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181. DANIEL5 F. DELO (Phebe Ann4, Daniel3, Daniel2, John1); born 22 November 1857 in Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; died 28 February 1882; married MARY FRANCES LEWIS,828 born circa 1857 in Pennsylvania, died 12 March 1890.829

In 1880, Daniel and Mary F. were living with Daniel's parents in Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania (page 81), where Daniel was listed as a law student. Daniel died of tuberculosis while a law student at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, leaving his wife Mary Frances with their one-year old daughter.

 
Child of Daniel and Mary (Lewis) Delo:

  347 i. Flora6 Winnifred Delo; born circa 1882 in Pennsylvania; married William A. Challener; born circa 1867 in Pennsylvania. William had at least two children by a previous marriage (Dorothy Challener, born circa 1894, and William A. Challener, Jr., born 1901—both in Pennsylvania), who were living with William in 1920, when William, listed as a widower and an attorney, was living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylania (page 3A).

In 1910, Flora Winnifred, single, was living with her Delo grandparents in Clarion, Pennsylvania, where Winnifred was enumerated as a public school teacher. In 1920, Flora, single, was living as a boarder in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she was enumerated as a high school teacher (page 7A). In 1930, William, Winnifred and son Richard were living in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where William was enumerated as an attorney (page 27A).
Child of William and Winnifred (Delo) Challener:
(i) Richard Delo Challener, born 15 January 1923, died 23 September 2002. Richard was a professor of history at Princeton University where his specialty was "American diplomatic and military history;" he was chair of the history department, associate dean of the college, and clerk of the faculty. He chaired the committee on Canadian studies. His books include The French Theory of the Nation in Arms 1866-1940, and Admirals, Generals and American Foreign Policy 1898-1914. He served on the boards of the local Riverside School, The Hun School (as chair), and Stuart School, and as a Middle States commissioner. He was elected honorary member of the Class of '94. He is survived by Martha, his wife of 55 years, three children, Catherine Challener, Elisbeth Challener, and Daniel Challener, and three grandchildren. His classmates will miss him." (This resume from the Princeton Alumni Weekly, 28 January 2004.)



184. WILLIE5 F. FLEMING (Livingston4, Daniel3, Daniel2, John1); born 4 March 1882 in Ringgold County, Iowa; died 6 February 1951 in Omaha, Nebraska; married Valeria Matilda Baldozier, born 19 April 1886 in Iowa; died 15 January 1970 in Council Bluff, Iowa. Willie Fleming was a child of Livingston and first wife, Caroline Jane, although the 1880 federal census reports Caroline Jane born in New York, whereas the 1910, 1920, and 1930 censuses report Willie’s mother born in Illinois (instead of Iowa where Frances was reported born in all censuses).

In 1910, Willie and family were living next door to Livingston and Frances; in 1920 and 1930 the family was in Lincoln, Nebraska, where Willie was enumerated as a farmer.830

 
Children of Willie and Valerie (Baldozier) Fleming known from "Descendants of Livingston Alden Fleming," sent to me by Richard Alden Fleming; Also some information from the 1910-1930 federal censuses:

  348 i. Pearl6 L. Fleming; born 12 January 1907 in Iowa; died 26 Februay 1986; married Russell Asell.
Child of Russell and Pearl (Fleming) Asell:
(a) Carol Asell; married Don Adamavich; their names from (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/y/Ken-Mayberry/GENE2-0007.html).
  349 ii. Ida Fleming; born 6 August 1909 in Oklahoma; died 8 August 1925.
  350 iii. Henry Aldon Fleming; born 18 December 1911 in Nebraska; died 22 August 1986; married Leta Slater.
  351 iv. Valerie Irene Fleming; born in Nebraska; married Earl Clymer.
  NN v. William Horace Fleming; born circa 1920; died 1921.
  352 vi. Caroline Fleming; born in Iowa; married Virgil Bredberg; married Robert Mills.

