The Fleming Family of Bradford, Pennsylvania

The Flemings were a noble family of Scotland high in favor with Robert Bruce whom they assisted in gaining his throne. Sir Thomas Fleming, of ancient descent, emigrated to Virginia, in 1616, and was followed by others of his family. The family took prominent part in early Virginia times and during the revolution many served in the Continental army. From Virginia they spread to Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania. One branch settled in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, and from them spring the Flemings of Degolia. The earliest record we have is of Thomas Martin Fleming, who spent a great portion of his entire life in Blairsville, Indiana county, Pennsylvania, where he died about the year 1871. He married Sarah Calwell, a native of Plum Creek, Pennsylvania.

(II) William Martin Fleming

William Martin, son of Thomas Martin and Sarah (Calwell) Fleming, was born in Indiana county, August, 1804, died at Natrona, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, August, 1883. He followed the shoemaker’s trade for the greater part of his life in Allegheny county. In politics he was a staunch supporter of the Democratic party, and with his wife a member of the German Lutheran church. He married Mary Calwell, born at Plum Creek, Pennsylvania, September, 1807, where she died March, 1876. Children:

1. Mary Catherine Fleming, born in Indiana township, 1840; married David Freshwater, of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania; he is a farmer near Natrona, Pennsylvania; they have a large family.
2. Nancy Fleming, born 1842, died in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 1875; married Samuel Shannon, of Pittsburgh, who died in Allegheny county; children:
   1. Mary Shannon, lives at Pittsburgh
   2. Sally Shannon.
3. Penelope Fleming, born 1844, died at Napoli, Pennsylvania; married William Shannon, deceased, a carpenter of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
4. Sarah Jane Fleming, born in Indiana township, Pennsylvania, August 19, 1846; married David Fleming, born in Indiana township, Pennsylvania, August 26, 1859, died June 2, 1896, at Degolia, Pennsylvania, where his widow still resides.
5. William Luther Fleming, a carpenter of Little Washington, Pennsylvania, was born in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, October, 1849, died in Little Washington, June, 1908; married Nancy Mitchell, of Natrona; children:
   1. Andy Fleming.
   2. Charles Fleming.
   3. Mary Fleming.
   4. Nannie Fleming.
   5. Warren Fleming.
   6. Frederick Fleming.
6. Martha Fleming, born in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, March, 1851; married David Washbaugh, a farmer who died in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, 1907; children:
   1. Willard Washbaugh.
   2. Wade Washbaugh.
   3. Vernon Washbaugh.
   4. Beatrice Washbaugh.
   5. Mildred Washbaugh.
7. Samuel Martin Fleming, of whom further.
8. John M. R. Fleming, born in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, 1855, died 1857.

(III) Samuel Martin Fleming

Samuel Martin, son of William Martin and Mary (Calwell) Fleming, was born in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, March, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of the county and afterward learned the machinist’s trade, an occupation he now follows in Wellsville, Ohio. He is a Republican in politics, although the only office he has ever occupied is that of school director, which he has held for several years. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Mary, born 1846, daughter of Jacob Kuhn, of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, who died April, 1876, in Armstrong county; he was a cooper by trade, and married Mary Kuhn, born in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, died at Freeport, Pennsylvania. Mary (Kuhn) Fleming had one sister and one brother:

1. Agnes Kuhn, sister, who died at Freeport, unmarried.
2. Harry Kuhn, brother, who lives at Freeport with his family.

Children of Samuel Martin and Mary (Kuhn) Fleming:

1. Charles Fleming, born 1873; an employee of the Traction Company of Findlay, Ohio; married Marguerite Clark, of Findlay, Ohio.
2. Samuel M. Fleming, of whom further.

(IV) Samuel M. (2) Fleming

Samuel M. (2), son of Samuel M. (1) and Mary (Kuhn) Fleming, was born in Allegheny county, July 21, 1875. He received his education in the public schools and afterward graduated from the business college at Bradford. He followed the oil business for several years in Bradford oil fields, Pennsylvania, and then in Nebraska, trying to establish for private family use a crude oil burner. On November 18, 1911, he purchased a grocery store at Custer City, Pennsylvania, where he has milling facilities for grinding and mixing feed. In politics his vote has always been cast for the individual, never for the party. He is a member of Tent No. 4, Knights of the Maccabees, at Bradford. He and his wife attend the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, November 20, 1900, Nellie S. Drake, born in Custer county, Nebraska, June 8, 1880, died at Bradford Hospital, July 18, 1908, daughter of Ralph Drake, a ranch owner of Elm Creek, Nebraska, born March 13, 1848, son of Lorenzo Dow Drake. Ralph Drake married Cordelia Wood, a native of Nebraska. Children of Samuel M. (2) and Nellie S. (Drake) Fleming:

1. Bernice E. Fleming, born in Degolia, September 4, 1901
2. Margaret D. Fleming, in Degolia, October 12, 1906
3. Nellie S. Fleming, at Bradford Hospital, July 3, 1908.

See: Genealogy of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania

Source

Jordan, J. W. 1840-1921. (1913). Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.

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