John Fleming Fires Shot Through Own Head Today
Fires Fatal Shot Facing Mirror-Leaves Letters Explaining Act
Entering the Kerbow hardware store at about 11:30 today (Tuesday), John Fleming passed inside the office railing after the usual salutations to those in the store, removed his hat and, unnoticed, stepped before the mirror and apparently fired a pistol shot into his right temple expiring almost instantly.
It is alleged that his rash act was due to ill health, he having been practically unable to work for several years, being 72 years of age at the time of his death.
The deceased came to the Panhandle over forty years ago and was engaged in the stock business for a number of years and later engaged in the drug business in Clarendon where he had resided for over twenty years, and where friends of former years were friends up to his death.
He leaves his widow and one son, Jeptha Fleming; a daughter having died several [sic] ago. The body will be buried in the local cemetery here Wednesday.
(Published in The Donley County Leader, Volume 2 Number 17, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, July 1, 1930, Page 1)
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John Fleming Funeral Held This Afternoon
From the family home in West Clarendon this afternoon at four o'clock is being held the funeral of John Fleming, who died by his own hand Tuesday shortly before noon. The funeral service will be read by the Reverend L.L. Swan, rector of the Episcopal Church of this city, and the Masons will be in charge of the burial. Just a few minutes before twelve o'clock Tuesday, Mr. Fleming walked into Kerbow's hardware store, and on back to the office as if he was going to write a letter, something he often did, and no one noticed anything unusual about his manner. A report of a pistol and a fall of the body brought instant attention, but it was too late - John Fleming was no more.
Mr. Fleming had been in ill health for many months and was known to have been despondent over his condition. He was seventy-two years old and had friends who mourn his passing. He was in the drug business and has been connected with drug stores for the major part of that time in this city, and the old settlers remember him as a good business man, a splendid druggist and a princely gentleman. One of the young, progressive farmers of Donley County often recalls that Mr. Fleming made little loans to him and aided him in many ways as a lad, showing that generous nature and understanding of boyhood which he will always associate with the memory of the departed friend.
Mr. Fleming was born at Weverly, Ill., Feb. 13th, 1858, where he lived until young manhood, when he moved to Medicine Lodge, Kans., on the then frontier of civilization. After some years in Kansas where he was connected with a drug store, he moved to Colorado where he met and won Miss Ada Traylor, whom he married in 1830, and who with one son, Jeptha Fleming, of this city, now survives him. A daughter, Kitty Fleming Cooke, died some ten years ago.
The family moved to Texas and located at Childress for a few years then came to Clarendon and have lived here for the past twenty-eight years. During all these years the deceased and his family have been among the first families of this community.
Besides his immediate family, Mr. Fleming was survived by a brother, Jim Fleming of California; two sisters, Mrs. M.M. Bradley of Chatham, Ill., and Mrs. C.H. Shaw of Lancaster, Texas. Mrs. Bradley arrived here Wednesday for the funeral services. Mrs. O.J. Stone of Sweetwater, a niece of Mrs. Fleming, is also here for the funeral.
The pall bearers are: Allan Jeffries, Wint. Barefield, Hugh Brown, Chas. Killough, Clyde Douglas and Bennett Kerbow, all Masonic brethren of the deceased.
A large concourse of friends attended the service and the sympathies of the entire community go out to the bereaved household and sorrowing relatives in this their great loss. May Peace and Comfort from a Loving Father be theirs.
(Published in The Clarendon News, New Series 41. Number 27, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, Thursday, July 3, 1930, Page 5)
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Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920
Name: John S Fleming
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1880
Marriage Place: Morgan, Illinois, USA
Spouse Name: Lizzie M Huffaker
Spouse Gender: Female
Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006
Name: John S Flemming
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 9 Mar 1890
Marriage Place: Rouse, Huerfano, Colorado, USA
Spouse: Ada L Traylor
Film Number: 001690076
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: John S. Fleming
Death Date: 1 Jul 1930
Death County: Donley
Certificate: 33868
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: John S Fleming
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 72
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1858
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 1 Jul 1930
Death Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, USA
Father: John S Fleming
Mother: Ada Fraylor
Fires Fatal Shot Facing Mirror-Leaves Letters Explaining Act
Entering the Kerbow hardware store at about 11:30 today (Tuesday), John Fleming passed inside the office railing after the usual salutations to those in the store, removed his hat and, unnoticed, stepped before the mirror and apparently fired a pistol shot into his right temple expiring almost instantly.
It is alleged that his rash act was due to ill health, he having been practically unable to work for several years, being 72 years of age at the time of his death.
The deceased came to the Panhandle over forty years ago and was engaged in the stock business for a number of years and later engaged in the drug business in Clarendon where he had resided for over twenty years, and where friends of former years were friends up to his death.
He leaves his widow and one son, Jeptha Fleming; a daughter having died several [sic] ago. The body will be buried in the local cemetery here Wednesday.
(Published in The Donley County Leader, Volume 2 Number 17, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, July 1, 1930, Page 1)
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John Fleming Funeral Held This Afternoon
From the family home in West Clarendon this afternoon at four o'clock is being held the funeral of John Fleming, who died by his own hand Tuesday shortly before noon. The funeral service will be read by the Reverend L.L. Swan, rector of the Episcopal Church of this city, and the Masons will be in charge of the burial. Just a few minutes before twelve o'clock Tuesday, Mr. Fleming walked into Kerbow's hardware store, and on back to the office as if he was going to write a letter, something he often did, and no one noticed anything unusual about his manner. A report of a pistol and a fall of the body brought instant attention, but it was too late - John Fleming was no more.
