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- F A M I L Y H I S T O R Y by Loretta M. Prewitt
ROBERT "BIG JEFF" JEFFERSON (Served in General Lee's BROTHER OF
FRED
Army during Civil War)1
Son of Robert Fleming and Elizabeth (Betty) Stumbo (Staumbaugh)
b. ________________ 1825 (25 yrs in 1850 Census) Farmer
pb. Pike County, KY (Pike Co. was formed from Floyd Co. in 1921.)
d. 18 August 1893 at Buchanan Co.,VA, buried in Fleming Cemetery at
(Mill Creek near Pound)(Wise Co., VA?) Clintwood, VA
m. 1. Leaty (Hetty/Letta) Mullins at Pike County, KY, 16 December 1846
(dtr of William Mullins)
b. ________________ 1825 (25 yrs in 1950 Census)
pb. ________________ KY
d. (date)________________(place)_______________(buried)____________
m. 2. Margaret Ann "Peggy" Rose, Wise County, VA, 12 November 1866
(dtr of Samuel and Margaret Cantrell Rose)
b. 28 October 1844
pb. Wise County, VA
d. 21 Dec. 1902, Camden-on-Gauley, Webster, WV, buried Black Hill
Chapel
Cem.
Children # 1-3 ages listed are per 1850 Census-Birth Years are
approximated. All children were born in Kentucky.
Children of Jefferson and Leaty Mullins Fleming:
(In 1900 Censuis Leaty Mullins Fleming stated she had 12 children, 5
of
them living--one additional name unknown at this time)
Margaret F 5 yrs. b. 1846 m. William G. Rose
Phillip2 M 3 yrs. b. 8/1847 m. Sarah (Hulda?) Mullins
James M 1 yr. b. 3/1848 m. Elmira Rose
William "Red Billy" M b. 1852 m. Lydia Robinson
Nancy J. b. 1852 m. Henderson Viers
Solomon b. 12/1853, d. 1909 m. 1. Mahala Sarah Mullins
b.
1856 d. 1896 (dtr. of Isaac & Eliz. (Mullins)Mullins. 2. Mandy
Perrigan (remarried a Lockhart)
Louis b. 1859 Died as infant-2 mos.
Matilda Elizabeth b. 1860 Died as infant
Robert Lee3 b. 8/61-62 m. Eliz. (Betty) Vanover
Jefferson and Leatie were separated about the time or not long after
Robert Lee was born. Jefferson then married Margaret Rose.
Children of Jefferson and Margaret "Peggy" Rose Fleming:
In 1900 Census Margaret Rose Fleming stated she had 10 children, 8 of
them living at that time. (There are more than 10 children listed
below?)
Samuel McHenan "Henan" b. 1865 d. 1943 m. Catharine Vanover.
John Morgan (a Preacher) b. 1868 d. 1943 m.
Virginia(Jenny)Scarberry.
Ferbia Roxie Anna"Ferbie" b. 1872 d. 1947 m. James Robert "Bob"
Addington.
Preston McCalvin "Cal" b. 1869? d. 1894 m. Cordelia Cook (dtr of
Solomon & Seattie Hall Cook) b. 10 Nov. 1875, Floyd Co.
Emiline "Emily" b. 1875, m. 1. Marcus Rogers, 2. Gus? Jeff?
Gallion
Orbin Lorenza Patrick b. 7/1876 d.1950 m. 1. Ellen (Ella) Wright
Pridemore "Orb" 2. Flora Carpenter
Harrison Henry Alamander "Al" b. 1/1880 d. 1950 m. Kate Phoebe Woods
(had a child named Thurman?)
Margaret Lenora b. 6/1881 m. E. Fonzo Wright ?
Gus Gallion?
Evadne (Vadnie)-went West b. 3/1884 m. _______ Kelly
Children of Jefferson Fleming and Esther(?) Bentley:
Thomas Bentley m. Clarinda Fleming4
James Bentley
John Davis Bentley
William Bentley
Above information compiled by Loretta M. Prewitt from the following
sources:
1850 Pike County Kentucky Census
Lewis Hall, 17 yr old laborer living with family at time of Census.
Recollections of a Mountain Boy Plus Stories of a Sudden Death, by Red
Fleming 1911-1985.
1Robert served in General Lee's Army during Civil War.
2Phillip served with Robert in General Lee's Army during Civil War.
3Bill Fleming and Jennifer Rose are descendants of Robert Lee.
4Clarinda Fleming is the daughter of Fred and Anna Wright Fleming.
(Aunt of King Solomon Fleming, son of Jeff Fleming)
Childers, Fleming and Related Families by Carson Childers
*William G. Rose was born 1840 in VA, son of John M. and Martha Rose.
John Rose was born in NC and Martha was born in Franklin County, VA.
They lived in Wise and Dickinson Counties, VA.
Robert Jefferson Fleming received grants for land on Shelby Creek,
Pike County, KY, one for 140 acres and one for 150 acres - both
granted
in December, 1854. In 1870 he is listed on the Buchanan Co. VA
Census.
Robert Jefferson Fleming lived in various places in Dickenson County,
VA,
Caney, Big Ridge, etc., and lived in KY.
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