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99. EMMA4 JANE FLEMING (Hamilton3, Samuel2, John1); born 13 February 1854 in Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania; died 16 December 1939; married SAMUEL EARLEY (also spelled Early) born 1 January 1850 in Reynoldsville, Winslow Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania; died 21 November 1921. For consistency, will spell the name Earley.
In 1880, Samuel, Emma and family were living in Fox Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania, where Samuel was enumerated as working in a coal mine. In 1900 and 1910, Samuel, still listed as a coal miner, and family were in Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. In 1930, Emma, widow, was living with son Clarence and his family in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania.639
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| 225 | i. | Myrtle5 Earley; born circa 1873. | |
| 226 | ii. | Clawson Earley;
born circa 1874; married Margaret [—?—]; born circa 1878 in
Pennsylvania. In 1910, the family was living in Winslow Township,
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (page 206A), where Clawson was
enumerated as a coal miner.
Children known from the 1910 federal census, all born in Pennsylvania: (a) Samuel Earley, born circa 1903. (b) Esther Earley. born circa 1905. (c) Morton Earley, born circa 1909 |
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| 227 | iii. | Charles Earley;
born
circa 1878; married Cora [—?—], born circa 1881 in Pennsylvania. The
family was living in Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, in
1900 (page 2B), where Charles was enumerated as a coal miner. In 1910
(page 4A), 1920 (page 11A) and 1930, the family was living in Oil City,
Venango County, Pennsylvania, where Charles was listed as a conductor
on the railroad.
Children known from the 1900-1920 federal censuses: (a) Willard Earley, born circa 1898. In 1920, Willard was a corporal in the Army, 12th Infantry, stationed at Camp Meade, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (page 16A). (b) Lillian L. Earley, born circa 1900. (c) James Earley, born circa 1906. (d) DeVore (also DeVere) Earley, born circa 1916 |
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| 228 | iv. | Florence Earley; born 1880. | |
| NN | v. | Clarence
Earley; born circa 1882; married Ellen [—?—]; born circa 1882 in Pennsylvania or Scotland. In
1920 and 1930, the family was living in Reynoldsville, Jefferson,
County, Pennsylvania, where Clarence was enumerated as a brakeman on a
freight train.
Child known from the 1920 (page 14A) and 1930 (page 9A) federal censuses: (a) Samuel Earley, born circa 1904 in Pennsylvania; enumerated as a teacher, public schools, in 1930. Also in the household in 1930 was Clarence's mother, Emma (Fleming) Earley and "nephew" Wilbur Rice, age 9. I cannot place Wilbur Rice. |
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| 229 | vi. | Elmer H. Earley;
born
May 1886; married Etta [—?—], born circa 1890 in Pennsylvania. In
1920
and 1930, Elmer and family were living in Meadeville, Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, where Elmer was listed as a trainsman on the railroad in
1920 and a steam engine conductor in 1930.640
Their children in 1930, all born in Pennsylvania: (a) Ruth Earley, born circa 1914. (b) Kenneth Early, born circa 1915. (c) Gladys Earley, born circa 1920. (d) Dorothy Early, born circa 1922. (e) Doris Earley, born circa 1922 (twin?). |
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| 230 | vii. | Ada Earley; born December 1891. | |
| 231 | viii. | Furman Smith
(adopted); born
circa 1907. Three additional children of Samuel and Emma (Fleming) Earley were Effie Earley, born May 1884 or 1885; George Earley, born December 1887; and Bessie Earley (no dates). This information from Ancestry.com's Ancestry World Tree Project, "bolton family tree," updated 28 April 2004; contact person Andrew Bolton. |
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101. LAWRENCE4 HAMILTON FLEMING (Hamilton3, Samuel2, John1); born March 1858641 in Allegheny Township, Venango County; died 1923;642 buried in Tidal Cemetery, Madison Township, Armstrong County Pennsylvania. Lawrence Fleming married ANNA ELIZABETH (BETTY) CRAIG, born May 1861; died 1933,643 buried in Tidal Cemetery. He was called Hamilton in the 1860 census644 but Lawrence (or L. H.) in 1870 and thereafter.
In 1900, Lawrence was living with his family in Armstrong County, Madison Township.645 In 1910 he was enumerated in Venango County.646 In 1920, the family was living in Madison Township, Armstrong County, where Lawrence was listed as a “Checker” in a coal mine (page 6A, enumeration district 34, dwelling 120, family 125). Lawrence Fleming of Rimerton attended Samuel Lawrence Fleming’s funeral and was listed from Rimerton.647
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| + | 232 | i. | Jesse5 M. Fleming; born circa March 1881;649 married Earl Shoup. |
| + | 233 | ii. | Clyde H. Fleming; born 9 December 1883; died 1960; buried in Tidal Cemetery; married (first) Minerva (Nervie) Helm; died in 1953; married (second) Myrtle Hawk; died 1959. |
| + | 234 | iii. | Annabelle Fleming; born 13 April 1886; died 19 January 1925; married Clyde Waddell. |
| + | 235 | iv. | Earl Fleming; born June 1886 or born 1890; married [—?—]. |
| 236 | v. | Ray Craig Fleming;
born 12 June 1893 (re obituary below);650 died following an
appendectomy in Eldorado Kansas, September 1918; buried in Tidal
Cemetery. 651
Fleming clipping, undated, probably Titusville Herald: |
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| 237 | vi | infant daughter Fleming; born and died 1899; buried in Tidal Cemetery.652 | |
| 238 | vii | infant son Fleming; born and died 1901; buried in Tidal Cemetery. | |
103. CHARLES4 W. FLEMING (Hamilton3, Samuel2, John1); born October 1862653 in Allegheny Township, Venango County; married AGNES WYLEY,654 born 27 September 1872.655; died 21 April 1962 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania; buried in St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Kittanning. According to her obituary (Simpson's Leader-Times, 22 April 1962), she was a daughter of Andrew P. and Kathryn (McClafferty) Wylie. In 1900, Charles and Agnes and family were living in Madison Township, Armstrong County Pennsylvania.656 In 1910 and 1930, the family was living in Kittanning, Rayburn Township, Armstrong County, where, in 1930, Charles was enumerated as a night watchman for a coal company.657
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| 239 | i. | Bert5
Wilbert Fleming; born 24 July 1891 in Pennsylvania, died
25 February 1969 in Wilmington, Delaware; buried in Lawn Haven Cemetery, Newark, Delaware; married Germaine Teyssier, born 25 September 1902 in France,
died 15 December 1987, last residence being Newark, Delaware—Bert and Germaine moved from Kittanning, Pennsylvania, to Delaware in 1966. In 1930,
the family was living in Kittanning, Rayburn Township, Armstrong
County, Pennsylvania, where Bert was
enumerated as an accountant for an automobile group.659
According to his obituary in Simpson's Leader-Times (Kittanning, Pennsylvania), 27 February 1969, Bert was an accountant for Shumaker Chevrolet, in Ford City, Pennsylvania, for 25 years; he was also a Sergeant in the U. S. Army during World War I. Children of Bert and Germaine (Teyssier) Fleming were (a) Aline M Fleming; born (private) in Pennsylvania; married Edward Fisher.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
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| NN | ii. | Roy W. Fleming;
born 18 March 1897 in Pennsylvania, died 30 August 1972 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania; married
Dorothy Craig, born 17 June 1903 in Pennsylvania, died 31 March 1994,
last residence being Kittanning, Pennsylvania. Apparently Dorothy had a previous marriage, since Roy Fleming's obituary (Simpson's Leader-Times, Kittanning, Pennsylvania, 31 August 1972) reported surviving was Dorothy and a step-daughter Mrs. Mary Manley. The obituary also reported Roy was a retired salesman and was wounded while serving in World War I in France. In 1930, Roy and Dorothy
were living with Roy’s parents in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, where Roy
was listed as working in a publishing company.
NARROW ESCAPE saved Kittainning motorist Roy W. Flelming, 68, of 152 S. Jefferson Way last night when his southbound car ran out of control on a curve a mile south of here on Route 66, the Ford City-Kittanning Road, and came to a stop wedged between a utility pole and hillside. State police, fixing time of the accident at approximately 8:50 p. m., said the car was a total loss. Fleming is shown being taken from the vehicle by rescuers, who pulled him through a window. Note his hat is still on his head [photo quality not good enough for transmission]. Fleming suffered body bruises.—Simpson's Leader-Times, 3 March 1967; online in the "Stories" section of ancestry.com. |
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| 240 | iii. | Elmer Fleming; born 1900 (no month given). Elmer was not listed in Charles’s family in the 1910 soundex. | |
104. GEORGE4 W. FLEMING (Hamilton3, Samuel2, John1); born 26 August 1865660 in Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania; died 1959; buried in Tidal Cemetery;661 married 1 March 1888 EVA SEYBERT,662 born November 1865663 at Seybert's Landing, Armstrong County; died 1959; buried in Tidal Cemetery.
Eva was a daughter of Reuben Seybert of Brady’s Bend Township, Armstrong County.664 George Fleming of Rimerton attended the funeral of Samuel Lawrence Fleming (#26) and was listed from Rimerton, Pennsylvania.665 In 1900, George was living with Eva (no children mentioned) in Madison Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.666 In 1910, also in Armstrong County, George and Eva were enumerated with a Flossie Fleming, born circa 1894, listed as a niece.667 Flossie Fleming is the only grandchild mentioned by name in Hamilton Fleming’s will, written 1901, (see under his father, Hamilton Fleming, #24), but the will does not indicate the parents of Flossie. According to Armstrong County Pennsylvania. Her People, Past and Present., page 755, George and Eva had two children, both deceased by 1914—when Armstrong County Pennsylvania. Her People, Past and Present was published. In 1930 George and Eva were living in Bradys Bend, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (page 16A), where George was enumerated as a brick burner in a brick yard.
George Fleming lived into his 96th year. Probably he was the last grandchild of Samuel and Jane (McClintock) Fleming to die—he undoubtedly was the last grandchild of Samuel and Jane with the surname Fleming to pass away.
George W. Fleming’s biographical sketch is on pages 754 and 755 of Armstrong County Pennsylvania. Her People, Past and Present, Volume II, 1914:GEORGE W. FLEMING a resident of Madison township, Armstrong county, where he is engaged in farming and operates a coal bank, owns part of the family homestead upon which his father settled upon his removal into this region. Mr. Fleming was born Aug. 26, 1865, in Oil Creek township, Venango Co., Pa., whence his parents came to Madison township, Armstrong county, when he was three years old. His grandfather, Samuel Fleming, lived in that county, where he was an early settler, cleared land and engaged in farming. His family of six children [sic] was reared in that county, and he is buried there.
Hamilton Fleming, father of George W. Fleming, received a good education for his day in Venango county, and after his marriage lived there as a farmer for some years, in Oil Creek township. He had a tract of about one hundred acres. Removing from there to Armstrong county, he became owner of a 160–acre farm in Madison township, most of which was cleared, he and his sons continuing the work of preparing the land for cultivation.
He not only improved his own property, but also took an active interest in the development of the neighborhood and local government, serving once as school director. He died on his farm at the age of eighty–one, and is buried in the Tidal cemetery. He was a lifelong member of the Baptist Church and a Democrat in politics. In Venango county he married Rosanna Holmes, a native of Oil Creek township [not proven, her parents were living in Sugarcreek Township, Venango County in 1850.668], daughter of Samuel Holmes, of that county, and she preceded him to the grave, dying at the age of seventy–one years. She, too, is buried in the Tidal cemetery. They had the following children: Emma, who is married to Samuel Early, of Reynoldsville, Pa.; L. H., a resident of Venango county, Pa.; Alice, wife of John Dillon, of Oswego, N. Y.; Charles who married Agnes Wyley and makes his home at Kittanning; George W.; Grace, wife of O. H. Morgan, of McKeesport, Pa.; Blance Bell, born in Madison township, Armstrong county, now the wife of S. J. White, of Goheenville, this county; Edith, born in Madison township, now deceased; and Pearl, born in Madison township, wife of Nick McGorty, of Chickasaw, Armstrong Co., Pa.
