Tarleton Fleming James

Tarleton Fleming James M V R C P K Y Photo: “Hugh James”, 1890 Reunion Photo. Hardcopy is in Source Binder. Not Scanned. “I don’t have a ‘Hugh James’ in my database. As far as I know all the Tarleton Fleming’s in the family have been called Fleming.” [2130] Born: 3 October 1832 Fauquier County.[2131] 31 October 1832,[2132] in Remington,[2133] or Rappahannock Station.[2134] 2 October 1832.[2135] Married: “He married Lucy Elizabeth Armstrong on February 4, 1858.”[2136] Her parents were Sarah Jane (Settle) and John Spilman Armstrong. She was born on 15 February 1839 in Jeffersonton and died on 10 July 1921 in Bealeton. She is buried at Cedar Grove in Bealeton.[2137] The 1920 Census shows her residing with her son, John Spilman James.[2138] Died: 20 August 1892,[2139] in Remington.[2140] Buried Cedar Grove Cemetery,[2141] Bealeton.[2142] CSA marker.[2143] Obituary: Children: He and Lucy had eleven children. Betty Wright James, 9 October 1859–9 July 1938, wed Douglas F. [or T.[2144]] Vass. John Spilman James, 5 May 1861–16 February 1932, wed Frances Evelyn Chilton. Susan Grant James, 29 September 1863–18 August 1865. Jane Bernice James, 25 February 1866–22 August 1938, wed Henry Heyward Miller. Isham Keith James, 11 May 1868–2 April 1941, wed Sarah Minnie Walizer. Mary Isham James, 2 March 1870–26 April 1926, wed William Ryland Button. Lucy Settle James, 22 July 1872–26 December 1945, wed Harry T. Payne. Robert Scott James, 11 January 1875–3 January 1951, wed Jessie King. Joseph Settle James, 4 March 1877–27 March 1948, wed Emma Chilton. Tarlton [Is this the correct spelling?] Fleming James, Jr., 5 February 1879–[23 August 1882 [2145]]. Sally Turner James, 23 August 1881–?, wed Dr. Milton.[2146] Parents and Siblings: See entry of Marshall Keith James [BH]. Other Family: Fleming was brother-in-law to John Edward Armstrong [BH] and John Roberts Turner [BH]. Fleming’s wife, Lucy Elizabeth Armstrong, was sister of Ed Armstrong; Lucy and Ed’s sister Sally Alice Armstrong became wife of John Turner. Fleming’s daughter Jane wed a son of Kate (Wood) and Henry Miller.[2147] A daughter of this couple wed John Edward Armstrong [BH].[2148] Most of Fleming and Lucy’s children remained near their parents’ Remington home, residing at Bealeton and Lakota. Many rest at Jeffersonton, only a few miles from the cavalryman. A few, however, traveled away from Fauquier. Their daughter Lucy resided in Falls Church; her husband worked as a building inspector. Three made their homes in West Virginia. Isham and his wife, formerly of Pennsylvania, rest in a Masonic Cemetery in Clarksburg. Robert, who drilled oil and gas wells in Clarksburg, eventually reached Oklahoma. Sally lived in Smithfield, West Virginia, as a dentist’s wife.[2149] “I was so happy to stumble across your website. So far I’ve counted 13 family members (plus five more I suspect I’m related to) including my great- grandfather, Tarleton Fleming James.”[2150] Stories, Letters & Biographies: M. M. Green and T. F. James “rode in the first fours of that distinguished troop… the Black Horse Company.”[2151] CSR: 5’10”, fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes; enlisted 1 March 1862 Manassas; wounded July 1863; horse killed 10 July 1863 Funkstown, Maryland; paid $750; Scout for Genl. Wickham January to February 1864; paroled 4 May 1865 Winchester; agriculturalist, Bealeton. Additional Information: Another source states that he enlisted at Remington.[2152] Private.[2153] Served as a scout for General Wickham.[2154] Wounded near Williamsport, Maryland, July, 1863. Agriculturalist, Bealeton.[2155] The 1880 Census lists Fleming as a farmer.[2156] “The family can be found in the Bible records at the VA Historical Society in Richmond, Bible Record of Mrs. Mary James Brown, Mss 6:4J2345:1.”[2157] Listed as “I. F. James”;[2158] the “I” is probably a misreading of “T”. See UDC Applic. BH & 36 Chapts. per Krick. Check #.