Charles W. Dunn

Leslie married Bobbie Lee Fleming. Bobbie (daughter of Robert Lee Fleming and Elvira Yates) was born in Mar 1899 in Eureka, Lyon County, KY; died on 17 May 1977 in Lyon County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Elvira Yates about 1892 in Probably, Lyon County, KY. Elvira was born in Mar 1874 in Eddyville, Lyon County, KY; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

! Katie Lee Yates (Edward Gyer Fleming) and sister Elvira Yates (Robert L.
Fleming) and half-sisters Laura Ann Yates (John L. Henry Peek), and Mary E.
Yates (Hiram Oda Peek) were related. They had different fathers and
g-fathers but the same gg-grandfather/mother - who were:
Stephen Yates Jr., b. 1775 in Pittsylvania, VA, d. Caldwell Co. KY.
Mary Hall, b 1780 in Pittsylvania, VA, d. Caldwell Co. KY.

! Father: George A. Yates b: ABT 1847 in Kentucky
Mother: Sarah Josephine Whitsett b: 10 MAR 1851 in Tennessee

Notes:

! The first record of John Rulaford Fleming is in the 1850 Caldwell
County, KY Census showing him Undisclosed in the household of William and
Catherine Roberts, he was 20 years old.

! John met his wife Isabella (called Mary) in Smithland, Livingston County,KY
!Caldwell Co Marriages by Brenda Jerome,1809-l873.
John R Fleming married Isabella A Peake (sic) on 18 July 1854 by Silas N
Davis in Crittenden County, KY. Groom 24 Single born (Carroll Co) TN, lives
Lyon Co Bride 18 Single, born and lives in Caldwell.

! From Mother's Notes
! Grandfather Reverand John Rulaford Fleming was raised in Tennessee,
probably in Knoxville, Later lived in Eureka, Lyon County, KY. His mother was
a Rulaford. Sisters of John Rulaford Fleming (Mary and Catherine) each
married a Hildreth. Catherine Hildreth had a daughter named Sarah who,
late in life, married Marcelus Newton SWINDLER in Dawson Springs,
Kentucky and had children, Dora, May, and Dave.

! From an article on Page 8 the July 28, 1971 Sun Democrat newspaper of
Paducah, Kentucky By KATE (FLEMING) BOUCHER HAMMOND, a
granddaughter of John R. Fleming. John R. Fleming was a First Lieutenant,
Company H of the 20th Kentucky Volunteer Regiment Infantry (Union). Film
Number M386 roll 9

! The 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, USA was organized late 1861 and
mustered into United States service 6 Jan 1862 at Smithland, Kentucky
(Livingston County). It participated in the battles Shiloh, TN, Corinth, MS,
Lebanon, KY, Kenesaw Mountain, GA, Dallas, GA, Ackworth, GA, and Atlanta,
Georgia. It was mustered out at Louisville, KY, 17 January 1865 with the
members being transferred to the 6th KY Veteran Cavalry. Abstracted
from the Adjutant General Report

! "It was early April in 1862 (this may have been 1861) and a detachment
from General Lew Wallace's army had reached Smithland, Ky., along the
Dover Road. The man in charge was the Reverend John Rulaford Fleming,
who had freed his slaves and joined the Union forces. He was a native
Lyon countian, his family still remaining there.

! "On this particular occasion his wife, Isabella (Peek) Fleming, had the
good fortune of meeting him there with their infant baby (Madora
Adeline, the mother of the author of this article) who was two months
old. She had ridden there by horseback, accompanied by a former slave who
helped with the new baby. The mother's prized attire--a dress
skirt--is now on loan to the Market House Museum in Paducah and may be
viewed there

! "The event was a joyous one and the happenings of this meeting hold
treasured memories which have been told and retold to the generations
which followed. This quest of adventure and command of men was to
lead to Shiloh over the Dover Road, where Grant's men had been camping.
It was the leader's task, a man who had left his position as a Methodist
minister, with conviction and compulsion, to accompany this mission for the
Union.

