Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: gay hill , washington county , texas - relatives: mary hunt affleck -lrb- daughter-in-law -rrb- - death date: december 30 , 1868 - spouse: anna dunbar smith - parents: thomas affleck mary -lrb- hannay -rrb- affleck - children: isaac dunbar affleck - birth date: july 13 , 1812 - name: thomas affleck - nationality: scottish-american - image: thomas affleck -lrb- planter -rrb- 01.jpg - birth place: dumfries , scotland - occupation: planter , editor , writer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of thomas affleck -lrb- planter -rrb- .
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thomas affleck -lrb- 1812 -- 1868 -rrb- was a scottish-american nurseryman , almanac editor , and agrarian writer and southern planter .