Affleck, Thomas, 1812-1868

Thomas Affleck was born in Dumfries, Scotland, and immigrated to New York in 1832. He studied agriculture and general sciences while he lived on the East coast. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1840, he became editor of the Western Farmer and Gardener, a widely circulated agricultural periodical in the West.

During a trip to Natchez, Mississippi, in 1842, Affleck met his second wife, Anna Dunbar Smith. They established their household in Washington, Adams County, Mississippi. Through this marriage, Affleck became financially responsible for the large debts of his wife's former husband.

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