Given the 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- .
The answer is:
thomas affleck -lrb- 1812 -- 1868 -rrb- was a scottish-american nurseryman , almanac editor , and agrarian writer and southern planter .