MISSING IN ACTION
Red Oak—Mra. Ellen Bredberg has received word from the war department that her son, Sgt. Virgil Vernon Bredberg, who was overseas since February, has been missiing in France since July 7. He was inducted into the arny April 2, 1942, leaving his mother's farm. His wife resides with his [sic] sister, Mrs. Earl Clymer at Elliott.— (Council Bluffs, Iowa), 9 August 1944; online in the "Stories" section of ancestry.com.

WALKED TWO MONTHS IN ORDER TO GET HOME
Red Oak, (AP)—Walking for almost two months after he was liberated from German prison camp, Sgt. Virgil Bredberg finally rejoined American forces and Thursday had reached his destination—home in Red Oak.
The sergeant was captured near Cherbourg, France, last July and was freed by the Russians Jan. 31. He walked 90 miles to get out of Germany and started across Poland, eventually reaching American lines where transportation to the United States was arranged.
Bredberg's wife teaches a rural school near Elliott.—Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), 26 April 1945; online in the "Stories" section of ancestry.com.

  353 vii. Wima Fleming; born in Iowa.
  354 viii. Lynn Dale Fleming; married Marsha Milgrove.



201. NANCY5 (NANNIE) RACHEL COPELAND (James4 Copeland, Rachel3, Daniel2, John1); born 19 March 1862 in Pennsylvania; died 2 April 1958; married WILLIAM H. FOWLER, born 4 September 1864 in Ohio; died 12 November 1922.831

In 1880, Nanny, single, was living with her father and step-mother Alice and their children in Cleveland, Ohio (page 49a). In 1900, William, Nannie and family were living in Cleveland Ohio, where William was listed as a bank teller. In 1910, William, Nancy and their twins were still in the Cleveland area, where William was enumerated as an assistant treasurer in a bank. In 1920, William, Nannie and unmarried daughter Eleanor were living in Los Angeles (Assembly District 63), California (page 19A, where William was still listed as an assistant treasurer of a bank. In 1930, Nannie, widow, was living with her married daughter, Eleanore, in Lakewood Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.832 Also with the family in 1910 was Stella Taylor, cousin, born circa 1876 in Pennsylvania.

 
Children of William and Nannie (Copeland) Fowler known from the 1900-1920 federal censuses (all born in Ohio):833

  355 i. Lanone6 Fowler; born 189?1).
  356 ii. Evelynne Fowler (twin); born 10 June 1897 in Ohio. In 1910, Evelynne was living with her mother and twin sister Eleanore in Cleveland, Ohio.
  357 iii. Eleanore (also Eleanor) Fowler (twin); born 10 June 1897 in Ohio; died February 1975, last residence being Bay Village, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; married Edward A. Beach, born circa 1896 in Ohio. In 1920, Eleanor, single and living with her parents in Los Angeles, California, was enumerated as a public school teacher. In 1930, Edward, Eleanore and son William were living with Nannie in the Cleveland area, where Edward was enumerated as a manager of a tire and battery company.
Child of Edward and Eleanore (Fowler) Beach:
(a) William A. Beach; born (private).



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Contents
Acknowledgments
Maps and Venango County Townships
Photographs
Edith Marie Fleming Chart
Introduction
Generation One
Generation Two
Generation Three
Generation Four
Generation Five

Eva A. Fleming(146) - Clifford Marcus Fleming(154)
Wallace Walton Fleming(156) - Eleanor Irene Fleming(162)
Albert Aaron Fleming(163) - Flora Bell Main(168)
Elmer Fleming(170) - Josephine Fleming(173)
Daniel F. Delo(181) - Nancy Rachel Copeland(201)
Leota Lytle(216) - Hazel Lytle(224)
Jesse M. Fleming(232) - Earl Fleming(235)
JBlanche Fleming(247) - Merl Jerome Heald(253)
Edith Marie Fleming(256) - John Lloyd Fleming(257)
Lillie Ruth Fleming(258) - William H. Fleming, Jr.(260)
The Miller Farm Cemetery
Oil and Our Oil Creek Ancestors
Descendants Reports
References
Web Page Index
End Notes

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