George W. Fleming was reared on the home farm in Madison township, and received a good common school education, attending at Rimer. After he began to support himself he returned to Venango county, where he was employed at dressing tools and drilling oil wells, remaining three years. He came back because of illness of his father, and has since resided on the home place, which was divided among the three sons after the father’s death, the portion of George W. Fleming comprising forty–two acres, the part on which the dwellings and other buildings were located. This property is a mile northwest of Rimerton.[669] Mr. Fleming carries on general farming and also operates a coal bank, and by industry and systematic attention to detail he is making his work profitable. He is a substantial and respected citizen, and has won high standing among his neighbors for upright living and fair dealing. He is member of the Improved Order of Red Men at Tidal, holds membership in the M. E. Church, and is a Democrat on political questions. He has never held any public office.
On March 1, 1888, Mr. Fleming married Eva Seybert, who was born at Seyberts Landing, Armstrong county, daughter of the late Reuben Seybert, of Brady’s Bend township. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming have had two children, both of whom are deceased.
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| 241 | i. | unknown5 Fleming; born and died between 1888 and 1914. | |
| 242 | ii. | unknown Fleming; born and died between 1888 and 1914. | |
111. SAMUEL4 P. FLEMING (John3, Samuel2, John1); born 16 June 1854; died 1 June 1927,671 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the home of his sister, Lillie (Fleming) Heald.672 Samuel is probably buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Tulsa; married 27 June 1878 ANNA CATHARINE STAHL673 in the parsonage of J. Clyde in one of his Venango County, Pennsylvania, Methodist Episcopalian Churches, Pithole or Plumer or Rouseville.674 At that time both Samuel and Anna were listed as residents of Shamburg. Anna Stahl was born 15 October 1856 in Union County, Pennsylvania; died 15 July 1925.675 For a photograph of Samuel P., see under his father, John S. Fleming (#27).
Anna Stahl’s half–sister, Hannah Stahl, married Samuel L. Fleming, an uncle of Samuel P. Fleming, see earlier. Enos Stahl and Hannah [—?—], of Union County, Pennsylvania, had two daughters, Hannah and Leah Stahl. Enos Stahl’s second wife was Lydia A. Johnson; and Anna Stahl was one of 12 children of this union.676 According to my mother, “Aunt Anna” was the Fleming family genealogist. I believe, without proof, that Anna was one of the main sources for the anonymously–authored “Heald Manuscript.” in the possession of Ann Heald Grosshart and family of Tulsa, Oklahoma (see also References). Anna was also an artist. Ann Grosshart (#378) has a creamer and sugar bowl that, according to Ann Grosshart's mother, Lillie (Fleming) Heald, was painted by Anna.
In 1985 I described a few physical features of some of my great– and great–great–uncles.677 This was from information passed to me by my mother and uncles, John L. and William H. Fleming, Jr. Amongst relatives and close friends, Samuel P. was sometimes called “Red Sam” to distinguish him from his uncle Samuel L. Fleming, who was called “Black Sam.” Samuel L. had dark hair, especially the whiskers, whereas Red Sam had lighter hair and a lighter complexion.
