Page 1 __________________________________________________________________________ Descendancy Narrative of Ella Mellissa Fleming Ella Mellissa FLEMING. She worked on a plantation when her children were born. She had a brother named Charley Fleming. She lived at 501-S- 57th W Ave., Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.{1} She lived at Sand Springs, Osage, Oklahoma.{2} She was born in 1874 at Ohio.{3,4} She was born on 25 February 1874 at Kansas.{5,6,7} She married George B. NUTTER on 14 August 1899 at Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas.{8} She and George B. NUTTER appeared on the 1900 Census of 5 June 1900 at Le Roy Township, Le Roy, Coffey County, Kansas, listed as Nutter, Geo. B., Head, White, Male, born Jany 1847, age 53, Married, 1yr, born Ohio, father born West Virginia, mother born West Virginia; AND Nutter, Ella, Wife, White, Female, born Feb 1874, age 26, Married, 1yr, born Kansas, father born US, mother born US.{9} She and George B. NUTTER appeared on the 1910 Census of 10 May 1910 at Le Roy Township, Le Roy, Coffey County, Kansas, listed as Nutter, George, Head, Male, White, age 63, Married #2, 11yrs, , , born Ohio, father born West Virginia, mother born West Virginia, , , English, Laborer, Odd Jobs, W, Yes, 15, Yes, Yes, , O, F, H, 15, 5, 9, 8; AND Nutter, Ella, Wife, Female, White, age 36, Married #2, 11yrs, 2, 2, Ohio, West Virginia, Ohio, , , English, none, , , , , Yes, Yes.{10} She and George B. NUTTER appeared on the 1920 Census of 9 January 1920 at Le Roy Township, Le Roy, Coffey County, Kansas, listed as Nutter, George B., Head, Owned, Free, Male, White, age 72, Married, , , , , Can Read, Can Write, born Ohio, , father born West Virginia, , mother born West Virginia, , Yes, Carpenter, Repair Work, W, ; AND Nutter, Ella, Wife, , , Female, White, age 45, Married, , , , , Can Read, Can Write, born Kansas, , father born West Virginia, , mother born Ohio, , Yes, Laundry, at home, W.{11} She died on 17 October 1962 at Sand Springs, Osage, Oklahoma, at age 88. She was buried on 19 October 1962 at Woodland Cemetery, Sand Springs, Osage, Oklahoma. 1 Pansey L. D. FLEMING was born on 17 July 1893 at Kansas.{12,13,14} She appeared on the 1900 Census of 5 June 1900 in the household of George B. NUTTER and Ella Mellissa FLEMING at Le Roy Township, Le Roy, Coffey County, Kansas, listed as Pansy, Daughter, White, Female, born July 1893, age 6, Single, born Kansas, father born Ohio, mother born Kansas.9 She married (--?--) CORNELIUS before 10 May 1910.{15} She appeared on the 1910 Census of 10 May 1910 in the household of George B. NUTTER and Ella Mellissa FLEMING at Le Roy Township, Le Roy, Coffey County, Kansas, listed as Cornelius, Pansey, Stepdaughter, Female, White, age 17, Married #1, 0, 0, , born Kansas, father born West Virginia, mother born Ohio, , , English, none, , , , , Yes, Yes, Yes.10 She married Charles STIFFEN circa 1919. She witnessed the marriage of Oscar Franklin FLEMING and Gertrude Mahal WILLIAMS on 9 March 1920 at Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma (by S. C. Maxey, Justice of the Peace in the presence of Mrs. Pansy Steffen and Dora E. Dent, both of Tulsa, Oklahoma).{16} She and Charles STIFFEN appeared on the 1920 Census at Supervisors District 1, Princinct 13, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.{17} She died on 2 February 1946 at Sand Springs, Osage, Oklahoma, at age 52 (Pansey died of a cerebral hemorage).7 She was buried on 6 February 1946 at Woodland Cemetery, Sand Springs, Osage, Oklahoma. 2 Oscar Franklin FLEMING was a Methodist.{18} He was a carpenter.{19} He was born on 10 November 1896 at Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas.