Traer Star Clipper, Friday, April 19th, 1907 page 8

GRANT LOSES PIONEER

James Fleming Dies After Long Illness - Funeral at 1 O'Clock Today.

At 1 o'clock this afternoon the people of Dinsdale neighborhood will ay a last tribute of resect to one of their earliest and most highly esteemed citizens – James C. Fleming, who died at noon Wednesday. He had been in poor health for years, suffering from stomach trouble which gradually increased. The past two months he has failed steadily. Mr. Fleming came to north Tama with his father in 1861 and has lived here continuously since. He was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1841 and was therefore twenty years old when he landed here. He remained with his father until the latter died in 1869, when he built a house on his own farm where he has spent nearly forty years.

Mr. Fleming married Miss Tillie R. Wilson of Pennsylvania the same year. Ten children have been born to them and all are living. They are Mrs. Maggie Wood, whose husband recently left for their new home in Wisconsin; Wilson and James, who live on farms near Dinsdale: Mrs. Rena Sanders, of Lenox, Iowa; Ida, Martha, Bettie, Lester and Tillie, all at home. The wife completes the family. Deceased had four brothers and one sister. The sister lives in Kansas, Two brothers in Pennsylvania, and one, William F. near Dinsdale. The other brother was John W. who died a few years ago in Buckingham.

Mr. Fleming was a man of strong character and great industry. He was a Christian from his youth and all these years has lived an earnest follower of his profession. He was greatly interested in the community in which he lived, holding Sabbath school in several schoolhouses of the neighborhood until a church was erected at Dinsdale, of which he was chosen as one of the deacons. His faith never wavered through all his illness. Although a quiet and unassuming man he will be greatly missed in church and home. He leaves a in his large family of worthy children. The funeral will be at the home at 1 p. m. conducted by Rev. Bundy of Dinsdale. Interment was in Buckingham cemetery.