John E. Gable's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.1012

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History of Cambria County, V.2

1012 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY

by the Cambria Steel Company. His wife is a native of Cambria County. To Mr. and Mrs. Wacker six children were born: George, Albert, Richard, Mildred, Esther, and Benjamin.
    Mr. Wacker is a Republican, a member of the German Lutheran Church, and is affiliated with the Loyal Order of Moose, Elks Lodge, Turners and Harmonie Singing Society.

    David Fleming is one of the prominent and highly esteemed business men of Colver, where he is general manager of the Ebensburg Coal Company. He was born at Cumbernauld, Scotland, may 3. 1866, and is the son of Robert M. and Ann (Baird) Fleming.
    Robert M. Fleming spent his early life as a weaver in Scotland and emigrated to the United States in about 1870 and settled in Arnot, Pa. Here he worked in the mines until the time of his retirement. He died in 1898 and his widow died the following year. They are buried at Sayre, Pa. Among his sons were John and William Fleming, who emigrated to the United States after the Civil War and settled on the present site of Lilly, Pa. They later moved to Arnot. John is deceased and is buried at Atwater, Cal. William, lives at Urbana, Ill., where he is engaged in the coal business. To Robert M. and Ann (Baird) Fleming nine children were born, as follows: William, lives at Urbana, Ill.; John, deceased; Robert, died in 1925; James, lives at Rock Springs, Colo.; Anna, married James Adams, lives at Sayre, Pa.; David, the subject of this sketch; Joseph, deceased; Jean, married William Good, lives at Colver; and Russel B., lives at Ebensburg.
    David Fleming was reared and educated at Arnot and attended the Mansfield Normal School, and finished the short mining course at Ohio State University. He began his business career with the engineering corps of the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal & Iron Company at Punxsutawney, Pa. In 1892 he was mad superintendent of the Beech Tree mines at Beech Tree, Pa., and was later transferred as superintendent to the Adrian mines, which were owned by the same company. His next position was as superintendent of the Pinnicinie Coal Company, Clarksburg, W. Va., after which he served as manager of the Crescent Coal Company at Clinton, Ind., and at the same time manager of the Delaware Coal Mining Company near Danville, Ill., and in 1897 was appointed assistant superintendent of the

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1012	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY
by the Cambria Steel Company. His wife is a native of Cambria County. To Mr. and Mrs. Wacker six children were born: George, Albert, Richard, Mildred, Esther, and Benjamin. Mr. Wacker is a Republican, a member of the German Lutheran Church, and is affiliated with the Loyal Order of Moose, Elks Lodge, Turners and Harmonie Singing Society. David Fleming is one of the prominent and highly esteemed business men of Colver, where he is general manager of the Ebensburg Coal Company. He was born at Cumbernauld, Scotland, may 3. 1866, and is the son of Robert M. and Ann (Baird) Fleming. Robert M. Fleming spent his early life as a weaver in Scotland and emigrated to the United States in about 1870 and settled in Arnot, Pa. Here he worked in the mines until the time of his retirement. He died in 1898 and his widow died the following year. They are buried at Sayre, Pa. Among his sons were John and William Fleming, who emigrated to the United States after the Civil War and settled on the present site of Lilly, Pa. They later moved to Arnot. John is deceased and is buried at Atwater, Cal. William, lives at Urbana, Ill., where he is engaged in the coal business. To Robert M. and Ann (Baird) Fleming nine children were born, as follows: William, lives at Urbana, Ill.; John, deceased; Robert, died in 1925; James, lives at Rock Springs, Colo.; Anna, married James Adams, lives at Sayre, Pa.; David, the subject of this sketch; Joseph, deceased; Jean, married William Good, lives at Colver; and Russel B., lives at Ebensburg. David Fleming was reared and educated at Arnot and attended the Mansfield Normal School, and finished the short mining course at Ohio State University. He began his business career with the engineering corps of the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal & Iron Company at Punxsutawney, Pa. In 1892 he was mad superintendent of the Beech Tree mines at Beech Tree, Pa., and was later transferred as superintendent to the Adrian mines, which were owned by the same company. His next position was as superintendent of the Pinnicinie Coal Company, Clarksburg, W. Va., after which he served as manager of the Crescent Coal Company at Clinton, Ind., and at the same time manager of the Delaware Coal Mining Company near Danville, Ill., and in 1897 was appointed assistant superintendent of the