Descendants of Robert Fleming
Generation No. 1
1. ROBERT1 FLEMING was born Unknown in Scotland, and died Unknown in Allegheny Co., Pa. He married MARGARET IRWIN ? Unknown. She was born Unknown, and died Unknown.
Children of ROBERT FLEMING and MARGARET ? are:
i. BARTHOLOMEW2 FLEMING, b. October 27, 1800; d. October 25, 1865, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; m. MARY ELIZABETH LOCKARD, Unknown; b. October 12, 1816; d. June 02, 1897, Indiana Co. , Pa..
More About BARTHOLOMEW FLEMING:
Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
More About MARY ELIZABETH LOCKARD:
Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa
ii. WILLIAM I. FLEMING, b. 1807; d. June 14, 1889, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa.
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Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
2. iii. FRANCIS J. FLEMING, b. August 22, 1811, Allegheny Co., Pa; d. August 25, 1871, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa.
iv. ELIZABETH FLEMING, b. October 12, 1816; d. June 03, 1897.
More About ELIZABETH FLEMING:
Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Fact 13: Is this the correct Elizabeth???
v. MARY FLEMING, b. Unknown.
Generation No. 2
2. FRANCIS J.2 FLEMING (ROBERT1)1 was born August 22, 1811 in Allegheny Co., Pa, and died August 25, 1871 in Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa. He married CHRISTIANA HALEY. She was born August 22, 1814 in Ireland, and died March 27, 1889 in Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa.
More About CHRISTIANA HALEY:
Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Fact 12: 1821, to Pittsburg, Pa
Fact 13: Died 74y 6m 5d
Children of FRANCIS FLEMING and CHRISTIANA HALEY are:
i. INFANT3 FLEMING, b. Unknown, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. Unknown, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa.
3. ii. GEORGE HALEY FLEMING, b. March 18, 1838, near Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pa; d. February 1908.
iii. BARTHOLOMEW FLEMING, b. September 16, 1839, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. May 01, 1863, Murfreesboro, TN.
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Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Fact 9: Co "D", 78th P. V. I. 12 Aug61-1May63 KIA
Fact 13: Died 23y 7 m 25d
4. iv. MARGARET FLEMING, b. July 18, 1841, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. January 11, 1908, Indiana Co., Pa.
v. THOMAS H. FLEMING, b. August 05, 1849, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. May 28, 1863, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa.
More About THOMAS H. FLEMING:
Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Fact 13: Died 13y 9m 23d
vi. JAMES T. FLEMING, b. 1846, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. 1906.
More About JAMES T. FLEMING:
Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
vii. WILLIAM I. FLEMING, b. 1849, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. 1930.
viii. INFANT FLEMING.
ix. ROBERT F. FLEMING2, b. October 15, 1853, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. Unknown.
Notes for ROBERT F. FLEMING:
ROBERT F. FLEMING, carpenter and contractor, at present serving as auditor of Green township, has been a resident of Starford for several years past and is one of the best known citizens of his section of Indiana county. Born in Green township Oct. 15, 1853, he is a son of Francis J. and Christiana (Haley) Fleming, and grandson of Robert Fleming, a native of Scotland. Robert Fleming settled in Alleghenycounty, Pa., when he came to this country, and remaind there until his death. His family consisted of five children, Bartholomew, William, Francis J., Elizabeth and Mary, all deceased.
Francis J. Fleming was born Aug. 22, 1811, in Allegheny county, Pa., and came to Indiana county at an early day. He settled in Green township, near Cookport, about 1839, bought land and carried on farming in that vicinity, living on what came to be known as the old Fleming farm near Cookport, where he remained until his death, Aug. 25, 1871. He married Christiana Haley, a native of Ireland, born Aug. 22, 1814, who came to America when seven years old with her parents, Thomas H. and Christiana Haley, the family settled in Pittsburg, where Mr. Haley passed the remainder of his life. His family consisted of nine children, three sons and six daughters, all now deceased, namely; William, Patience, George, Mary, Jane, Christiana (Mrs. Fleming), Emma, Elizabeth and Thomas. Mrs. Christiana (Haley) Fleming died March 27, 1889. She and her husband had a family of eleven children, viz.: One that died in infancy; George H., deceased, who was a soldier in the Cvil war, enlisting from Indiana county (he is mentioned elsewhere in this work); Bartholomew, deceased, who was also in the Union service during the Civil war; Margaret, deceased, who was the wife of William H. Munshower, of Lovejoy, justice of the peace; Thomas H., deceased; Jane Zidana, wife of George Lutman, of Green township; James, deceased; William I., a resident of Indiana county; one child that died in infancy; Robert F.; and Mary Elizabeth.
