Death Of Edward Flemming

The funeral services of Edward Fleming were held yesterday afternoon, Rev. Max Hein officiating, the interment taking place in Mr. Flemmings lot on Forest Hill. The deceased was bom February 14, 1828, in Germany, his father being a sailor. He learned the trade of tinsmith. His younger years he spent in Copenhagen, Denmark. He immigrated to America about 1852, and for a short time worked in Toledo and Detroit before coming to Ann Arbor. One season he was employed by the government on the locks at Sault Ste Marie. He was unmarried, and the only relatives that he had in America, are believed to live in Wisconsin. He had been ailing some time and three weeks ago he was taken to the University hospital where he died. He was considered the most expert man at his trade in the state. He was an industrious man, and had many friends in the city.