Individual Details
Eli G. FLEMING
(Abt 1827 - 9 Jun 1896)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1827 | Indiana County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Property | 16 Mar 1852 | his one-third share of the property that he inherited from his father, James Fleming, to his brothers, James Fleming and William Fleming for $1000 - Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1856 | Tenneessee - Mary Elizabeth BRADFORD |  | | |
| Census | 1860 | McMinnville Post Office, Warren County, Tennessee | | | |
| Military | From 24 Sep 1862 to 23 Jan 1863 | a captain in Company F, 5th Regiment Tennessee Cavalry | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1867 | ran against Colonel William B. Stokes in the election for Congress in Tennessee's Third Congressional District | | | |
| Divorce | Oct 1868 | Tenneessee - Mary Elizabeth BRADFORD | |||
| Miscellaneous | Sep 1869 | was involved in an altercation with George Fisher who was allegedly stabbed - Huntsville, Alabama | | | |
| Census | 1870 | Ward 3, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tenneessee | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 11 Jul 1870 | was placed in the Rutherford County Jail for "stabbing a negro who had been his rival in the affections of a negro woman" - Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee | | | |
| Marriage | 30 Apr 1872 | Bedford County, Tennessee - Sally D. HOOVER | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 2 Mar 1874 | forcibly entered the residence of Mrs. Lizzie Fleming (his former wife) while intoxicated and broke her china and glassware and left with them and some articles of silverware - Manchester,Coffee County, Tennessee | | | |
| Census | 1880 | District 1, Bedford County, Tennessee | | ||
| Residence | From Mar 1885 to Jun 1888 | Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Jun 1885 | visited his family - Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 13 Oct 1885 | applied for a Civil War pension as an invalid | | | |
| Divorce | 10 Dec 1885 | Bedford County, Tennessee - Sally D. HOOVER | |||
| Miscellaneous | Jun 1887 | wife sent a man from Kentucky who attempted to kidnap their children who were living with their father - Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Jun 1888 | sued his brother James Fleming but suit was settled - Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Residence | Jun 1888 | Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas | |||
| Residence | From Jul 1889 to Oct 1889 | Dallas, Dallas County, Texas | |||
| Residence | 1894 | Washington, District of Columbia | | ||
| Death | 9 Jun 1896 | | |||
| Burial | Jun 1896 | Rosebank Cemetery, Flat Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee | |
Families
| Spouse | Sally D. HOOVER (1856 - 1900) |
| Child | Lottie FLEMING (1875 - ) |
| Child | Theodore FLEMING (1878 - ) |
| Child | Joe Ivie FLEMING (1886 - 1931) |
| Spouse | Mary Elizabeth BRADFORD (1829 - 1911) |
| Child | James T. FLEMING (1861 - 1912) |
| Child | William Bradford FLEMING (1864 - 1926) |
| Father | James FLEMING (1782 - 1844) |
| Mother | Nancy CLAWSON (1798 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Eliza Jane FLEMING (1818 - 1870) |
| Sibling | James FLEMING (1824 - 1898) |
| Sibling | Charlotte FLEMING (1825 - 1892) |
| Sibling | William G. FLEMING (1829 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Nancy Jane FLEMING (1832 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Evaline FLEMING (1835 - 1844) |
Notes
Marriage
The death certificate for William B. Fleming gives his mother's maiden name as Mary E. Martin. Find A Grave gives her name as Mary Elizabeth Bradford.Mary E. Fleming is listed as a widow in the Dallas city directories from 1878 to 1911 and is first listed as a widow of E. G. Fleming in the 1886 Dallas city directory. She is listed as a widow of Eli Fleming in the 1893 Dallas city directory. She is listed as a widow of Eli G. Fleming in the 1897 Dallas city directory. She is again listed as a widow of E. G. Fleming in the 1898 Dallas city directory. She is again listed as a widow of Eli G. Fleming in the 1900 Dallas city dirctory. She is listed as a widow, as a widow of E. G. Fleming, or as a a widow of Eli G. Fleming in subsequent directories. She is not listed in the 1906 Dallas city directory but is again listed in the 1907 Dallas city directory. She is listed as a widow of Isaac Fleming in the 1910 and 1911 Dallas city directories but does not appear in any city directories after that.
