| LC control no. | n 87876288 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Fleming, Francis P. (Francis Philip), 1841-1908 |
| Variant(s) | Fleming, Francis Philip, 1841-1908 Fleming, F. P. (Francis Philip), 1841-1908 |
| See also | Florida. Governor (1889-1893 : Fleming) |
| Birth date | 1841 |
| Death date | 1908 |
| Place of birth | Duval County (Fla.) |
| Place of death | Jacksonville (Fla.) |
| Affiliation | Florida Historical Society Jacksonville Bar Association |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Politicians Lawyers Soldiers |
| Found in | His Memoir of Capt. C. Seton Fleming of the Second Florida Infantry, C.S.A., 1985, c1884: t.p. (Francis P. Fleming) introd., etc. (Governor; Francis Philip Fleming; b. 9/28/1841; d. 12/20/1908) LC manual cat. (hdg.: Fleming, Francis Philip, 1841-1908) His Did the Florida legislature of 1891 elect a senator? 1891: t.p. (Gov. F.P. Fleming) Francis P. Fleming wikipedia website, viewed October 29, 2020 (Francis Philip Fleming; born September 28, 1841 [in] Panama Park (now part of Jacksonville) in Duval County, Florida; died December 20, 1908; was an American politician and the 15th Governor of Florida from 1889 to 1893. Fleming was a Democrat. He was a Confederate soldier and lawyer before he became governor; was admitted to the bar in 1868, becoming a partner in the firm of Fleming and Daniel, later Fleming and Fleming. In 1871, he married Floride Lydia Pearson, the daughter of Florida Supreme Court justice Bird M. Pearson. Together the couple had three children: Francis Philip Jr., Elizabeth Fleming, and Charles Seton; authored a book memorializing his brother, titled The Florida Troops/A Memoir of Captain C. Seton Fleming C.S.A., 1884; Fleming Island, Florida (an un-incorporated community in between Orange Park and Green Cove Springs in Clay County, Florida, was part of the Fleming family's Spanish Land Grants. The area has since retained the name Fleming Island) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_P._Fleming> Fleming Family Papers Finding Aid, accessed via UNF Library Special Collections and University Archives, October 29, 2020 (Francis Philip Fleming; After retiring from politics in 1893, Fleming continued to practice law in Jacksonville and developed a strong interest in Floridiana and local history. He edited a two volume work by Rowland Rerick, Memoirs of Florida, helped to incorporate the Florida Historical Society in 1905, contributed several articles to the Society's Quarterly, and became the Society's President in 1907) <https://archives.unf.edu/repositories/3/resources/40> |
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