Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Flenniken, William March 25, 1808 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      William Flenniken, farmer and stock grower, was born 
March 25, 1808, on the farm where he now resides in 
Cumberland Township.  He is a son of John Flenniken and a 
grandson of James Flenniken who came east of the mountains 
to Greene County, and engaged in farming in Cumberland 
Township.  William's mother's maiden name was Mary 
McClelland; her parents were of Scotch Irish descent.  His 
father was born in Cumberland Township in 1774 and died in 
1855.  Of his nine children, William Flenniken is the 
fourth, and was reared on the farm with his parents.  He 
attended subscription school taught in one of the old log 
schoolhouses of that day, and afterwards engaged in farming 
as his life work.  He has met with unusual success and now 
owns the fine farm of 140 acres where he resides.
  
      His wife was Isabella Seaton, daughter of George C 
Seaton and Isabella McClelland Seaton, natives of Virginia.  
Mr and Mrs Flenniken have four children: George C Flenniken, 
a farmer in the west; Mary A Flenniken; William F Flenniken, 
who is at present on the home farm; and Laura J Flenniken, 
wife of Oscar Hartley.  In politics Mr Flenniken is a 
Republican; his wife is a faithful member of the 
Presbyterian Church.

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