Census
E. G. Flemming appears in the 1860 agriculture census for Warren County, Tennessee.Military
He was court marshalled in January 1863 and sentenced to death for shooting and wounding his commanding officer, Colonel William B. Stokes, after an altercation over his candidacy for major in a regimental election. The sentence was later reduced to dismissal from service but his name name appears on a muster out roll for his company on 25 June 1865. He applied for a Civil War pension but was denied a pension over his dismissal from service. He tried to have it reversed as evidenced by his correspondence with the Pension Office and the bills introduced in the House of Representatives in Congress.Miscellaneous
Colonel William Stokes was the same man that Eli G. Fleming had shot while in the Civil War. He was initially sentenced to death but the sentence was later reduced to dismissal from service although he was on the muster out roll with his company on 25 June 1865.Miscellaneous
George Fisher was alledgedly stabbed by Capt. E. G. Fleming about 20 September 1869 in Huntsville, Alabama but there were no witnesses to the incident. Capt. Fleming was charged and was bound over for the next term of the Circuit Court. His bail was reduced from $2500 to $1500. No other information is available regarding this incident.Miscellaneous
According to The Tennessean in Nashville, Tennessee, he was placed in the Rutherford County Jail on 11 July 1870 for stabbing Henry Primm who was his rival for the affections of Betty White. The newspaper article states she "was cut with a knife and dangerously wounded...Captain E. G. Fleming was arrested early Sunday morning as the perpetrator of the deed...No prosecutor appearing he was discharged. Later in the day he was again arrested upon the complaint of Henry Primm, colored, charged with the same offense. He waived an examination and was bound over for his appearance at the next term of the Criminal Court, in September, his bail being set at $2500, in default of which he was committed to jail...An account we have received of the affair states that Fleming has been living on terms of intimacy with the negro woman and that he stabbed her out of jealousy..."Miscellaneous
According to The Tennessean, in Nashville, Tennessee dated 8 March 1874, Captain E. G. Fleming became intoxicated on "busthead whiskey" and "forcibly entered the residence of Mrs. Lizzie Fleming...and taking all the china and glassware from her table, together with some articles of silverware, highly prized as souvenirs of Mrs. Fleming's mother, and tying them up in the tablecloth, swung the same on his shoulder, breaking them and shivering them, mounted his horse, and left town with them. A warrant was procured for his arrest...and Fleming made good his escape."Mrs. Lizzie Fleming was Eli G. Fleming's first wife. He probably knew his former wife prized the items he stole. She is in the city directory for Dallas, Texas in 1878. Did she move to Texas to escape her former husband?
Residence
He lived in Indiana County from March 1885 to June 1888. He did not plan to return to the South According to an article in The Indiana Progress dated 11 June 1885. According to The Fleming Family History by , he returned to Indiana County, Pennsylvania with his two children. His wife from whom he was separated hired a man to retrieve their two children but the kidnap attempt was not successful according to an article in The Indiana Progress dated 16 June 1887. He sued his brother, James Fleming, in June 1888 but the suit was settled between them according to articles in The Indiana Weekly Messenger dated 9 May 1888 and The Indiana Democrat dated 28 June 1888.He lived with Charlotte and John Johnson, his sister and brother-in-law, and his niece, Nannie Eightney, from 1 April to at least October 1885 in Brady, Indiana County according to an affidavit by his niece in his Civil War pension file. He lived with Clark Fleming, his second cousin, in Atwood, Armstrong County during winter of 1886-87 until at least April 1887 according to an affidavit by his cousin in his pension file.
Miscellaneous
The Indiana Progress of 11 June 1885 said "The Captain does not propose to return south, but will probably locate in this county."Miscellaneous
He made repeated attempts to get the order for his dismisssal revoked between 1890 and 1894. There were three Bills for Relief introduced in the House on his behalf: HR No. 11368 in July 1890; House No. 8624 in May 1892; and House No. 5156 in January 1894. He never received a pension due to his court marshal and the order dismissing him from service. Civil War service record, pension application, General Correspondence of the Pension Office (see index microfilm M686), and House Bills needs further research.Endnotes
1. "Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Tennessee," database, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com : accessed 9 September 2018), Eli G. Flemmings, 1862; citing Record Group 94; NARA M395, roll 42.
2. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana County Deed Records, , Eli Fleming to James Fleming and William Fleming, 16 March 1852; recorded 8 February 1900; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.
3. "City Directories for Dalls, Texas," database, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com : accessed 31 December 2018), Fleming, Mary E. (wid Eli G.), r. 441 S. Harwood; citing John F. Worley Directory Co., publisher, 1909; p. 372.
4. 1860 U.S. census, Warren County, Tennessee, McMinnville Post Office, page 416 (stamped), page 20 (penned), dwelling 147, family 147, E. G. Flemmings; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 January 2019); from National Archives microfilm.
5. 1860 U.S. census, Warren County, Tennessee, Agriculture, McMinnville Post Office, page 5, E. G. Flemming; NARA microfilm publication T1135, roll 10.
6. "Civil War Pensions Index," database, Fold3 (https://fold3.com : 30 December 2018 ), Eli G. Fleming ; citing NARA T289; Record Group 15; Invalid Application No. 551,823; Widow's Application No. 722,926.
7. "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 December 2018), Eli G. Fleming; citing Series T288, Record Group 15; Invalid Application No. 551823; Widow's Application No. 722926.
8. "Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Tennessee," database, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com : accessed 9 September 2018), Eli G. Flemmings, 1862; citing Record Group 94; NARA M395, roll 42.