Robert F. Fleming was educated in the public schools of Green township, passing hisboyhood days on the old home farm, where he continued to live until after the death of his mother. He then sold his interest in the property and went to learn the trade of carpenter which he has ever since followed, now doing general contracting work. In 1905 he moved to Starford building the home which he occupies there, owning that as well as other property. He has succeded in his business undertakings, and has gained the confidence of his fellow citizens to such an extent that he has been chosen to various local offices of trust, having been school director three years, and present servinc as auditor. He was elected on the Republican ticket.
1913 History of Indiana County, Pa p. 993-4
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x. JANE ZIDANA FLEMING, b. Unknown, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. Unknown.
xi. MARY ELIZABETH FLEMING, b. Unknown, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 3
3. GEORGE HALEY3 FLEMING (FRANCIS J.2, ROBERT1) was born March 18, 1838 in near Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pa, and died February 1908. He married ELIZABETH JANE O'NEIL3 March 14, 1861 in Indiana Co., Pa ; by Rev. John Rice4. She was born Unknown, and died Unknown.
Children of GEORGE FLEMING and ELIZABETH O'NEIL are:
i. JANE ZIDANA4 FLEMING, b. Unknown, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. Unknown, N.5th St., Indiana, Pa; m. GEORGE LUTMAN, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
ii. FRANK FLEMING, b. Unknown, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. Unknown.
More About FRANK FLEMING:
Fact 5: Indiana, Pa
iii. EDWARD J. FLEMING, b. Unknown, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. Unknown.
More About EDWARD J. FLEMING:
Fact 5: San Diego, Ca
5. iv. CRISSIE FLEMING, b. January 10, 1870, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. January 26, 1899, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa.
v. KATHRYN FLEMING, b. April 09, 1884, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. October 24, 1930, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; m. GUS T. LEARN, 1906, Indiana Co. , Pa; b. October 02, 1872, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. September 29, 1958, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa.
Notes for KATHRYN FLEMING:
OBITUARY OF MRS. G.T. LEARN
Funeral Serviccs for Green Township Resident Wednesday 24 Oct 1930
Mrs G. T. Learn,
Mrs Kathryn Fleming Learn, wife of G H Learn of Green township died Friday night of pneumonia. Mrs. Learn had been a sufferer from arthritis for five years and for over four years had been unable to walk but during the greater part of the time was able to go about the house in a wheel chair and although she suffered pain almost constantly she bore it with great fortitude and was always cheerful and took an interest in the affairs of the community and in her home.
About two years ago, she and her husband went to California in the hope that the climate would benefit her but after sixteen months, they returned without her having any relief. Since returning they resided on the farm in Green township and her condition reminiced about the same until a week previous to her death.
She was a daughter oF Mr and Mrs Gcorge Fleming and was born on the homestead farm at Fleming Summit April 9, 1864. She was educated in the common schools of Green township and attended Purchase Line Academy for several years and a couple of terms at Indiana State Normal Afterward she taught twelve winter terms and several summer terms in different parts of the county Later she was associated with her aunt in the millinery business in Blairsville for five years.
In 1906, she was united in marriage with G TLearn a former school teacher and prominent farmer of Green township and had resided there ever since with the exception of the three winters in California. She was a member of the Cookport Lutheran Church and always took an active part in the activities of the church and Sabbath school and until her infirmities kept her at home she was a teacher of a organized class of young people. She leaves her husband, and a step-son Paul Learn at home, two sisters and a brother: Misses Laura and Jessie Fleming and E. J. Fleming of San Diego Calif, and a host of friends to mourn her loss.
Funeral services will be held at Cookport Lutheran church Wednesday at 2 pm conducted by her pastor Rev W G Slonaker Interment will be made in the Methodist cemetery near Cookport.
