When Alton Buell Fleming was born on 25 February 1841, in Ohio, United States, his father, Daniel Charles Flemming, was 24 and his mother, Emeline Moon, was 23. He married Anna Brunger on 31 December 1869, in Oneida Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Sheffield, Lorain, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died on 31 January 1914, in Oneida Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan, United States.
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The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: ethnic name for someone from Flanders, from Middle English fleming. The word reflects a Norman French form of Old French flamanc ‘Fleming’, from the stem flam- + the ancient Germanic suffix -ing. In the Middle Ages there was considerable commercial intercourse between England and the Netherlands, particularly in the wool trade, and many Flemish weavers and dyers settled in England. This surname is also common in south and east Scotland and in Ireland, where it is sometimes found in the Gaelicized form Pléamonn.
German: variant of Flemming , cognate with 1 above.
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