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48 | November/December 2015 feature Photo by Matthew Wonderly I was told that in the 1950s and early 1960s, the Fayette- ville phone book had several pages in it that had only the Fleishman name. Aer doing the research on this huge family I can believe it. e first story in our pages (September/October issue) was on the Hyman Fleishman branch that came to Fayette- ville via Baltimore. e patriarch was Max Fleishman and he had eight children. e Hyman clan was mostly haber- dashers and made a major impact on the clothing industry in Fayetteville. e family we are doing in this issue is the Harry Fleishman branch. Most of the descendants from this side of the family were doctors, lawyers and business people. Unlike Hyman Fleishman, Harry never lived in Fayetteville, but he had nine children and most of them did live in Fay- etteville. Our concentration for this episode will be on his children Edwin, Samuel (S.M.) and their descendants that had tremendous influence on life in Fayetteville. Harry's youngest son Frank had three children. His oldest son Ste- phen was a psychiatrist in Fayetteville for over twenty years. He now lives in Florida. Edwin was the oldest child and he had three children, two sons and one daughter. Edwin was one the few chil- dren of Harry that was in the clothing business. He was the original manager and part owner of Fleishman's Big Store. He sold his interest in the store in 1939 and started "e Army-Navy" store on Person Street. It closed in 1950. Ed- win Fleishman lived and worked downtown and he walked to the synagogue on Cool Spring Street and to his business on Person Street. Edwin never drove a car nor had a driver's license. He died in 1957. His daughter, Sylvia, married Da- vid (Jerry) Solomon. Local entrepreneur and businessman Ronnie Solomon is their offspring. His father, Jerry Solo- mon, with a tip from his brother-in-law, Burt Fleishman, purchased Parker House of Music in 1954. When Ronnie The Fleishman Finale BY MARSHALL WAREN The Venerable Fleishman Family of Fayetteville: Part Two TOP ROW: Marcie Fleishman Justice, Michael Fleishman, Minda Fleishman, Melanie Solomon Keefe. BOTTOM ROW: Dr. Ken Fleishman, Aaron Fleishman, Dr. Sam Fleishman

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