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Mrs Zener Dies Mother of Twins - ( August 21 ü 195Þ)
Mrs Eleanor Croak Zener 17ü wife of Gilbert R Zener 61 1V Jones St who last Wednesday gave birth to twin daughters in the Lock Haven Hospital died there at 3ü35 am today
The attending physician said that Mrs Zener had been unconscious since six hours after the birth of the babies early Wednesday morning suffering from post partum eclampsia or a severe toxin distributed in the system in pregnancy Her kidneys were effected from the toxin, the doctor said
The daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Croak Swissdale, she is survived by her husband the twins Eleanor Larue and Ellen Louise who are in good condition and by another daughter Kathryn Elaine 11 months She is also survived by her parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs Chauncey Blaney of this city the following brothers: Pfc Wilbur E Croak, with the U S Army in Korea; Robert John and Dolye Croak Swissdale; and two sisters Mrs Edward Bridges Lock Haven and Mrs Richard Winner, Queens Run
More About KATHRYN FLEMING:
Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa
Notes for GUS T. LEARN:
A Verse on the Learn Family written in June 1941 by Gus T. Learn of Commodore, Indiana Co., Pa
printed and Copyright 1984 "Tree Top Baby" by Susan Moorhead Nunes, P. O. Box 784, Tavares, Fl 32778 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 84-80290 Published by Gateway Press Inc. 1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202 Sold exclusively by the Indiana County Genealogical & Historical Society, 200 S. 6th St., Indiana, Pa 15701.
[ The book is not of the Learn family but that of the Moorhead family of which the Learns have married into.]
FORWARD
For many years I have been interested in tracing the ancestry of our family and have been urged by members of the family and as a result I have composed the following brief outline in the form of verse which is my favorite diversion but this of necessity leaves out many important details. If this meets with the approval of my readers I would be glad to attempt a more comprehensive history and genealogy of the family at a later date if I am spared to do so.
Gus T. Learn
Commodore, Pa
The Learns
By GUS T. Learn, June, 1941.
Draw near kind friends and relative dear
And you shall from me a story hear;
From facts I have gleaned from year to year
Of the clan of the Learns who settled here
In Pennsylvania of fair state
As I shall now to you relate;
At the present town of Tannersville,
In a valley fair near a wooded hill;
All located as you no doubt know
In the present county of Monroe,
Where Pennsylvania tourists go
The famous resort Mount Pocono.
Those were the days when out land was new
And settlements were scattered and few.
The first of the clan of which we hear
Was old John Learn, the Pioneer.
Where he was born we do not know
But surmise in Holland, where long ago
Some refugees from Britain fled
For religious freedom it is said.
Of the time of his coming there is, some doubt
But 'twas seventeen fifty of there about;
When with Caderina his good wife
He started to make his plans for life;
And from Philadelphia win or fail
They struck the old Lackawanna trail;
And when they finally settled here
"Twas the last house of the frontier,
As you can plainly see and read
On the granite marker alone the road.
Here he proceeded as time passed on
Some land to clear to provide a home
For his rapidly growing family,
Which increased with regularity.
Six sturdy sons their union blessed,
Five daughters fair completed the list.
In January seventeen fifty-one
George their oldest son was born;
Then came Mary and Rachel, then John
In fifty-six was the second son,
Then came Jacob in fifty-eight
Followed by Catherine sometimes called Kate.
Rebecca came next, then in sixty-four
Came Andrew a son to even the score.
In sixty-seven Peter came,
Then came Sarah and 'twas even again,
Adam who was the last in line
Arrived in seventeen sixty-nine.
From our meager knowledge mostly from tradition
It seems he was thrifty with intuition;
For aside from his farm a tavern he kept
And many notables here have slept.
Here General Sullivan with his men
Encamped in seventeen seventy-nine.
But the country was new and all frontier lands
Were infested by numerous Indian bands;
But they seemed to be a friendly sort
And oft engaged with the boys in sport,
Till one day in a friendly bout,
George threw a redskin and hurt the lout.
From that day on so the story goes,
The Indians grew more morose;
And started for their chieftain's tent,
Plotting vengeance as they went.
Then seven braves from Lake Erie's shore,
Started toward the east once more.
Crafty, cunning, cruel fiends,
See what happens when their journey ends.
"Twas on a pleasant July day,
And George was busy mowing hay
In a field near his humble home by the spring,
Not thinking of danger to anything,
When suddenly the redskins appeared
Between him and his home, and when they fired,
George was wounded but did not fall
But defended himself with a stout fence rail.
But the odds were too great, he was soon in their power,
They had taken his scalp within an hour.
Then went these wretches, so heartless and wild
To his house for his wife and infant child,
Which they carried off to the woods near by
And brutally butchered and left them lie.
