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Fleming, John

lawyer, was born June 1, 1842, in Ireland. In 1883 he was appointed by Governor Cleveland as district attorney of Queens county, N. Y., and was then elected to the same office for three years. He was again appointed to that office in 1887 by Governor Hill; and was subsequently elected twice to that position. He is one of the foremost criminal lawyers in the state of New York. FLEMING, LUCY WARD RANDOLPH, author, poet, was born in 1847 in Brooklyn, N. Y. She is the author of Alice Withrow; and Talks to Little Missionaries; and since her youth has contributed articles of interest on foreign missions, church work and domestic duties. FLEMING, MRS. MAY AGNES EARLY, author, was born in 1840 in New Brunswick. She was a prolific author of sensational romances, some of which were issued under the pseudonym of Cousin May Carleton. Among them are Guy Earlscourt's Wife; Lost for a Woman; and Pride and Passion. She died in 1880.

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