Fleming was born in 1831 to Absalom Dent and Malinda Matkin. He married at age 21 and lived in Missouri his whole life. Fleming died in 1895 at 63 years old.
1850 United States Federal Census[1] p 390 family #621 - District 80, St Francois, Missouri - Real Estate Value: 3,600 - Household members: Absalom Dent 65; Melinda Dent 45; Fleming Dent 19; Leroy Dent 12
1852 Dec 30 - Marriage to Sarah Adeline Tullock - Dent Station, St. Francois Co., MO. - Missouri Marriages, 1766-1983[2]
1860 United States Federal Census[3] p 49 family #302 - Liberty, St Francois, Missouri, USA - Residence Post Office: Dents Station - Occupation: Farmer - Real Estate Value: 3000 - Personal Estate Value: 760 - Household Members: Fleming Dent 28; Adaline Dent 28; William F Dent 6; Mary A Dent 5; Jno H Dent 2
1861 Feb 25 - Birth of Daughter Lucy Jane Dent - Missouri
1863 Jun 18 - Birth of Son Walter Christopher Dent - St. Francois Co., Missouri
1863 Jul 1 - Iron, St Francois, Missouri - U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865[4] Missouri 3rd Vol 1 of 2, p 79
1865 - Birth of Son Houston Dent - Missouri
1867 - Birth of Son Albert Dent - Missouri
c 1869 - Birth of Daughter Rebecca Ellen Dent - Missouri
1870 United States Federal Census[5] p 8 family #54 - Iron, St Francois, Missouri - Residence Post Office: Farmington - Occupation: Farmer - Real Estate Value: 4600 - Personal Estate Value: 1000 - Household Members: Fleming Dent 39; Adaline Dent 39; William Dent 16; Mary A Dent 14; John H Dent 12; Lucy J Dent 9; Walter C Dent 7; Huston Dent 5; Albert Dent 2; Rebecca E Dent 3/12
1874 Jun 12 - Birth of Daughter Fanny Belle Dent - Belgrade, Washington Co., MO.
1876 - St Francois, Missouri - Missouri, State Census Collection, 1844-1881[6] 1876 St Francois Township 35, p 46
1880 United States Federal Census[7] p 2 family #15 - Iron, St Francois, Missouri, USA - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self - Occupation: Farmer - Household Members: Flernon Dent 49; Susan Dent 49; John Dent 22; Walter Dent 17; Lucy Dent 16; Houston Dent 14; Albert Dent 13; Ellen Dent 10; Fanny Dent 5
1895 Feb 21 - Death - St. Francois Co., Missouri - date not documented
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Fleming by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Fleming: