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Hiram Bert FLEMING

Hiram Bert FLEMING

Male 1896 - 1980  (84 years)


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  • Name Hiram Bert FLEMING  [1]
    Birth 21 Mar 1896  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Occupation 1917  [3] 
    farm laborer for Lewis Maxwell Wolfe 
    Military From 27 May 1918 to 15 Apr 1919  [2, 4, 5] 
    Pvt, US Army, World War I (overseas) 
    Occupation 1920  [6] 
    oil field worker 
    Census 1900, 1920, 1930  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation jeweler and watchmaker  [2] 
    Residence Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    Death 6 Oct 1980  Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8, 9] 
    Burial Ruley Cemetery, Arnolds Creek, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I24861  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2016

    Father Thomas J. FLEMING, Jr.,   b. Dec 1856   d. 1926 (Age ~ 69 years)
    Mother Louisa M. COLLINS,   b. 4 Jan 1866   d. 13 Mar 1951, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F9309  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lora Rae SMITH,   b. 28 Feb 1897, Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1986, Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [10]
    Marriage 11 Apr 1920  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Married 2 Mar 1933  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • This couple were married to each other twice, once in 1920 and again in 1933. Obituaries of both state only that they were married in 1920.
    Notes 
    • Hiram Bert Fleming and Lora Smith were married in 1920, divorced, and then reconciled and remarried in 1933. The 1930 Census incorrectly indicates Lora's marital status as widowed.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District):
      Lora Fleming, 32, widowed; son Shirley, 9; dau Edna, 7.
    Children 
    >1. Shirley Warren FLEMING,   b. 31 Dec 1920   d. 9 Aug 1984 (Age 63 years)
    >2. Edna A. FLEMING,   b. 15 Jun 1923   d. 21 Oct 1995 (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F9482  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database).

    4. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    6. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    7. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    8. [S1693] Obituary - Veterans Administration Hospital.

    9. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    10. [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.

    11. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Participants identified as Bert Fleming, age 24, born in Doddridge Co; and Lora Smith, age 23. Married on Apr 11 1920.

    12. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Participants identified as Hiram B. Fleming, age 36, born in Doddridge Co, resident of Ritchie Co; and Mrs. Lora R. Smith Fleming, age 36. Married on Mar 2 1933.