! "Leaving Smithland he marched his men, and reached Gum Springs
Baptist Church by nightfall. Here he conducted a prayer meeting, and
they rested and camped until morning.

! "On the second day there was an advance of about 16 miles, when they
reached the cross roads of the Dover Road and stopped at a small
community then known as Nickellville, the name bearing relation to the
families Undisclosed there by that name. It consisted of a country store and a
few homes.

! "After resting and refreshing themselves as best as they could the men
took the train again to proceed to Golden Pond. This was the last sojourn
before pursuing the remaining stretch of road to Dover, Tennessee and
finally to Shiloh where the battle occurred. The heaviest losses for both
sides were there.

! "In three years the war was over-in 1865. The men came home. There
was much to be done toward reconstruction."

! "On February 5, 1862 John R. is wounded. On February 8, 1862 he
tenders his resignation from the regiment. I obtained a copy of John's file
from the U.S. Pension Agency, dated June 28, 1896 which states" John R.
Fleming, lst Lt of 20 KY, who was a pensioner of this Agency under
Certificate No. 351432 and who was last paid $24 to 1st of November
1895, has been dropped because of death, December 20, 1895."

!After John R. died on December 20, 1895, hia wife, Isabella, filed for the
pension on John R. on November 28, 1902 until November 24, 1914 when
the Department of the Interior dropped Isabella from the pension rolls due
to her death on August 21, 1914. On July 20, 1897 J.M. Smith, Clerk of
the Lyon county Court filed an affidavit for Isabella's petition for her
Widow's Pension stating that "Mrs. Isabella Fleming is assessed for
Taxation for same year of 1897 with 181 acres of land (value $605) and
personal property of $34 making a total of $639."

! The 20th Regiment was mustered in on January 6, 1862 and mustered out
on January 17, 1865.

!Andrew Hinshaw letter to son of Eugene Thomas Fleming
Mr. John David Fleming
450 Forest Road
Benton, KY 42025 Telephone 270.354.6519
Email flemco@vci.net

!Dear John:

! Thanks for the Fleming information you sent to me. It is both enlightening
and helpful.

!1.Referring first to your cover letter (email) of December 4, 1998
paragraphs 5 & 6. The Rulaford name came from my mother's writings and
original notes, see attached.

! I failed to notice the discrepancy you pointed out between my mother's
"Rulaford" notation that Rulaford was his mother's maiden name and the
later information about her g-grandfather, David Fleming married Martha
(Patsy) Russell.

! Adding further confusion is that one of John R. Fleming's sons (Edward
Gyer Fleming) had a son named George Ruleford (sic) Fleming.

! Further complicating this situation are the following notes received
from you "Information in Carroll Co. Tenessee Court House show that
David lost his land at the Court House door to settle a tax lien. Evidence
suggests that his first wife, MARTHA HAD DIED PRIOR TO THIS AND HE HAD
REMARRIED. Looking at Census records in TN for 1820 & 1830 show a 15
year difference between husband and wife, However in 1840 there is
a 20 year difference. If David did marry twice, the second wife's maiden
name could have been RULAFORD/RULEFORD.

John married Isabella A._(Mary) Peek on 18 Jul 1854 in Crittenden, County, KY. Isabella (daughter of Thomas W. Peek and Frances Marshall) was born on 1 Jun 1834 in Caldwell, County, KY; died on 22 Aug 1914 in Eureka, Lyon County, KY; was buried in Jones Cemetery, Lyon County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

! Isabella's maiden name was misspelled on her Marriage Certificate as
"Peake" - of which there were many such persons in the area.

! The 1900 Lyon County census shows Isabella (Peek) Fleming) Undisclosed in the
household of Thomas Logan Boucher and her daughter, Madora (Dora)
Adeline. Also included were Isabella's grandchildren Lora (12), Josephine
(10), Edgar (4), and Russell (2). They were the children of Mary Belle Koon
(Fleming) who died May 18, 1900). It is not known what happened to their
father, Jefferson Davis Koon.