Meantime the father whose home was near,
The noise of the shooting could plainly hear.
He grabbed his rifle, his movements were screened
By a field of rye that intervened.
He saw a stump with an Indian on it,
He aimed and fired and the redskins' bonnet
Pierced by a bullet was found next day,
But his body his comrades had taken away.
Alas that show was the father's undoing
As it showed the for the place of his hiding'
He was soon discovered ere the day was done
And killed and scalped like his elder son.
The next day John the second son
Saw an Indian skulking near the home;
He fired his gun as for vengeance he yearned,
And the for to his comrades ne'er returned.
Now let us leave this gruesome scene
And turn to a brighter pleasanter theme,
I would like to tell as far as I know
Of our forbears who lived so long ago.
George had a son about two years old
Who was hidden and saved by an aunt we're told.
In New York state where he lived and died
Some of his descendants still reside.
He had daughters six, of sons, there were five
But none of them are now alive.
One son Adam and Nelson his son
Lie buried at Cuba near the home
Of Nelson's sons a pair of twins,
Luie and Lutie are their names.
John Learn the son at his father's death
Had lately secured for himself a wife.
She twelve children to him bore,
And then passed on to the other shore;
But he undaunted by her fate
Soon secured for himself another mate.
In eighteen twenty in the month of May
His second helpmate passed away;
This information is plainly shown
Inscribed on the markers at their tomb,
For both these wives lie buried near
In the cemetery known as Hamilton Square.
Still stout of heart after their departure,
He engaged a third matrimonial venture.
Now past his prime years flew apace
And he removed to another place,
In Cattaraugus county, New York state
George and Jacob his gone had gone of late
And acquired a place they called Dutch Hill,
Which they proceeded to clear and till.
There he remained until he died,
There some descendants still reside,
But many scattered long ago
And one I've traced to Mexico.
The third son Jacob was also wed
To John's wife's sister it is said,
At sixteen years early in life
She became his wedded wife.
Four sons and four daughters their union blest
As they labored together to feather their nest;
For twenty-one years together they trod
Then she was called to her reward.
Now he at forty-three years of age
We find he lived just half his days,
And with bright prospects ahead in life
Secured for himself another wife.
Their lives were spent on a farm nearby,
At their tomb at Mount Zion their ashes lie;
And in this section where he died
Most of his descendants still reside.
The fourth son Andrew was just a youth
Seventeen years old at his father's death.
We hear of him next at twenty-one,
Far removed from his ancestral home;
For the records show that at that date
He was in the western part of the state,
In Westmoreland county, where he had found
And patented a large tract of land.
He also to a wife laid claim,
Susanna Yockey was her name.
There in seventeen eighty-five was born
Their first child a son named John.
Two more sons and daughters seven
Comprised the family in eighteen seven,
When he in his prime at forty-three years
Was removed by death from this vale of tears.
And now in peace his dust remains
In the cemetery at old St. James.
Later George and Andrew his younger sons
Divided the farm and established homes;
And there remained the rest of their lives,
Securing sisters as their wives,
Of their descendants who bear the name
Few in that section still remain;
But Andrew's granddaughters Mrs. Elsie Glass
Still resides on the old place.
John the eldest son after a time
Secured a tract of virgin pine,
Among the Indiana county hills,
Near the old town of Mitchell's Mills,
Where in eighteen twenty-nine he moved,
Eight sons and four daughters were in his brood.
A ninth son was born soon after that date
But one succumbed and still there was eight.
They and their children all settled near
And each proceeded some land to clear,
Til fourteen adjoining farms were seen
With no one else mixed in between;
So in that section where e'er you'd turn
You were almost certain to meet a Learn.
Now if in details of John's history I go
"Tis because more of his family I know;
But lest your patience with this I tire
I'll say that he was my great grandsire
And that I was reared and am living still
Adjoining the homestead on the hill.
But few of the original homes remain
That still retain the family name.
The old generations have all passed on,
And of the younger ones many have gone
To establish homes both far and near,
But still in memory they all hold dear,
Regardless of when or where they went,
The old place still called the Learn Settlement.
The fifth son Peter as we have seen
Was bereft of his father when just fourteen.
On his next few years we nothing know
But that later to Canada he did go;
In Ontario Province he made his home,
And became a subject of the British Crown;
In her army he held a captain's commission
In our second war against Britain's oppression.
