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Fleming W. Faris (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier)

b. 1832 d. 1918

Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Mary Faris. Resident of Fleming County in 1850. Attorney in Fleming County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and captain from February 27, 1863, to May 3, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Flemingsburg, p. 262A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 2, p. 623.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 52.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 128.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #1118.459, Certificate #865,573.

Find A Grave, "Judge Fleming W. Farris (Jan 22, 1838-Mar 26, 1918)," Memorial #48749941, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48749941 (accessed October 13, 2020).

Citation

Faris, Fleming W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202722 (November 12, 2026).

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