ROBERT AND ORA FLEMING
BY: DOROTHY PARKIN SWELEY
FROM THE LOUP COUNTY CENTENNIAL BOOK 1883-1983

Robert B. Fleming, son of Ephram Fleming was born December 11, 1860, in Rensselaer, Indiana.  Ora May (Wixson) Fleming, daughter of Harrison and Amy (Whitcomb) Wixson, was born at Mercer County, Illinois, March 9, 1871.  Robert and Ora were married September 16, 1886, in Beaver City, Nebraska.  They moved to Loup County from Wilsonville, Nebraska, in December, 1919, and resided in Taylor until their deaths.

Robert did farm work and was janitor at the Congregational Church.  Ora died in January, 1941, and Robert died in September, 1954, and both are buried in the Taylor cemetery.

Their children included Clifford Orrin, born October 16, 1894, married Velma May Coleman on October 27, 1915, and died in 1968, buried at the Kent Cemetery.  Maude Etha was born July 15, 1912 and married John Walker Parkin on September 16, 1941.

transcribed by: Melody Beery