"Tis said he possessed a very fine steed
Which he could ride at breakneck speed,
But some one else with covetous eyes
Must have taken him by surprise,
For from this horse he was shot and slain,
Possession of the animal to obtain.
His slayer's fate I do not know
Because this happened so long ago.
The year was eighteen hundred fourteen,
As told to me by his grandson,
Reverend Peter Learn who at our home
Made a call in nineteen hundred nine;
And attended our first reunion there
At the old Learn homestead near Commodore.
Two other preachers this family claims,
One a brother of Peter, his name was James.
George a cousin his life as a missionary spent
At Kodiac, Alaska where was sent.
Now Peter the grandsire had seven sons
And in Canada they made their homes;
But they long since have passed away
We trust to that land of perfect day.
But if you would their descendants reach
Just inquire around Sherkston or Crystal Beach.
The sixth son Adam was twelve years old
When he was orphaned were are told;
But where he was reared and to manhood grown
We can only guess, but this is known
The later he did a home obtain
In New York State in the county of Wayne;
That he was married and had two sons
Named Levi and John so the story runs.
Whether John was married or when or where,
We only know he left no heir.
To Pennsylvania Levi came
And in Warren county made his home;
Near Akeley some descendants remain
But there is scarcely one that beats the name.
Now if in this story I err in part
"Tis mistakes of the head and not of the heart.
Some information I have gleaned from afar
And from careful study for many a year;
Some parts my aged gransire told
When I was a lad a few years old;
But I always listened with eager ears
And have treasured in memory all the years.
Travel and correspondence each
Have aided me in my research.
It matters not where my letters go
From Canada to Mexico,
From up in Maine among the pines
To California's sunny climes,
The same reply I'm sure to hear
Tracing back to the Indian massacre.
So it seems that all who bear the name
Are descendants of that one man.
That we all are bound by kinships ties,
And I hope at that meeting beyond the skies
In that beautiful home without sorrow or sin
We shall all be deemed worthy to enter in.
More About GUS T. LEARN:
Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
vi. JESSE FLEMING, b. Unknown; d. Unknown, San Diego, Ca.
More About JESSE FLEMING:
Fact 5: Youngstown, Oh
6. vii. FRANCIS J. FLEMING, b. May 19, 1862, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. 1926, State College, Pa.
viii. LAURA FLEMING, b. Unknown; d. Unknown, San Diego, Ca.
ix. JENNIE FLEMING, b. Unknown.
4. MARGARET3 FLEMING (FRANCIS J.2, ROBERT1)5 was born July 18, 1841 in Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa, and died January 11, 1908 in Indiana Co., Pa. She married WILLIAM H. MUNSHOWER6 April 19, 1866 in Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa7. He was born August 03, 1836 in Center Twp., Indiana Co., Pa, and died February 08, 1917 in Indiana Co, Pa8.
More About MARGARET FLEMING:
Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Notes for WILLIAM H. MUNSHOWER:
1866- resided in Philips Mills, Indiana Co., Pa
More About WILLIAM H. MUNSHOWER:
Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa
Fact 5: 1913, Cookport, Pa
Fact 9: Co "M", 102 Reg, P.V.I. 13Jul63-28Jun65
Child of MARGARET FLEMING and WILLIAM MUNSHOWER is:
i. CLARA4 MUNSHOWER, b. Unknown, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 4
5. CRISSIE4 FLEMING (GEORGE HALEY3, FRANCIS J.2, ROBERT1) was born January 10, 1870 in Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa, and died January 26, 1899 in Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa. She married GUS T. LEARN June 27, 1895. He was born October 02, 1872 in Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa, and died September 29, 1958 in Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa.
More About CRISSIE FLEMING:
Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
More About GUS T. LEARN:
Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Child of CRISSIE FLEMING and GUS LEARN is:
i. PAUL F.5 LEARN, b. October 06, 1898, Green Twp, Indiana, PA; d. June 19, 1972, Indiana Co., Pa 15729; m. MARY EMILY DICK, September 05, 1931, Berlin, Somerset, PA; b. September 11, 1904, Cherryhill Twp, Indiana, PA; d. November 25, 1971, Indiana Co., Pa.
More About PAUL F. LEARN:
Fact 2: Greenwood Cemetery, Indiana, Indiana, PA
Fact 10: 204-07-3205
More About MARY EMILY DICK:
Fact 2: Greenwood Cemetery, Indiana, Indiana, PA.