In 1891, Samuel and family were living in the Pleasantville area, Venango County, as indicated in the obituary of his brother John. In 1900, Samuel and Anna and family were living on West Delaware Avenue, Toledo (Lucas County), Ohio,678 where Samuel was listed as an oil superintendent, and Anna was reported to have had two children (Carrie and Arch), both living. In 1906, (re obituary of his brother Gilbert B.) they were still living in Toledo, Ohio. I could not find our Samuel in 1910 federal censuses. There was a Samuel Fleming and wife Anna in East Liverpool, Ohio, where Anna was reported to have had two children (Harris and Ella), both living and Samuel was listed as a huckster, oil work.679 This was not our Fleming family. In 1920, Samuel P., wife Anna and daughter Carrie C. Fleming were living in Tiger Township, Creek County, Oklahoma, where Samuel was listed as a superintendent of the Layton Oil Company (page 2A, enumeration district 267). His main residency was Drumright, Creek County, Oklahoma. He was associated with several oil companies (see his obituary).
Extract from a Fleming clipping, undated, probably from Titusville Herald, 1925:… death of Anna Catherine Stahl Fleming, b. Union Co. Pa., 15 Oct. 1856–69 years old; m. 27 June 1878 at Titusville [but see film #1463334 above] to Samuel P. Fleming … to Gibsonburg, OH, to Tulsa, to Drumright (Layton Oil Co.) …
Extract from a Fleming clipping, undated, probably from a Tulsa paper:
Early oilman succumbs in Tulsa. Samuel P. Fleming, [died] June 1927, age 74, died at home of sister Mrs. R. J. Heald, 1432 South Newport Avenue. As a young man he [Samuel P.] accepted a position with the Paragon Refining and Producing Company of Pennsylvania, one of the pioneer oil companies of the east. In 1911 he was transferred to Oklahoma and represented the Company in the Cushing fields, making his headquarters at Drumright. Later he resigned his position with the eastern company and took a position with the Layton Oil Company of Drumright. For the past year he has been in the employ of the Prairie Oil and Gas Company at Webb City. He was well known in Drumright, taking a prominent part in civic and church activities. He was also an elder in the First Presbyterian church there. Mr. Fleming is survived by three brothers, James L. Fleming of Sand Springs, George B. Fleming of Kiefer, and William H. Fleming of Pleasantville. Besides his brothers and one sister, Mrs. R. J. Heald, he is survived by two daughters, Misses Carrie and Anna Fleming [this is not correct; his wife was Anna and son was Arch; that the name is Arch is also confirmed from the “Heald Manuscript.”].
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| 243 | i. | Carrie5C. Fleming; born 9 November 1879 in Pennsylvania; died 18 February 1939. In 1900, Samuel, Anna, children Carrie and Arch and nephew Everette Fleming were living in Toledo, Ohio, where Samuel was listed as an oil pumper (census page 2B). Carrie was not listed with her parents in 1910, but was with them in 1920. In 1930, after both parents had died, Carrie, unmarried and listed as niece, was living with her widowed uncle Grant A. Stahl in Dry Creek Township, Howell County, Missouri (page 6A), where Grant was listed as a salesman of gas and motor oil. Also in the household was an Elsie Fleming, niece, born circa 1917 in Oklahoma, with both parents listed as born in Pennsylvania. I can not place this Elsie Fleming. | |
| 244 | ii. | Arch Fleming; born 3 February 1881 in Pennsylvania; died 14 May 1911. In 1900, Arch, single and living with his parents, was enumerated as an oil pumper | |
Also in Samuel and Anna Stahl Fleming’s household in 1900 was an Eviritte (or Everette) (last name not given); no indication the last name was not Fleming; relationship given as “N” (nephew), born September 1891 in Pennsylvania. The parents of Everitte, "N," remain a mystery, but I suspect he was a Fleming. Possibly he was a son (or daughter) of James Fleming, see next.
112. JAMES4 L. FLEMING (John3, Samuel2, John1); born 25 March 1856; died 12 August 1937681 in Albany, Texas; buried in Sapulpa, Oklahoma;682 married 20 December 1876, RILLIE J. STEVENSON, (re clipping below) born May 1860 683 died between 1900 and 1910.
