court for the territory of Utah. He died in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Fleming, Walter Lynwood, educator, author, was born April 8, 1874, in Brundidge, Since 1903 he has been professor of Ala. history in the West Virginia university. He is the editor of Documents Relating to Reconstruction, and of Lester and Wilson's Ku Klux Klan and Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama; Reconstruction of the Seceded States; and Documentary History

tem by which small sums of money were lent to such Indians as wished to buy tracts of land and build houses. She has published numerous papers and monographs, and a valuable report, Indian Education and Civi-

of Reconstruction.

lization.

Fleming, William, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1734. He became judge of the general court; and presiding judge of In 1779-81 he was the court of appeals. a delegate from Virginia to the continental congress.

He died February 2, 1824. WiUiam Hansell, lecturer, '

Fleming,

au-

thor, was born Aug. 23, 1844, in PhiladelFor several years he was secrephia, Pa. tary of the Shakespeare society of New BibliogYork City. He is the author of raphy of First Folios in New York City;

A

and

How

to

Study Shakespeare.

Fleming, William Henry, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 18, 1856, in AuHe graduated from the univergusta, Ga. sity of Georgia; and has received the degrees of C.E. and A.M. In 1777-80 he was superintendent of public schools in Augusta and Richmond county, Ga. Since 1880 he has practiced law. In

1888-94

he

was

a

member

of the Georgia legislature; and in

1894 was speaker ol the house. In 1884-85 he was president of the Georgia state bar association; and in 1895 was grand commander of the knights templar of the state of Georgia. In 1897-1903 he was a representative from Georgia to the fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh congresses as a democrat.

Fletcher, Alice Cunningham, ethnologist, was born about 1845 in Boston, Mass. Under the care of the woman's national Indian association.

Miss Fletcher established a sys-

Fletcher,

Asaph,

physician,

statesman,

was born June 28, 1746, in Westford, Mass. He was elected in 1780 to the convention that framed the constitution of Massachusetts; and labored earnestly to introduce into that instrument the principle of absolute freedom of worship. He died Jan. 5, 1839, in Cavendish, Vt. Fletcher, Austin

Barclay, educator, law13, 1852, in Mendon, Mass. He is also president of Fletcher Family Union; has been a trustee of Boston university; and a director in banks and various corporations. yer,

was born March

Fletcher, Benjamin, colonial governor. He colonial governor of New York in 169297; and in 1693-99 was colonial governor of

was

Pennsylvania. Fletcher, Charles, manufacturer, was bom Nov. 20, 1840, in England. Six of his large mills now stand upon the grounds of the Providence worsted mill company. Other industrial interests have been managed and promoted by him, including the Saranac, the National and the Fulton worsted mills; and in 1886 he bought the Narraeansett hotel.

Fletcher,

Duncan Upshaw, lawyer,

legisla-

United States senator, was bom Jan. 1859, near Americus, Ga. He was edu-

tor, 6,

cated at Vanderbilt university of Nashville, Tenn. and soon attained success at the bar of Florida. In 1893 he was a representative in the Florida state legislature; and in 1893-95 and 1901-03 was mayor of Jacksonville, Fla. In 1896-98 he was president