Book Description

Originally published in 1974, this invaluable resource for Fleming County history has been out-of-print for decades. A lifelong resident of Fleming County, Wade Cooper put into print the history of Fleming County, Kentucky, according to records he had in his hands for a number of years and to honor the brave pioneers of this section of Kentucky, both men and women, who came to make their homes and rear their families when this was a vast wilderness. Out of this wilderness has been carved some of the best farms in Kentucky. Their descendants are honorable men in the various business fields." Table of contents: Fleming County and The Man It Was Named For; Michael Cassidy, The Amazing Irishman; The Forming of Fleming County; Salathial Fitch; Old Fleming County Records; Life of John Cochran; Life of Joseph Porter; The Botts of Fleming County; The Overleys of Fleming County; William Quaintance of Fleming County; Prominent Citizens of Fleming County; Taken From "The Flag" - 1847; Judge R. H. Stanton; M. M. Teager, Attorney of Flemingsburg; The Ryans from Ireland to Flemingsburg; Flemingsburg and Fleming County, 1828 - 1833; E. M. Money of Fleming County; William H. Fischer, Grocer, Wholesale and Retail; Dan T. Fischer, Jeweler and Optician; James P. Harbeson, Circuit Judge; Life Story of Charles L. Dudley; The Powers of Fleming County; County and City Directory, 1871 - 1873; Bath County Killing, 1872; Charles Lawson, Druggist; 16th Vol. Infantry, U. S. A.; A Letter from J. T. Walker, 1882; Marriage and Deaths, 1883; Marriages of 1895; James P. Hendrick, The Presbyterian; Baldwin Piano Official; Fleming County, Kentucky Election of 1894; Dr. John Reynolds, Druggist; Railroad Accident, 1907; Judge C. E. Booe; Avenged At The Stake; Husband's Ire; Lynching; First 500 Draftees - World War I; Gems, Flowers and Bible Facts; Things To Think About --- Mason-Dixon Line; Isaac VanArsdell; House of Foul Play; Geographic Facts; An Old Account Book of 1792; My Old Kentucky Home; Concert of M. E. Church, South; Facts of Fleming County; The Slave Boy; Groundhog Day; Atlas of Fleming County; Fleming County's Worst Storm on Record; The Lost Town of Gath; The Gretna Green of the Ohio Valley; School Superintendents of Fleming County; Fleming County's Representatives.