Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Fleming, Charles M. March 20, 1854 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, page 170
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    Charles M Fleming, a prominent grocer of Uniontown, is a native of
Dunbar township, Fayette county, Penna, and was born March 20, 1854.  He
is the son of Thomas J Fleming and Mary Ann Smiley Fleming, both natives
of this county.  The mother died in 1879, and the father and two sisters
reside at Uniontown.
    C M Fleming was brought up on the farm until he attained his majority,
when he engaged as a clerk for Markle, Sherrick & Co coke operators,
continuing with them for two years, and then took a position with the H C
Frick Coke Company with whom he remained for two and one half years.  He
left Frick's store in 1881, and went to the Red Stone Coke Company as
manager of their store.  This position he held for over six years.  In
April, 1888, he came to Uniontown and bought out the grocery of O P
Markle.  
    In Uniontown he has built up a flourishing trade, and is a popular young
businessman.  He belongs to the Junior Order of American Mechanics, and is
a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. 

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