Helen Bruce Blair and Kosciusko Glen Fleming
HELEN BRUCE BLAIR, daughter of EMILY CLARISSA HOUSTON and NEWTON BLAIR, was born September 3, 1853,456 and died August 5, 1929.456 She is buried in Prairie Mound Cemetery, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas.456
She married KOSCIUSKO GLEN FLEMING in 1873.8295 He was born September 2, 1844 in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania,456 and died April 9, 1895.456 He is buried in Prairie Mound Cemetery, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas.456
Children of HELEN BRUCE BLAIR and KOSCIUSKO GLEN FLEMING:
- LILLIAN G. FLEMING, b. February 10, 1875, Kansas;56 m. GEORGE WATSON LANK on October 9, 1895 in Dickinson County, Kansas8244; d. February 1, 1967, Junction City, Geary, Kansas.456
- STELLA GRACE FLEMING, b. November 8, 1877, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas;456 m. CALVIN DARIUS SKINNER on November 8, 1898 in Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas8299; d. October 13, 1946, Mancos, Montezuma, Colorado.456
- DR. FREDERIC BLAIR FLEMING, b. May 23, 1879, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas;456 m. CATHERINE LURENA LOW on April 4, 1908 in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri8316; d. April 2, 1961, Cambridge, Washington, New York.8317
- SAMUEL BRYSON FLEMING, b. August 3, 1881;4532 m. HELEN JOSEPHINE GOLIGHTLY on May 12, 1909 in Denver, Jefferson, Colorado8261; d. April 28, 1959, Golden, Jefferson, Colorado;456 bur. Golden Cemetery, Jefferson County, Colorado.456
- LUCY EMILY FLEMING, b. March 28, 1886, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas;456 m. HERBERT WILLIAMS on December 25, 1913 in Montrose, Montrose, Colorado8261; d. December 18, 1963, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado.456
Personal Information
- Helen Bruce Blair was baptized on March 30, 1856 at First Presbyterian Church, Kossuth, Iowa.6135
- Kosciusko Glen Fleming was a member of the Presbyterian Church. 8295
Military Service
Obituaries
Solomon Sentinel, April 17, 18958295
THE LATE K. G. FLEMING
A Sketch of His Life and Funeral Obsequies
As was announced in last week's issue the subject of the following sketch was born in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, September 2, 1844. He was the fourth son of Samuel and Rebecca Anderson McCombs Fleming. His father and mother died with the short space of twenty days in the autumn of 1886. His oldest brother, James R. Fleming, who was in course of preparation for Presbyterian ministry when he enlisted in the 204th regiment Pa. Vol. Infantry, died Oct. 1, 1864 in Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D. C. His third brother, John A. Fleming who enlisted at the same time as the subject of this sketch, August 1862 in Co. K. 155th Pa. Vol. Infantry, was instantly killed at the battle of Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863.
He leave behind him three brothers, and three sisters, viz.:—David M. Fleming of Armstrong county, Pa.; Rev. S. B. Fleming, D. D., Supt. of Presbyterian Missions in the synod of Kansas, whose home is in Wichita, and who with his wife was present at the funeral; Mrs. Lizzie Smith, Jefferson county, Pa.; Miss Maggie I. Fleming, Mrs. V. Jennie Cowan and S. M. Fleming, Esq., all of Armstrong, co., Pa. Another brother, Willie K. Fleming died in childhood, May, 1847.
Owing to the suddenness of his death and the long distance, his brothers and sisters could not reach this point in time for the funeral.
At the battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865, Mr. Fleming fell, as it was supposed mortally wounded, being shot through the bones of the right shoulder, the ball passing downward through the right lung and striking the spinal cord, causing stiffness of the back. The ball was removed and he lay for over four months in a hospital at Washington before he was able to return to his paternal home. Dr. Bliss, who was afterward President Garfield's physician, attended him while in the hospital. After recovering from his wound he, in company with his younger brother, Rev. Dr. Fleming of Wichita, attended the Glade Run Academy of Pennsylvania. From 1866 to 1870 he alternated between attendance upon the academy and teaching in the public schools of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. He decided to study law but found that he could not endure the confinement of office work and upon the advice of his physician sought a drier climate and a rarer atmosphere.
He came to this place in 1871 where he has since resided. He took a "soldier's homestead" a few miles south of this place where he made his home until 1883 when he bought the farm of Mr. Newton Blair, deceased, one mile south of this city where he has since resided.
He married Helen B. Blair in 1873. The issue of this marriage was five children, three daughters and two sons, well known in this community.
