F. J. Fly was born in Nashville, Tenn., December 7, 1830, and is the son of Micager and Loretta (Lowe) Fly, both natives of this State. The father was a farmer in early life, but later became a Baptist minister. He came to Madison County about 1834, and lived here until his death, in 1865. His wife died in 1846, after having borne a family of ten children. The father's second wife was Mrs. Frances Senter, widow of James Senter. She died in 1880. Our subject thus far through life has followed farming as an occupation. In 1852 he wedded Luvina Day, of this county, daughter of Lemuel and Mary (Senter) Day, who was born in this State in 1834, and is the mother of five sons and one daughter. This lady died in 1877, and in 1878 he married her half sister, Sarah E. Day, by whom he had three children - two sons and one daughter. His second wife was born in 1853. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church. He is a Mason, a member of the Agricultural Wheel, and a Democrat. He moved to his present farm in 1865, and in 1872 erected a cotton-gin, which he conducts profitably.

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