9. "Politics in Tennessee," The Evening Telegraph, August 1, 1867, Fourth Edition, District 3--William B. Stokes, Radical Party; E. G. Fleming, Conservative Party; Chronicling America (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov : accessed 3 January 2019), Penn State University Libraries, University Park, PA.
10. "Preliminary Trial of Capt. E. G. Fleming," Nashville Union and American, 30 September 1869, page 4, Altercation between Capt. E. G. Fleming who alledgedly stabbed George Fisher; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 31 December 2018).
11. 1870 U.S. census, Rutherford County, Tennessee, Murfreesboro, pages 6-7 (penned), dwelling 32, family 32, Eli G. Fleming; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 September 2018); from National Archives microfilm M593, roll 1558.
12. "Capt. E. G. Fleming, of Murfreesboro," The Union Flag, 29 July 1870, Capt. E. G. Fleming was placed in the Rutherford County Jail for "stabbing a negro who had been his rival in the affections of a negro woman" ; Chronicling America (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov : accessed 3 January 2019), University of Tennessee.
13. "Stabbing Affair A Singular Sort of Case at Murfreesboro," The Tennessean, 16 July 1870, page 4, Captain E. G. Fleming was placed in the Rutherford County Jail on 11 July 1870 for stabbing Henry Primm who was his rival for the affections of Betty White, whom he also stabbed. Henry White was "colored" and Betty White was a "mulatto girl" with whom he had alledgedly "been living on terms of intimacy." ; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 7 January 2019).
14. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 September 2018), E. G. Fleming and Sallie D. Hoover, 30 April 1872; Marriage Bond Number 1341, Bedford County, Tennessee; FHL microfilm 1,572,746.
15. "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 December 2018), Eli G. Fleming; citing Series T288, Record Group 15; Invalid Application No. 551823; Widow's Application No. 722926.
16. "On the Rampage," The Tennessean, 8 March 1874, page 3, Captain E. G. Fleming forcibly entered the residence of Mrs. Lizzie Fleming (his former wife) while intoxicated and broke her china and glassware and left with them and some articles of silverware. A warrant was procured for his arrest but he escaped before being arrested.; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 7 January 2019).
17. 1880 U.S. census, Bedford County, Tennessee, District 1, enumeration district (ED) 1, page 20 , dwelling 172, family 181, E. G. Flemming; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 September 2018); from National Archives microfilm T9, roll 1244.
18. "Captain E. G. Fleming, late of Bedford County, Tennessee," The Indiana Progress, 11 June 1885, page 3, "The Captain does not propose to return south, but will probably locate in this county."; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 31 December 2018).
19. "Kidnapper Arrested," The Indiana Progress, 16 June 1887, page 3, "...Mrs. E. G. Fleming, now separated from her husband E. G. Fleming and living in Kentucky, desired the posession of her two children, now in the hands of the husband in this county, she accordingly sent a man from Kentucky to capture them..." ; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 January 2019).
20. "List of Causes," The Indiana Weekly Messenger, 9 May 1888, page 8, List of Causes for first week of June Term, Thursday, June 21, E. G. Fleming vs. James Fleming; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 January 2019).
21. "Court News," The Indiana Democrat, 28 June 1888, page 3, "E. G. Fleming vs. James Fleming, settled."; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 January 2019).
22. "Captain E. G. Fleming, late of Bedford County, Tennessee," The Indiana Progress, 11 June 1885, page 3, "The Captain does not propose to return south, but will probably locate in this county."; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 31 December 2018).
23. "Civil War Pensions Index," database, Fold3 (https://fold3.com : 30 December 2018 ), Eli G. Fleming ; citing NARA T289; Record Group 15; Invalid Application No. 551,823; Widow's Application No. 722,926.
24. "Kidnapper Arrested," The Indiana Progress, 16 June 1887, page 3, "...Mrs. E. G. Fleming, now separated from her husband E. G. Fleming and living in Kentucky, desired the posession of her two children, now in the hands of the husband in this county, she accordingly sent a man from Kentucky to capture them..." ; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 January 2019).
25. "List of Causes," The Indiana Weekly Messenger, 9 May 1888, page 8, List of Causes for first week of June Term, Thursday, June 21, E. G. Fleming vs. James Fleming; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 January 2019).
26. "Court News," The Indiana Democrat, 28 June 1888, page 3, "E. G. Fleming vs. James Fleming, settled."; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 January 2019).
27. "City directories for Washington, D.C. 1822-1860 and 1866-1923," database, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com : accessed 3 January 2019), Eli G. Fleming, clk war, 1726 Pa av nw; citing William H. Boyd, Publisher, 1894; page 433.
28. "Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans , 1879-1903," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 September 2018), Eli G. Fleming; citing National Archives microfilm M1845, Record Group 92; family cemetery at or near Shelbyville, Tennessee.
29. Rosebank Cemetery (Flat Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 1 January 2019), memorial page for Capt. E. G. Fleming, Find A Grave Memorial # 10592425, memorial created by James, photograph by James.