6. FRANCIS J.4 FLEMING (GEORGE HALEY3, FRANCIS J.2, ROBERT1)9,10 was born May 19, 1862 in Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa, and died 1926 in State College, Pa. He married LAURA MAY COOK October 20, 1887 in Indiana Co., Pa. She was born March 18, 1868 in Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa11, and died March 07, 1937 in State College, Pa12.
Notes for FRANCIS J. FLEMING:
1870 Census rl 1350 pg 255 Green Twp age 59 ????
Contact Subj: Cook,Fleming,Zener From: larmll@webtv.net (laura marshall)
My grandmother is Sarah ,Fleming,Zener.
Her mother's name was Laura Mae ,I think she was a Cook.I know that there are Cook's in her family.
FRANCIS J. FLEMING, owns the Summit Farm, in Green township, Indiana county, where his parents settled in 1861 and members of this family have lived continously since. He was born there May 19, 1862, son of George H. and Eliza J. (O'Neil) Fleming and grandson of Francis J. Fleming. The grandfather came into Indiana county at an early day and made a settlement in Green township, living in what came to be known as the old Fleming farm near Cookport, where he remained until his death. His family consisted of eight children, of whom George H. was the eldest. Four of this family survive; William I., Robert F., Jane S., (wife of George Lutman) and Mary.
George H. Fleming was born near Pittsburg, Pa., at what was known as Squirrel Hill, and came with the family to Indiana county. In 1860 he bought part of the farm now occupied by his son Francis, moving to that place in 1861. His purchase was sixty acres, to which he subsequently added fifty acres, and the property is popularly known as Summit Farm or Fleming's Summit. George H. Fleming moved to the borough of Indiana two years before his death, which occured there in February 1908. His wife, Eliza Jane (O'Neil), daughter of Edward and Catherine (Kneedler) O'Neil, was born April 1, 1838, and survives him, living in the borough of Indiana. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fleming: Francis J.; Edward J., who lives at Starford, Pa.; Catherine, wife of G.T. Learn, of Green township; Laura A., who lives with her mother; Jennie, a teacher, also living with her mother; Crissie, deceased; and Jessie, who is now teaching in Ohio.
Francis J. Fleming received a public school education in Green township. From boyhood he has been engaged in farming, and he gradually assumed the care of the home place, upon his father's retirement taking over its entire cultivation and management. The property is a notably fine one, and he had kept it in the best condition, by his intelligent methods and systematic labors. He takes some part in the public affairs of the locality, having served as a member of the township school board.
On Oct. 20, 1887, Mr. Fleming was united in marriage with Laura M. Cook, who was born in Green township, daughter of Richard and Catherine (Dasher) Cook, the former deceased, the latter now living in Clearfield county. Mr. Cook was a farmer in Green township, Indiana county. Mrs. Fleming is the eldest of the six children born to her parents, all yet living, namely: Laura M. (Mrs. Fleming), Charles, William (a resident of Clearfield county), Ellsworth (of Clearfield county), Mabel and Edward. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Fleming, George H. the eldest, is deceased. The others are: Hazel, at home; Hope, now a student at the Indiana(Pa.) State normal school; Blaine, a teacher now at Swissvale, Pa; Belle; Catherine, and Emory. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming and their family are members of the Lutheran Church at Cookport. 1913 History of Indiana County, Pa by Prof. Stewart, page 1408
More About FRANCIS J. FLEMING:
Fact 2: Cookport Luthern Cemetery, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa
More About LAURA MAY COOK:
Fact 2: Cookport Luthern Cemetery, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa
Children of FRANCIS FLEMING and LAURA COOK are:
i. GEORGE H.5 FLEMING, b. April 25, 1888, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. July 20, 1890, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa.
More About GEORGE H. FLEMING:
Fact 2: Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
ii. ELIZABETH HAZEL FLEMING, b. March 1890; d. December 1952; m. ??? BLAKLEY; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
iii. HOPE F. FLEMING, b. January 15, 1892, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. November 10, 1978, Lakewood, Pa; m. (1) MURDIS TREESE, Unknown; b. September 18, 1887, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. March 06, 1961, Allegheny Valley Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa; m. (2) ??? KEATING, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
Notes for HOPE F. FLEMING:
In Memory of Mrs. Hope Fleming Treese, Date of Birth, January 15, 1892. Date of Death, November 10, 1978.
Sevices from Krynicki Funeral Home Inc., 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 13, 1978.
