Anna Howard Boyd / John M. Fleming

FLEMING - In the early 1870s John M. Fleming was appointed state superintendent of public instruction by Governor Brown, and he established the present school system. He wedded ANNA HOWARD BOYD, a daughter of JUDGE SAMUEL and SUSAN HOWARD (MASON) BOYD, residents of Knoxville. He is referred to in many school histories and is given a chapter in Temple's book, "Men of Tennessee".

Source: Moore, John Trotwood and Austin P. Foster. Tennessee, The
Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 4. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.

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