Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - John Flesher
JOHN FLESHER
John Flesher, a farmer, was born in
Muskingum County, Ohio, February 20, 1820, and is a son of Henry and
Frances (Burgess) Flesher, the former a native of Virginia and the
latter of Ohio. Our subject was raised on a farm, and received a
common school education. He followed farming with his father
until 1865, when he came to Union County and settled in Claibourne
Township, on the farm he now occupies. He owns 164 1/2 acres of
land, fifty of it in Jackson Township, all of which he has made by his
personal labor. On August 15, 1844, he married Lainey Haines, a
native of Ohio of Dutch descent, by whom he has had eight children.
viz.: George W., deceased; Mary F., wife of S. H. Snowden; Landora S.,
deceased; Emma J., wife of James W. Shultz; Susannah, deceased; A. A.,
deceased; Walter L. and Arthur S. Mr. and Mrs. Flesher are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been a class
leader forty years. He has also been a trustee and superintendent
of the Sabbath school.