{20,21,22,23,18,24} He appeared on the 1900 Census of 5 June 1900 in the household of George B. NUTTER and Ella Mellissa FLEMING at Le Roy Township, Le Roy, Coffey County, Kansas, listed as Frank, Son, White, Male, born Nov 1896, age 3, born Kansas, father born Ohio, mother born Kansas.9 He appeared on the 1910 Census of 10 May 1910 in the household of George B. NUTTER and Ella Mellissa FLEMING at Le Roy Township, Le Roy, Coffey County, Kansas, listed as Fleming, Oscar F., Stepson, Male, White, age13, Single, , , , born Kansas, father born West Virginia, mother born Ohio, , , English, None, , , , , Yes, Yes, Yes.10 He began military service on 5 September 1918 at Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas, Serial/Service Number 4919672.{25,26} He ended military service on 28 March 1919 at Camp Funston, Kansas.23 He married Gertrude Mahal WILLIAMS, daughter of (--?--) WILLIAMS and Dora Ellen CLARK, on 9 March 1920 at Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma (by S. C. Maxey, Justice of the Peace in the presence of Mrs. Pansy Steffen and Dora E. Dent, both of Tulsa, Oklahoma).{16} He appeared on the 1920 Census in the household of Charles STIFFEN and Pansey L. D. FLEMING at Supervisors District 1, Princinct 13, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.{17} He began military service on 2 September 1922 at Fort Reno, Oklahoma.{27} He and Gertrude Mahal WILLIAMS were divorced circa 1923 (After seperating from Oscar Fleming she went home to her mother). He married Iva L. (--?--) between 1924 and 1966.22 He ended military service on 17 April 1924 at Kelly Field, Texas.{23} He began military service on 5 September 1924 at Detroit, Michigan.{28} He lived before 1927 at Detroit, Michigan.{29} He lived circa 24 May 1928 at 1109 W. Hancock St., Detroit, Michigan (The date of this residence is probably at separation).{30} He ended military service on 24 May 1928 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.{23} His Social Security Number was 446-10-0087 on 13 April 1937 at Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.{31,24} He lived on 13 April 1937 at 419 No Cincinnati St., Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.{24} He lived circa 1954 at Peoria, Maricopa County, Arizona (Rt. 2, Box 484A, Peoria, Arizona 85345).{32,33} He died on 11 October 1966 at Veterans Administration Hospital, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, at age 69 (Cause of death was acute bronchopneumonia, left lung, due to bronchogenic carcinoma of the right lung contracted one year prior).{34,23,18} He was buried on 14 October 1966 at Glendale Memorial Park, Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona.{35} 09 Jun 1999 Page 2 __________________________________________________________________________ Endnotes 1. Interview with Evelyn Francis Fleming (unknown informant address). unknown repository (unknown repository address). 2. Interview, Evelyn Francis Fleming, she lived in Oklahoma when I was small. She had a sizeable piece of land which she later sold for a highway to be built, then she moved to the city. 3. unknown compiler, 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule of Tulsa County, Oklahoma (No place: no publisher), children Oscar and Pansey state their mother was born in Ohio. Hereinafter cited as 1920 Census Tulsa Co, OK. 4. unknown household, 1910 Census, unknown repository address, unknown repository, she states her birthplace as Ohio, her fathers birthplace as West Virginia, and her mothers birthplace as Ohio. 5. unknown household, Census, unknown repository address, unknown repository, she states her birthplace as Kansas and her mother and father born in US. 6. unknown household, Census, unknown repository address, unknown repository, she states her birthplace as Kansas, her father born in West Virginia, and her mother born in Ohio. 7. unknown name of person Observed, unknown repository, unknown repository address; John Gregory Hughes Sr., Aug 1995. 