His widow and all the children survive him.
MR. FLEMING AS A MAN
possessed a noble, generous nature. He was bright, vivacious, often witty, and was always hopeful and inclined to look on the "bright side of things." He was a man of strong convictions of truth and duty and yes, while he adhered resolutely to his convictions, he always generously accorded to those who might differ with him the same right he claimed for himself. He was a man of peace and for that reason was well beloved by the community.
AS A SOLDIER
He leaves a stainless record. He was esteemed and loved by his comrades as a true, faithful and brave soldier. He was not reckless or foolhardy in taking unnecessary risks and yet he never flinched before "shot and shell" when duty called. He was in every battle that the army of the Potomac was engaged in from the battle of Chancellorsville until he fell at Five Fords a few days before the war ended. He was all through the battles of the Wilderness.
He bore to his last resting place the "scars of an honorable warfare." At the time of his death he was commander of the G. A. R. Post at Solomon.
AS A CITIZEN
He was deeply interested in all questions pertaining to the public weal. He loved the laws and institutions of his country and discharged all his duties as a citizen faithfully and well.
AS A CHRISTIAN
He was an humble, unassuming follower of his blessed Master. He was like Him "meek and lowly" and yet ever active. For about twenty-eight years he had been a professed follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, having united with the Presbyterian church in Rural Village, Pennsylvania, where his father was a ruling elder for forty-seven years. He was faithful and true to his own church and yet generous and helpful to other denominations. It was very touching on the day of his funeral, when the large cortege approached the church he loved so well, to hear the bells of the Methodist and of the Baptist churches as well as of the Presbyterian, tolling, showing the esteem in which he was held as a Christian man. He had been a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church of Solomon and superintendent of the Sunday School for a number of years.
Of him it may, in truth, be said "He loved Zion above his chief joy." "To her his toils and cares were given." The last interview he had with his pastor was in regard to the welfare of the church he loved. The last letter he wrote to his brother, Rev. Dr. Fleming, was in regard to the welfare of his church. The last engagement he had was to go on a trip with his pastor in behalf of the church. We believe he was a man "full of faith and the Holy Ghost" and that he manifested in his daily life, to an exceptional degree, the power of the Christ dwelling within him. His record is on high and his reward before him.
AS A HUSBAND AND FATHER
It becomes one standing "in the outer court" to speak with bated breath. Into the "holy of holies" in the sacred precincts of the home a stranger entereth not. However enough in known to be able to say that he carried the secret perfume of his christian life into all the sweet and sacred duties of his home life. As a husband and son he was respectful, considerate, kind and loving.
AS A FATHER AND COUNSELLOR
He was faithful, true and tender to his children. He always tried to inspire them with noble and lofty purposes and it was the deep joy of his life to see the three older ones confessing Christ as their Saviour and Redeemer.
He was faithful in home instruction and indoctrination in the truths of God's word and was never "too busy" to pause and pray with and for his family. The "family altar" was erected and the lights always burning thereon. How much he will be missed in the home, no earthly tongue can tell or earthly pen describe. His stricken partner and the dear children are committed to the covenant care and keeping of him who have promised to be "a husband to the widow and a father to the fatherless."
As an evidence of the esteem and respect in which he was held by his neighbors and friends; a very large concourse gathered on last Thursday afternoon to pay their respects to his memory. They came from Abilene, Salina and other towns, and for miles in every direction around. The aged and infirm, the strong and vigorous, youth and beauty, the little child and the cripple on crutches, men and women, white and black, all came to the Presbyterian church to attend his obsequies.
The sermon was preached by his pastor, Rev. J. N. Rankin, and was based on the words of our beloved Lord: "What I do thou knowest not now;but thou shalt know hereafter." The sermon was an able and instructive exposition of the doctrine of the mysteries of Divine Providence and the blessed assurance that "by these mysteries will all be explained and cleared away." The tribute he paid to the departed was touching, impressive and solemn and found a responsive cord in the hearts of all who were present. About one hundred conveyances accompanied the remains to their last resting place in beautiful cemetery east of the city.
Farewell citizen, soldier, neighbor, friend, brother, son, husband, father and best of all, Christian, "until the morning cometh and the shadows flee away."
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 11, 18601703 | Yellow Springs Township, Des Moines, Iowa | |
| June 18, 18704747 | Newbern, Dickinson, Kansas | |
| June 12, 18804748 | Wheatland, Dickinson, Kansas |
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| June 19, 19003202 | Lincoln, Dickinson, Kansas |
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| May 11, 19104785 | Lincoln, Dickinson, Kansas |
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