James P was born 16 July 1869 and died 28 July 1873. Names and dates taken from the Fleming Family Bible maintained by his father Frances "Frank" Marion Fleming.

Name: Francis M Fleming
Age in 1870: 24
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1870: Western District, Burleson, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lexington

Household Members:
Name Age
Francis M Fleming 24
Hollien Fleming 20
James P Fleming 1
*On the date of the 1870 census Lexington was in Burleson County; however in 1874 Lexington was in Lee County, Texas.


Holly Kite married Francis "Frank" Fleming 29 December 1868 in Bastrop County, Texas.

There were six known children born to this marriage:
The six children are listed as:
1) James P was born 16 July 1869 and died 28 July 1873;
2) Hettie was born 28 July 1871, Nettie married Norman Ransom;
3)L. B. Lydia was born 31 December 1873, Lydia married Charles Fletcher, Lydia died 14 December 1944;
4) Annie Elizabeth was born 31 December 1875 and died 26 April 1880;
5) Thomas "Tom" as listed in the Fleming Family Bible was born 05 March 1878. Thomas married Ada bell Rankin on September 1902 in Bastrop County, Texas. Thomas Francis Fleming died in Elgin on 04 July 1954 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, McDade, Texas, near his father and grandparents;
6) Ethan Daten "Ede" was born 08 April 1880. Ethen Dayton Fleming's World War I Registration Card shows that he registered in Tishomingo, Johnson County, Oklahoma. Ethan married Nora "Elnora" Fleming, and Ethan died 29 January 1952 in the Texas Panhandle, Gray County, according to Texas State Archives.

Records will show that Holly Kite Fleming gave birth to their sixth child on 08 April 1880 and Holly Kite Fleming died on the 14th day of April 1880. Also in the month of April 1880, her youngest daughter, Annie Elizabeth, died on 26 April 1880. This death left the thirty-four-year old father with four children, one of which "Ede" was only days old.

It is noted that extensive research has been conducted a cemeteries search for the remains of Holly Fleming and her two children; however, no graves or information has been found. If anyone reading this memorial has further information regarding these three burials, please advise and this record will be updated. Kindest Regards, Macy Myrick