8. Della Becker Meyer, compiler, Marriage Records of Coffey County, Kansas 1856-1984 (Burlington, Kansas: no publisher, 1985), Nutter, George B. 52 Le Roy, KS & Ella Fleming 25 Concordia, KS m. 14 Aug 1899 Burlington, KS by Wm. H. Vermillion, P.J.. Hereinafter cited as Marr. Recs Coffey Co, KS. 9. Census, unknown repository address, Enumeration District #38, Sheet #5, house #104, family #106. 10. 1910 Census, unknown repository address, Enumeration District 14, Sheet #12, house #200, family #201. 11. Census, unknown repository address, Enumeration District #15, Sheet #14, house #111, family #113, Nebraska Ave.. 12. 1920 Census Tulsa Co, OK. 13. 1910 Census, unknown repository address. 14. Census, unknown repository address. 15. 1910 Census, unknown repository address, Pansey is listed with the surname Cornelius and Married with no children. 16. Marriage License of Oscar Fleming and Gertrude Williams, unknown repository, unknown repository address. 17. 1920 Census Tulsa Co, OK, Page 1206, Dwelling 119, Family 121, Carl Steffin head of household, white, male, 47, born in Illinois, father born Germany, mother born Germany, occupation carpenter; Pansy Steffin wife, white, female, 26, born in Kansas, fathers birthplace not shown, mother born Ohio; Oscar Flemming brother-in-law, white, male, 23, single, born in Kansas, fathers birthplace not shown, mother born in Ohio, occupation installer for the telephone company. 18. Fleming, Oscar F. Obituary, The Arizona Republic , Phoenix, Arizona, 12 Oct 1966. Hereinafter cited as The Arizona Repulic. 19. unknown volume, Oscar F. Fleming Certificate of Death: Usual Occupation, (11 Oct 1966), State File No. 10163, Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Vital Records, P.O. Box 3887, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 85030-3887. 20. Interview, Evelyn Francis Fleming, Stated birth around 1897.. 21. 1920 Census Tulsa Co, OK, Age listed as 23.. 22. unknown volume, Oscar F. Fleming Certificate, 11 Oct 1966, Arizona Department of Health Services. 23. unknown subject, Military Records Inquiry Reply, Oscar F. Fleming (No place: no publisher). 24. Oscar Franklin Fleming, Social Security Account Number Application of Oscar Franklin Fleming (No place: IRS, Treasury Department, 13 April 1937). Hereinafter cited as SSAN App/Fleming, Oscar F.. 25. unknown volume, Oscar F. Fleming Certificate: WW I, 11 Oct 1966, Arizona Department of Health Services. 26. unknown subject, Military Records Inquiry Reply, Oscar was a Private First Class assigned to the 60th Service Squadron. 27. unknown subject, Military Records Inquiry Reply, Assigned as Private First Class in Company "H" 41st Infantry. 28. unknown subject, Military Records Inquiry Reply, Assigned as Private First Class in 2nd Battalion, 1st Field Artillery. 29. Interview, Evelyn Francis Fleming, He lived and worked in Detroit, Michigan, building cars, before 1927. I [Evelyn (Fleming) Rippee] used to receive letters from him after I was about 7 years old.. 30. unknown subject, Military Records Inquiry Reply, This is the last known address found in the military record search. 31. unknown volume, Oscar F. Fleming Certificate: 446-10-0087, 11 Oct 1966, Arizona Department of Health Services. 32. unknown volume, Oscar F. Fleming Certificate: Outside city limits, not a farm., 11 Oct 1966, Arizona Department of Health Services. 33. The Arizona Repulic, 12 Oct 1966, Mr. Fleming, 15844 Verdi, north Surprise, moved here 12 years ago. 34. unknown volume, Oscar F. Fleming Certificate: Death occurred at 5:10 a.m., 11 Oct 1966, Arizona Department of Health Services. 35. unknown volume, Oscar F. Fleming Certificate: Funeral Director was Robert Lundberg of Youngtown, Arizona, 11 Oct 1966, Arizona Department of Health Services. 09 Jun 1999