Rillie was from Cherrytree, Cherrytree Township, Venango County. Her parents possibly were G. W., a farmer, and Eliza Stevenson, who were living in Cherrytree Township in 1870 with children (all born in Pennsylvania): H. J. (daughter) Stevenson, born circa 1859 (could the “H” be an “R”, and hence Rillie J.); John Stevenson, born circa 1862; C. H. Stevenson, born circa 1864; Mary E. Stevenson, born circa 1866; and L? Stevenson, born circa 1870.684
In 1891, the time of death of his brother John, James and family were apparently not in the Pleasantville, Pennsylvania area. In 1900, James, Rillie and family were living in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio,685 where James was listed as a driller and Rillie was reported having five children all living. In 1906 (as reported in the obituary of his brother Gilbert), James and family were living in Casey, Illinois. In 1910, James, widowed, was living by himself in Sapulpa Township, Creek County, Oklahoma, where he was listed as an oilman driller. Four households from James in 1910 lived his cousin Harley Benninghoff (see #352 in the McClintock web site); Harley was also enumerated as an oilman, driller. In 1920, James, as J. L., was living in the household of his sister, Lillie Heald (#113), in Tulsa, Oklahoma, still enumerated as a driller. No members of his family were listed. James L. was living by himself in 1930 in Red Fork Township, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, where he was enumerated as widowed and a pumper of oil wells (page 4A, enumeration district 35).
For a photograph of James, see under his father, John S. Fleming (#27).
From the Titusville Morning Herald, 22 December 1876:686Married in this city at the M. E. parsonage by Rev. J. N. Frandenburgh on Wed. 20 Dec. James L. Fleming, of Shamburg, to Rillie J. Stevenson of Cherrytree.Extract from a Fleming clipping, undated, probably from Titusville Herald:
… death of James L. Fleming, 81 at Albany, Texas on 12 Aug., interred besides brother George at Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Survived by Mrs. R. J. Heald of Tulsa, OK and son R. H.. (sic) Fleming of Fort Worth, four daughters in California and brother W. H. Fleming of Pleasantville.
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| + | 247 | i. | Blanche5 Fleming; born 24 September 1882, died November 1976; married Marshall Kiser. |
| 248 | ii. | Ralph G.
Fleming; born in Pennsylvania in May 1882 or 1885; married Ara
(probably Arabell) [—?—], born circa 1894 in Texas. Ralph was listed as
a pumper [oil] in 1900, when he was single and living with his parents
in Toledo, Ohio. In 1910, Ralph G., still single and listed as a
driller, was living in Chaves County, New Mexico, with his sister
Blanche (Fleming) Kiser and her husband and family.688
I could not find Ralph in any of the 1920 federal censuses. Ralph and
family were living in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas in 1930 (page
52A), when R. G. was enumerated as an independent oil operator. When
James died (12 August 1937), Ralph was still reported living in Fort Worth,
Texas.
There was a Ralph G. Fleming who was a vice president of the West Central Texas Oil and Gas Association in the late 1930s as indicated by several business articles pertaining in part to him in the Abiline Reporter News (Abiline, Texas)—one (10 December 1938) having a picture of him. At that time he was reported living in Albany, Texas. I can not definitely confirm or rule out this Ralph G. Fleming as our Ralph G., son of James L. Fleming. Children of Ralph and Arabell Fleming known from the 1930 federal census, all born in Texas: |
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| 249 | iii. | Flossie C. Fleming; born September 1884 in Pennsylvania | |
| 250 | iv. | Lillian E. Fleming; born April 1886 in Pennsylvania. | |
| 251 | v. | (tentative) Everette Fleming; (male but possibly female), who would have been living with Samuel P. Fleming in 1900. According to James’s obituary there were “four daughters in California.” | |
113. LILLIE4 ANN FLEMING (John3, Samuel2, John1); (listed as Sarah A. Fleming, age 3, in the 1860 census),689 born 31 October 1857 in Venango County, Pennsylvania; died 20 April 1947; buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma; married 22 April 1879 RUEBEN JEROME HEALD, born 9 August 1857 in Pennsylvania; died 16 October 1937; buried in Rosehill Cemetery.690
<Jerome Heald’s grandparents were Albin Abbion Heald, born 1778 in Clarion County, died 22 September 1842, and Ann (Jenkins) Heald, born 1783, died 22 April 1865. Jerome’s parents were Albin Heald (Jr.), born 21 May 1827; died 15 August 1907, and Mary Jane (Connolly?) Heald, born 14 February 1825, died 23 March 1901; they were married 28 December 1847.691 In 1880, Albin, Mary and William Heald, born circa 1851, were living in Allegheny Township.692 Jerome Heald was one of eight children.693 His father, Albin Heald (Jr.), was possibly the A. J. Heald who was the executor of John A. Stewart’s will:694 “… my esteemed friend A. J. Heald of the City of Titusville . . .” John A. Stewart (born 1830–35; died 1901) was a brother of Andrew Stewart, who married Margaret Jane Jamison, an aunt of Lillie (Fleming) Heald.