Minister Officiating Rev. Robert E. Boone, Final Resting Place, Lakewood Memorial Garden, Dorseville, Pa
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Fact 2: Lakewood Memorial Garden, Dorseville, Pa
Notes for MURDIS TREESE:
Murdis J. Treese, 73, of Bakerstown Road, Frazer township, died yesterday (March 6, 1961) at 5:40p.m. in Allegheny Valley Hospital following a thre-week illness. Mr. Treese, a resident of the Tarentum community for more than 50 years, entered the hospital for observation when he first became ill. Last Thursday he suffered a cerebral hemorrage.
Born in Green Township, Indiana County on Sept. 18, 1887, he was a son of the Late George W. and Rhoda Belle Mamau Treese. He was employed in Creighton Works 1 of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co, since 1921. He was for 31 years a foreman in the machine shop of the lamination department when he retired in 1952. Mr. Treese was a member of First United Presbyterian Church, Tarentum; Tarentum Odd Fellows Lodge and Encampment and Frazer Township Fire Department.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Hope Fleming Treese, two daughters, Mrs. Chester (Marie) Kosheba, New Kensington and Mrs. James (Elizabeth) Boyd, Lonaconing, Md.; four brothers, H. Steele Treese, Holly Hill, Fla;
H. Clair Treese, Akron, Ohio; Elton Treese, Williamsport, Pa and Arlee M. Treese, Tarentum; a sister, Mrs. William (Blanche) Stamm, New Stanton, Pa., and four grandchildren. Ferver-Krynicki Funeral Home, Wood St and 4th Ave., Tarentum, services conducted by his pastor, Rev. J. Hoy McElhinney D.D. Burial will be in the Lakewood Memorial Gardens, Dorseyville.
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Fact 2: Lakewood Memorial Garden, Dorseville, Pa
Fact 5: Bakerstown Road, Frazer Twp., Allegheny Co., Pa
Notes for ??? KEATING:
After weeks of illness from cerrhosis of the liver at home, in Cookport, CALVIN HOYT KEATING, a well-known and popular young man passed away on sunday monrning, aged 34 years and 29 days.
The son of John and Nancy A. KEATING, he leaves his widow and his mother to mourn his loss. He was a veteran of the World War and the Commander of the American Legion Post in his hometown. Possessed of more than usual desirable traits of character he made and held many lasting friendships. He had been a teacher in the public shcools and at the time of his death was the tax collector of Green township. In whatever position he was placed he served faithfully and well.
HIs funeral will be held at his late home on Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. William King, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, officiating and interment will be made in the M.E. Church cemetery there. Full military honors will be given by the American Legion Post.
iv. JAMES BLAINE FLEMING, b. April 07, 1894, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. February 19, 1968; m. FLORENCE VIRGINIA LYDICK, April 08, 1915, Indiana Co., Pa13; b. Abt. 1897, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. Unknown.
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Fact 2: Greenwood Cemetry, Indiana, Indiana Co., Pa
Fact 4: Farmer
Fact 5: 1915, Lovejoy, Pa
v. LAURA BELLE FLEMING, b. September 08, 1896, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. Unknown; m. JOE MOODY, October22, 1919; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
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Fact 5: 1980, Niagara Falls, NY
vi. SARAH KATHERINE FLEMING, b. September 06, 1899, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. November 19, 1999, Lock Haven Hospital Lock Haven, Clinton Co. Pa; m. KENNETH MERLE ZENER, July 30, 1924, Luthern Church, Indiana, Pa; b. August 01, 1901, Marchand, Indiana Co., Pa; d. December 15, 1987, Lock Haven Hospital, Lock Haven, Clinton Co., Pa.
Notes for SARAH KATHERINE FLEMING:
Lock Haven - Sarah Kathryn Zener, a resident of SusqueView Home, will celebrate her 99th birthday on Sept. 6, [1998]
She is the former Sarah Fleming, daughter of Francis and Laura (Cook) Fleming of Fleming Farm in Cookport.
She was married to Kenneth M. Zener Sr., now deceased, and resided in Indiana, Pa. for several years before moving to the Lock Haven area. Kenneth was the manager of Brown's Boot Shop in Lock Haven, and Sarah enjoyed raising their six children and three grandchildren.
All together she is blessed with 93 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as som estep-grandchildren.
