JAMES FLEMING, a prominent farmer of Peru township, Morrow county, is a son of Isaac Fleming, a native of Pennsylvania, and a son of Henry and Lovisa (Sackett) Fleming.  The latter died in Pennsylvania.  Henry Fleming came to Ohio in 1814 with his eldest son, William, where he was among the early pioneers.  He cleared his farm, and died there in 1848.  Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fleming had four sons, viz: William, who married Catherine Wyan, and had fourteen children, seven now living; Isaac, the father of our subject; John, who married Annie Keene, and had seven children, three now living; and James married Lydia Lilly.  All four sons died in this locality.
     Isaac Fleming was born in 1794.  He came to Ohio in 1816, locating just north of where our subject now lives.  He married Elizabeth Wyan, born in Pennsylvania 1797, a daughter of John Wyan, whose death occurred in that State.  Mr. and Mrs. Fleming had seven children.  The eldest, Sarah Ann, married Nehemiah White, both now deceased, and they had three children, ––William, Elizabeth Daily and James.  Benjamin was the next in order of birth, and his sketch appears in this work.  The third child, James, is the subject of this sketch.  Washington, deceased, married Rebecca Minter.  Lydia, deceased, was the wife of David Hatton, and they had the following children: John, Delilah Green, George, Sidney, Chloe Baldwin, Marion and Harvey.  By her first husband, Christopher McCornber, she had two children, Sarah Jane Zent and Edwin.  The sixth child in order of birth, Nelson, married Elizabeth Barton, and resides in Brown township, Delaware county; Sidney married Lydia McDaniel, deceased, and they had three children, ––Harry, Fred and Mary.  For his second wife he married Emma Clark, and they reside in Brown township.  Isaac Fleming died at the age of seventy-eight years, and his wife died at the age of seventy-four years.  They were members of the Presbyterian Church.  In political matters the father affiliated with the Democratic party, and served as Justice of the Peace and Township Clerk for many years.
     James Fleming, the subject of this sketch, was born on the old homestead in this county, January 27, 1824, where he also grew to manhood.  After his marriage he farmed on rented land in Brown township, Delaware county, three years, and then came to his present place.  He now owns 340 acres of land in Morrow county, and 173 acres in Delaware county, all under a fine state of cultivation.  With the exception of 143 acres, Mr. Fleming has earned all he now owns.  In his political relations he affiliates with the Democratic party, and has served as School Director and Road Supervisor for many years.
     November 6, 1847, our subject was united in marriage with Rachel Heverlo, a daughter of William and Maria (Lancaster) Heverlo, natives respectively of the State of Delaware, and of Peru township, Clinton county, New York.  The father was a son of Andrew Heverlo, who located in Berlin township, Delaware county, Ohio.  William Heverlo came to Peru township, then Delaware county, where he purchased and improved a farm.  His death occurred August 29, 1834, aged forty-two years.  The mother is still living, aged eighty-nine years, and makes her home with her children.  They were the parents of five children, three now living, ––Mrs. Fleming; Jackson, of Eden Station, Ohio; and William, of California.  The father was identified with the Democratic party, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was a member of the Baptist Church.  After his death the mother was married a second time, and had three sons, all soldiers in the civil war, and two of them died in the service.  Mr. and Mrs. Fleming have had nine children, seven now living, namely: Albert married Jane McDaniel, and has two sons; Hattie, wife of David Hickson, and they have two sons and four daughters; Wilbur married Effie Mason, and has two sons; Lester married Ettie Channel, and has one son; Harper married Jennie Foster, and has two daughters; Ona is the husband of Orpha Taylor; and Myrtle married Bert Bunker, and they have one son.  They have two children deceased.  Maria was the wife of Leroy Gale, who served in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the late war.  They have eleven children living, ––Lavina, Almon, Wesley, Rachel, Lester, Kittie, Herbert, La Fayette, Margaret, Cisely, and Bessie.  The second child, Lizzie, died at the age of four years.  The family are members of the Advent Christian Church, in which Mr. Fleming is Trustee.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 396-397
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

JAMES FULTON, a retired farmer of Lincoln township, was born in Congress township, Morrow county, May 18, 1827.  His father, James Fulton, was a native of Greene county, Pennsylvania, and his father was born in Ireland.  James Fulton was married in Greene county, Pennsylvania, to Margaret Stoydell, who was born and reared in that county.  In 1825 they purchased 100 acres and located in Congress township, now Morrow county, and lived in a wagon until they could build a log cabin.  Mr. Fulton became the owner of 420 acres, also erected a sawmill, and was one of the influential men of his locality.  His death occurred in his seventieth year, and .his wife departed this life at the age of sixty-one years.  They were members of the Presbyterian Church for many years.  He was a life-long Democrat and held many township offices.  James Fulton and wife had eight children, namely: John, who died on his way to California; William, deceased in that State; James, the subject of this sketch; Samuel, of Brown county, Kansas; Mary, wife of Paul Cyphers, of that State; Stephen, who resides on the old homestead in Congress township; Robert, also at home; and Isabel, deceased in infancy.
     James Fulton, the third child in order of birth, assisted on the home farm until twenty-five years of age.  In 1870 he began farming for himself in Congress township, but shortly afterward came to his present home.  He is the founder of the village of Fulton.  At the time of the building of the T. & O. C. Railroad, Mr. Fulton solicited the company many times for a station here.  They finally agreed to locate it if he would raise $1,000.  He took it upon himself to circulate a subscription paper, himself heading the list with $50, which he placed in the bank at Mount Gilead.  Every man then went and paid his full subscription without solicitation.  The place was first called Lincoln Station, but was afterward named Fulton, in honor of our subject.
     Mr. Fulton was married April 22, 1852, to Sarah J. Hathaway, born in what was then Knox county, November 14, 1832.  Her father, Benjamin Hathaway, was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, but came to Knox county when a young man.  His father, Richard Hathaway, was a native of Greene county, Pennsylvania.  The mother of Mrs. Fulton, Melissa (Strong) Fulton, was a native of Chillicothe, Ross county, Ohio, and a daughter of Oliver and Esther Strong, who came from Vermont.  Mrs. Fulton, the fifth of eight children in her father’s family, was reared in Franklin township, Morrow county.  Our subject and wife have one son, William H., who married Minnie McConica, and resides on the old farm in Lincoln township.  They have three children, ––Margaret Nellie, James and Sarah Glenn.  The eldest child of our subject, Melissa M., died at the age of twelve years.  Mr. and Mrs. Fulton are members of the Baptist Church, in which the former has served as Deacon for many years.  He is a member of the Masonic order at Mount Gilead, and has been a life-long Democrat.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 346-347
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.