After they married, Lillie and Jerome lived in Venango County before moving to West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and finally to Oklahoma. In 1891, as reported in her brother John’s obituary, Lillie and family were living in the Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, area. In 1900, Reuben J., Lillie and family were living in Toledo, Ohio, where Reuben was listed as an oil producer; in 1906, Lillie and family were living in Marion, Indiana. Lillie and Jerome Heald came to the Tulsa area in 1906.695 The family was in Tulsa, Oklahoma by the time of the 1910 federal census, where “Ruben” J. was listed as an oil producer; he was listed as an oil producer in Tulsa in 1920.696 In 1930, still in Tulsa, R. J. and Lillie were living alone except for four roomers in their dwelling.697 Apparently neither Lillie nor R. J. was at home when the census taker visited, since, although Lillie was listed as born in Pennsylvania, both her parents were listed as born in Alabama.
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| 252 | i. | Gertrude5 Birdena Heald; born 3 February 1881 in Venango or Crawford County, Pennsylvania; died 31 May 1965 in Muncy Indiana; buried in Muncy, Indiana; married 1 January 1908 Roy E. Kelly; born circa 1882 in Indiana; also buried in Muncy, Indiana. Living next to Roy and Birdena in 1930 in Marion, Indiana (page 2B), were John W. and Mary Kelly—probably the parents of Roy E. Kelley. Roy was a manager of a furniture store. No children were reported in the 1910, 1920 and 1930 federal censuses. | |
| + | 253 | ii. | Merl Jerome Heald; born 26 June 1886, Venango or Crawford County, Pennsylvania; died 24 July 1964; married Jean Connolly. |
| 254 | iii. | Florence Ruth Heald; born 13 February 1893 in Pennslvania; died 1975; buried in Tulsa, Oklahoma; married Walter B. Schoggin in Tulsa; he was born circa 1885 in Illinois. Walter and Florence did not have children. In 1930, the couple was living in Silver Creek Township, Stephenson County, Illinois (page 8B), where Walter was enumerated as a carpenter. | |
| 255 | iv. | Glenn
Heald; born 9 November 1895 in Pennsylvaia; died 24 July 1992;
married 26 October 1932 Adalina Drguhart of Texas; born 11 July 1902; died 23 July 1992 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
(the day before her husband, Glenn; died). Glenn and Adalina Heald
lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They did not have children.
The rushing season has so far resulted in a number of pledges for the fraternities of Walbash College. The new additions to the seven societies are as follows:
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<118. GILBERT4 B. FLEMING (John3, Samuel2, John1); born 31 August 1866; died, on his birthday, 31 August 1906,699 buried in Fairview Cemetery,700 Pleasantville, Pennsylvania. Gilbert did not marry. In 1900, Gilbert was enumerated with his uncle George Washington Fleming in Oil Creek Township, Venango County.701 In 1901, Gilbert was apparently in California, since he, a witness, was unable to prove a will written by John A. Stewart because: “… being in California.”702
Gilbert’s will was written 24 December 1900, recorded 15 September 1906.703 Gilbert’s brother William H. Fleming was executor; witnesses were C. J. Oiler and Arthur Henderson (he possibly was Arthur Henderson, a son of Hibbard Henderson of the Jerusalem Corners region of Oil Creek Township, Venango County). The only heir mentioned was Gilbert’s brother William H. Fleming, who was to receive all of Gilbert’s personal and real estate.