[Compliments of Nancy Zener Crissinger, 10 Sep 1998]
Notes for KENNETH MERLE ZENER:
Lock Haven - Kenneth M. Zener Sr., 86, of 61 N. Jones St., Lock Haven, died at 7:20 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1987 in Lock Haven Hospital, where he had been a patient since last Wednesday.
Born Aug. 1, 1901 in Marchand, Indiana County, Pa., he was the son of Jacob and Clara Hershberger Zener.
He and his wife, the former Sarah K. Fleming, wre married July 30, 1924 in the Lutheran Church in Indiana.
The Zeners moved from Indiana, Pa. to Lock Haven in 1929 when Mr. Zener became manager of Brown's Boot Shop here. He had been employed by the chain of stores in Indiana.
He retired Aug. 1, 1966 after 43 years with the company, then worked for Fidelity National Bank for six years.
[compliments of Nancy Zener Crissinger 10 Sep 1998]
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Fact 5: 61 N. Jones St., Lock Haven, Pa
Fact 10: 177-10-8522
Marriage Notes for SARAH FLEMING and KENNETH ZENER:
A quiet wedding of much interest occurred in the Lutheran parsonage on Wednesday monring, Jul 30, [1924] when Miss Kathryn Fleming, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fleming, of Fleming Summit, became the bride of Kenneth M. Zener, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Zener, of Indiana. The Lutheran ring ceremony was performed by Rev. J. B. Baker, D.D. Immediately following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Zener departed for a trip to Atlantic City, Philadelphia an eastern points. Miss Fleming was born and reared in the civinity oc Cherry Tree. She is a member of the LUtheran church and a former school teacher. Mr. Zener was reared in INdiana, securing his education in the schools of Indiana and at present is connected with Brown's shoe store. He is active in Boy Scout work and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, being active in Sunday school and Epworth League work. Together they enjoy a wide friendship and have the best wishes of a hose of friends.
Marriage Certficate-- This Certifies that Kenneth M. Zener of Indiana, State of PA and
Kathryn Fleming of Commodore, State of Pa were by me united
in HOLY MATRIMONY accoding to the Ordinance of God and Laws
of the State of Pa., at Indiana, Pa. on the 30th day of july in the year of our LORD, 1924.
Rev. J. B. Baker
vii. EMORY E. FLEMING, b. April 25, 1905, Cookport, Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pa; d. November 24, 1981, Ukiah, Ca; m. CLO-SON FOY; b. Unknown.
Notes for EMORY E. FLEMING:
Two marriage dates;; Who are the spouses...
Mar. 14, 1925 and Aug 9, 1950
In Memory of Emery E. Fleming, born, Arpil 25, 1905 in Pa. Entered into rest November 24, 1981 Ukiah, California.
Services at the Eversole Mortuary, Friday November 27, 1981, 2 p.m.
Officiating First Councilor Howard Bashford, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
Interment Ukiah Cemetery.
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Fact 2: Ukiah Cemetery, Ukiah, Calif.
Endnotes
1. Prof. J. T. Stewart, 1913, 1913 Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Her People, Past and Present, (Publisher, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, Il), 1301,1407-8.
2. Prof. J. T. Stewart, 1913, 1913 Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Her People, Past and Present, (Publisher, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, Il).
3. Prof. J. T. Stewart, 1913, 1913 Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Her People, Past and Present, (Publisher, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, Il), 754,1407.
4. "Indiana Progress," Microfilm IUP archives, 19 Mar 1861, Both of Green Twp.
5. Historical & Genealogical Society, Indiana Co., Pa, (200 S. 6th St., Indiana, Pa 15701-2999 724-463-9600), Obituary files.
6. Prof. J. T. Stewart, 1913, 1913 Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Her People, Past and Present, (Publisher, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, Il), 1300,1301.
7. "Indiana Progress," Microfilm IUP archives, 25 Apr 1866.
8. Historical & Genealogical Society, Indiana Co., Pa, Veterans Graves Register - Indiana Co., Pa.
9. Laura Marshall, (8 Country Meadow, Melville, NJ 08332 larmll@webtv.net), "Electronic."
10. Prof. J. T. Stewart, 1913, 1913 Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Her People, Past and Present, (Publisher, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, Il), 903-4,1301,1407-8.
11. Pennsylvania Dept of Health, Pa Vital Statistics.
12. Pennsylvania Dept of Health, Pa Vital Statistics, Cert #28537, Father's name not shown.
13. LDS, Marriages License # 4073 page 573.