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Mary Jane <I>Mullins</I> Fleming

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Mary Jane Mullins Fleming

Birth
Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
Death
6 Oct 1893 (aged 78)
Flemingtown, Dickenson County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Clintwood, Dickenson County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Pioneer Lady

1815 -- 1893

In 1829 Mary Jane Mullins, at age fourteen, was the first pioneer lady to settle here at Holly Creek (now Clintwood)with her father John Mullins and three younger brothers.

Four years later she married John Jack Fleming and raised twelve children for sixty four years until her death she made this area home.

This monument was erected by Mountain People and Places in front of the Jonnie B. Deel Library in Clintwood, Virginia.

Photo by Martha M. Short, October 1998.

Children of MARY MULLINS and JOHN FLEMING:
1. John, b. August 29, 1834
2. Lavina "VINA" (m. (1) Marshall G. Keel, (2) John B. Counts)
3. Isaac, b. 1838
4. Emanuel "Manuel" (m. Elizabeth "Betty" Mullins)
5. MARTHA (m. Wesley Y. Vanover)
6. Sarah (m. Franklin Taylor)
7. William J. (m. Martha J. "Patsy" Branham)
8. David, b. 1847
9. Robert (m. Mary E. "Polly" McFall)
10. George W. (m. Lucinda E. "Lucy" Ratliff)
11. Mary Jane (m. Franklin Monroe Beverly)
12. Andrew J. "Andy" (m. Florina Senter)

Pioneer Lady

1815 -- 1893

In 1829 Mary Jane Mullins, at age fourteen, was the first pioneer lady to settle here at Holly Creek (now Clintwood)with her father John Mullins and three younger brothers.

Four years later she married John Jack Fleming and raised twelve children for sixty four years until her death she made this area home.

This monument was erected by Mountain People and Places in front of the Jonnie B. Deel Library in Clintwood, Virginia.

Photo by Martha M. Short, October 1998.

Children of MARY MULLINS and JOHN FLEMING:
1. John, b. August 29, 1834
2. Lavina "VINA" (m. (1) Marshall G. Keel, (2) John B. Counts)
3. Isaac, b. 1838
4. Emanuel "Manuel" (m. Elizabeth "Betty" Mullins)
5. MARTHA (m. Wesley Y. Vanover)
6. Sarah (m. Franklin Taylor)
7. William J. (m. Martha J. "Patsy" Branham)
8. David, b. 1847
9. Robert (m. Mary E. "Polly" McFall)
10. George W. (m. Lucinda E. "Lucy" Ratliff)
11. Mary Jane (m. Franklin Monroe Beverly)
12. Andrew J. "Andy" (m. Florina Senter)


Inscription

Wife of John J. Fleming
A tender mother and faithful friend



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