History of Panama Park, (Duval County) Florida United States of America

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Francis Philip Fleming, governor of Florida, was born at Panama, Duval county, Fla., Sept. 28, 1841; son of Col. Lewis and Margaret (Seton) Fleming; grandson of George Fleming, a native of Ireland, who settled in Florida about 1783, and of Charles and Matilda (Sibbald) Seton; and great-grandson of Andrew and Margaret Seton of New York. He was educated by private tutors. At the beginning of the civil war he enlisted in Capt. John W. Starke's company of Florida volunteers, which was soon after incorporated into the 2d Florida regiment, and in July, 1861, left for the battle-fields of Virginia. In August, 1863, he was promoted 1st lieutenant in the 1st Florida cavalry in the army of Tennessee, and served until the end of the war. He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and practised in Jacksonville. He was married May 23, 1871, to Floride Lydia Pearson. In 1888 he was elected governor of Florida, and one of his first acts was to establish a state board of health. He was succeeded in 1893 by Henry L. Mitchell, and returned to the practice of his profession.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Panama Park, (Duval County) Florida

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