Fleming Family

Submitted by Elvis Fleming 

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  GENERATION I.

  Not yet known to us - A. D. 2000.

GENERATION II.

 JAMES FLEMING.

A. Born: 1792. N. C.; parents: unknown.

B. Residence: Sumner County, Tenn. (Notions that he may have served in War of 1812 are not supported by evidence in the National Archives).

C. Married:

MARY ROSS, b. 1797; d. 1830; Sumner County marriage records give her name as Polly Ross.  Date of marriage: September 30, 1813, Sumner County, Tenn.

D. Children:

     1. BEVERLY FLEMING, born November 12, 1818, Sumner County.

2. Robert Fleming. (Sumner County Marriage Records SCMR: married Nancy Mitchell,

     June 16, 1806.

     3. Billie Fleming.  Not in SCMR.

     4. Jim Henry Fleming, married 1)Matt Simpson; 2)Nanny Hunt. Not in SCMR(?).

     5. Nancy Fleming, married John Bracken. SCMR: Nancy Ann Fleming married Elvis

            L. Bracken, March 7, 1850.

     6. Sarah Fleming, married Ammon Maddox. SCMR: Sarah Rebecca Fleming married Armond C. Mattox, November 2, 1848.  Name also shown as bondsman for James H. Fleming and Martha B. Norman, October 26, 1847: Ammon C Mattox.

     7. Jessie Fleming, married Thorne Saron.  Not in SCMR.

     8. Louella Fleming, married (?) Bracken.  SCMR: Lucrecy P. Fleming married John W. Brackin, September 8, 1847; bondsman: James H. Fleming.

    9. Betty Fleming, married (?) Lambert.  SCMR: Elizabeth R. Fleming married Archibald Holloway, April 3, 1842.

  GENERATION III.

  BEVERLY FLEMING.

A. Born: November 12, 1818, Sumner County, Tennessee, to James and Mary Ross Fleming.

B. Died: February 12, 1909, buried Pilot Knob Cemetery, Simpson County, Kentucky.

C. Married, first:

     SARAH ANN STUART, daughter of Robert Stuart and Elizabeth Bibb Stuart, born      April 24, 1822; place unknown; married Sumner County, Tenn., July 29, 1841;      died 1878, Simpson County, Ky.

          STUART LINEAGE: William Stuart, b. 1770, came from                 Scotland; married unknown; son Robert Stuart, b. April 17, 1796, in N. C.;

            d. Oct. 21, 1872; married Elizabeth Bibb, b. Jan. 11, 1795, in Va.; d. Jan. 11, 1872, buried Pilot Knob Cemetery, near Franklin, Ky.; Elizabeth Bibb was daughter of Henry Bibb, born and raised in Va., and A. Mead (Bibb).

D. Children:

     1. James Albert Fleming, born 1842, married Fannie Chauvin.

    2. Robert Stuart Fleming, born 1844, married Nannie Eliza Haynes (1844-1924, buried Greenlawn Cemetery, Simpson Co., KY), c. 1868.

Son: James Robert Fleming,  2/14/1879-3/8/1960, m. Lessye V. Head (2/17/1883-1975), 121/9/1908; 3 children: Laurence, Davis, Alma; all b. Simpson Co., Alma m. C. T Hodges.

     3. JOHN CARTER FLEMING, born July 30, 1847, Simpson County,  Kentucky; married LURANIE APPLIN.

  E. Married, second:

      Sarah Baird, b. Aug. 2, 1832; she married 1st)George T. Kennedy, Feb. 23, 1852;  2nd)Benjamin Baird, Jan. 16, 1868; 3rd)Beverly Fleming, Jan. 29,  1880; no children by this late marriage; she died Aug. 24, 1908

  GENERATION IV.

JOHN CARTER FLEMING.

A. Born: July 30, 1847, Simpson County, Kentucky.

B. Died: July 23, 1926; buried Scranton, Texas.

C. Residences:  Franklin, Ky., to Hill County, Texas, 1885; 1888 moved near West Station, Tex.; c. 1901 to Callahan County, Tex.

D. Married: LURANIE APPLIN, b. 9/7/1857; d/ 11/18/1935.

     APPLIN LINEAGE: Thomas A., b. 5/5/1791; m. Mary (?), b. 4/22/1797; eight      children, including Thomas Beverley A., b. 3/27/1830, d. 8/12/1905; m. Elizabeth      Downey, 1834-1863; m. Catherine Downey, b. 2/21/1830; d. 8/13/1876; children:

     Luranie Applin, Eugene (father of Walter), nine others.

E. Children:

     1. Velma Fleming, wed 1)Bentley, 2)Awalt, 3)Ingram.

     2. EDWARD BEVERLEY FLEMING, born January 27, 1881, Franklin,                 Simpson County, Kentucky.

     3. Lester E. Fleming, born April 25, 1883; wed Minnie Mae Chambers 9/8/1907; lived Cisco, Tex.

     4. Mattie Ola Fleming, born Nov. 10, 1885; wed Rev. Sam North; she died young.

     5. Author Samuel Fleming, b. Oct. 10, 1887.

     6. Jobie Fleming, b. April 6, 1890.

     7. Eunice E. Fleming, b. Oct. 29, 1891; wed 1)Clyde Walker, 2)Jack Porter, 3)Walter Applin (her cousin).

     8. Ollie Mae Fleming, b. Nov. 17, 1893, wed Luke Cathey.

     9. Johnnie William Fleming, b. Jan. 28, 1897; wed Alabama"Bama" Morgan; six children; residence Cisco, Texas.

  GENERATION V.

EDWARD "E.B., ED" BEVERLEY FLEMING.

A. Born: January 27, 1881, Simpson County (Franklin), Kentucky.

B. Died: April 7, 1961; buried Morton, Texas.

C. Married:

     1. BEULAH WILKERSON, born:____________________;  died: Nov. 11, 1919, buried          Scranton, Tex.  Married before September 1901, Ross, Texas.