From Franklin (Pennsylvania) Public Library, obituary abstracts, Seneca Kicker (Oil City), 14 September 1906:
FLEMING, Gilbert. Gilbert Fleming, age 40, died 31 Aug. 1906 of heart trouble and malaria while in the oil fields of Indian territory. Formerly of Shamburg. Engaged to be married to Miss Mae Alcorn.
There were several Alcorn families in the area, but I do not know who the parents of Mae Alcorn might have been.
Fleming clipping, Titusville Herald, undated, probably September 1906:
Gilbert Fleming–age 40 died in Bartlesville, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], of malaria, buried in Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville, Pa. He was born 3 miles from Pleasantville, 31 Aug. 1866, d. 31 Aug. 1906. Brothers listed in Christian Standard: Samuel Fleming of Toledo, OH, James Fleming of Illinois, George Fleming of Bluffton, OH, William Fleming of Shamburg, PA, and sister Lillie Heald of Marion, Indiana.
Another Fleming clipping, undated:
… All the brothers and sisters of the deceased [Gilbert] were present, also M. E. Lytle [Mortimer E.] of Mt. Vernon, Ohio and John and James Jamison of Jamestown, PA . . .” .
Clipping from Fleming material. From The Christian Standard, undated:
Gilbert B. Fleming was born three miles from Pleasantville, Venango Co., Pa., Aug. 31, 1866, and died Bartleyville, I. T. [Bartlesville, Oklahoma, which was Indian Territory at that time], Aug. 31, 1906, having lived just about 40 years. Bro. Fleming’s parents died about four years ago. Since their death he has made his home with his brother, Will Fleming, on the home place. There are some very unusual circumstances connect with his life. He was a quiet man, yet a good conversationalist, well informed on all the current topics of the day: one who weighed matters from a critical standpoint. He had never heard the plea of the disciples of Christ until the writer began a series of meetings at Shamburg. Pa., Oct 30, 1903. He was one of the first to confess Christ, and was the first to be baptized. When the organization was effected he was made one of the deacons. Being an oil operator, he was frequently called to different fields, and often to other States, but when at home he was always at his place with the Lord’s faithful at Shamburg; and here we may mention a circumstance which is of very [?] occurrence. He had been a user of tobacco for several years, and immediately after his baptism he quit the use of it, and having made an estimate of the amount he consumed during each week, concluded that his tobacco bill averaged one dollar per week. He began at once to put that amount in the church treasury each week, and up to his death he had never failed to make his pledge good. It was unanimously averred that he did not have an enemy. No one was ever known to say that they had anything but the highest regard for the deceased. His closest business friend and counselor, as well as social companion, was his brother Will. He was to have married in a few weeks to one the best young sisters in the church at Shamburg, which made his future all the more hopeful. While looking after some oil interests in Indian Territory, he was taken down with malarial fever, and was sick about three weeks, when death came suddenly and unexpectedly. The body was shipped to his home, and the funeral was held at the house, Tuesday, September 4. A large number of his friends and neighbors attended the services. We discoursed to them from John vi. 68. His brothers, Samuel, of Toledo, O.; James, of Illinois; George of Bluffton, O.; William of Shamburg, Pa., and his sister , Mrs. Lillie Heald, of Marion, Ind., survive him. We laid his body to rest in the beautiful cemetery in Pleasantville, Pa. His sorrowing friends and relatives have the sympathy of the entire community. California, Pa. Thomas Martin.