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Preston McCalvin “Cal” Fleming

Birth: 15 Oct 1868
Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Death: 14 Jan 1894 (aged 25)
Boggs, Webster County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Boggs Cemetery

Boggs, Webster County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 94350231 View Source

Cal was a son of Robert Jefferson "Big Jeff" Fleming and Margaret (Rose) Fleming. The headstone birth date is incorrect. Please see his brother John's memorial concerning their birth date inscription errors.

Cal married Cordelia Cook in 1889. He was involved, with his brother Henan, in the Ira Mullins Family massacre at Pound Gap, Virginia. The site is now known as "Killing Rock". This was an act of revenge for the murder of Henry Vanover that Ira Mullins was involved in.

Cal was shot to death in Boggs, WV by Big Ed Hall who led a Posse from Wise Co., VA that included "Doc" Swindall and John H. Branham. Big Ed Hall and "Doc" Swindall were both wounded, John H. Branham and Cal Fleming died, and Henan Fleming was captured after the wild shoot-out.

*Daily Public Ledger, Marysville, KY - ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE THE NOTORIOUS FLEMINGS.

Cal was a son of Robert Jefferson "Big Jeff" Fleming and Margaret (Rose) Fleming. The headstone birth date is incorrect. Please see his brother John's memorial concerning their birth date inscription errors.

Cal married Cordelia Cook in 1889. He was involved, with his brother Henan, in the Ira Mullins Family massacre at Pound Gap, Virginia. The site is now known as "Killing Rock". This was an act of revenge for the murder of Henry Vanover that Ira Mullins was involved in.

Cal was shot to death in Boggs, WV by Big Ed Hall who led a Posse from Wise Co., VA that included "Doc" Swindall and John H. Branham. Big Ed Hall and "Doc" Swindall were both wounded, John H. Branham and Cal Fleming died, and Henan Fleming was captured after the wild shoot-out.

*Daily Public Ledger, Marysville, KY - ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE THE NOTORIOUS FLEMINGS.

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Birth year inscription is incorrect.

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Cordelia "Cordia" Cook Fleming Francisco

1875–1954 (m. 1889)

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Lydia Lacotha Fleming Case

1890–1976

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Created by: Debby (Haase-Vanover) McLean
Added: Jul 28, 2012
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94350231/preston_mccalvin-fleming: accessed ), memorial page for Preston McCalvin “Cal” Fleming (15 Oct 1868–14 Jan 1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94350231, citing Boggs Cemetery, Boggs, Webster County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Debby (Haase-Vanover) McLean (contributor 47069262).

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