Mr. Fleming had been in ill health for many months and was known to have been despondent over his condition. He was seventy-two years old and had friends who mourn his passing. He was in the drug business and has been connected with drug stores for the major part of that time in this city, and the old settlers remember him as a good business man, a splendid druggist and a princely gentleman. One of the young, progressive farmers of Donley County often recalls that Mr. Fleming made little loans to him and aided him in many ways as a lad, showing that generous nature and understanding of boyhood which he will always associate with the memory of the departed friend.
Mr. Fleming was born at Weverly, Ill., Feb. 13th, 1858, where he lived until young manhood, when he moved to Medicine Lodge, Kans., on the then frontier of civilization. After some years in Kansas where he was connected with a drug store, he moved to Colorado where he met and won Miss Ada Traylor, whom he married in 1830, and who with one son, Jeptha Fleming, of this city, now survives him. A daughter, Kitty Fleming Cooke, died some ten years ago.
The family moved to Texas and located at Childress for a few years then came to Clarendon and have lived here for the past twenty-eight years. During all these years the deceased and his family have been among the first families of this community.
Besides his immediate family, Mr. Fleming was survived by a brother, Jim Fleming of California; two sisters, Mrs. M.M. Bradley of Chatham, Ill., and Mrs. C.H. Shaw of Lancaster, Texas. Mrs. Bradley arrived here Wednesday for the funeral services. Mrs. O.J. Stone of Sweetwater, a niece of Mrs. Fleming, is also here for the funeral.
The pall bearers are: Allan Jeffries, Wint. Barefield, Hugh Brown, Chas. Killough, Clyde Douglas and Bennett Kerbow, all Masonic brethren of the deceased.
A large concourse of friends attended the service and the sympathies of the entire community go out to the bereaved household and sorrowing relatives in this their great loss. May Peace and Comfort from a Loving Father be theirs.
(Published in The Clarendon News, New Series 41. Number 27, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, Thursday, July 3, 1930, Page 5)
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Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920
Name: John S Fleming
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1880
Marriage Place: Morgan, Illinois, USA
Spouse Name: Lizzie M Huffaker
Spouse Gender: Female
Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006
Name: John S Flemming
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 9 Mar 1890
Marriage Place: Rouse, Huerfano, Colorado, USA
Spouse: Ada L Traylor
Film Number: 001690076
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: John S. Fleming
Death Date: 1 Jul 1930
Death County: Donley
Certificate: 33868
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: John S Fleming
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 72
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1858
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 1 Jul 1930
Death Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, USA
Father: John S Fleming
Mother: Ada Fraylor
John Fleming Fires Shot Through Own Head Today
Fires Fatal Shot Facing Mirror-Leaves Letters Explaining Act
Entering the Kerbow hardware store at about 11:30 today (Tuesday), John Fleming passed inside the office railing after the usual salutations to those in the store, removed his hat and, unnoticed, stepped before the mirror and apparently fired a pistol shot into his right temple expiring almost instantly.
It is alleged that his rash act was due to ill health, he having been practically unable to work for several years, being 72 years of age at the time of his death.
The deceased came to the Panhandle over forty years ago and was engaged in the stock business for a number of years and later engaged in the drug business in Clarendon where he had resided for over twenty years, and where friends of former years were friends up to his death.
He leaves his widow and one son, Jeptha Fleming; a daughter having died several [sic] ago. The body will be buried in the local cemetery here Wednesday.
(Published in The Donley County Leader, Volume 2 Number 17, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, July 1, 1930, Page 1)
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John Fleming Funeral Held This Afternoon
From the family home in West Clarendon this afternoon at four o'clock is being held the funeral of John Fleming, who died by his own hand Tuesday shortly before noon. The funeral service will be read by the Reverend L.L. Swan, rector of the Episcopal Church of this city, and the Masons will be in charge of the burial. Just a few minutes before twelve o'clock Tuesday, Mr. Fleming walked into Kerbow's hardware store, and on back to the office as if he was going to write a letter, something he often did, and no one noticed anything unusual about his manner. A report of a pistol and a fall of the body brought instant attention, but it was too late - John Fleming was no more.
Mr. Fleming had been in ill health for many months and was known to have been despondent over his condition. He was seventy-two years old and had friends who mourn his passing. He was in the drug business and has been connected with drug stores for the major part of that time in this city, and the old settlers remember him as a good business man, a splendid druggist and a princely gentleman. One of the young, progressive farmers of Donley County often recalls that Mr. Fleming made little loans to him and aided him in many ways as a lad, showing that generous nature and understanding of boyhood which he will always associate with the memory of the departed friend.
Mr. Fleming was born at Weverly, Ill., Feb. 13th, 1858, where he lived until young manhood, when he moved to Medicine Lodge, Kans., on the then frontier of civilization. After some years in Kansas where he was connected with a drug store, he moved to Colorado where he met and won Miss Ada Traylor, whom he married in 1830, and who with one son, Jeptha Fleming, of this city, now survives him. A daughter, Kitty Fleming Cooke, died some ten years ago.
The family moved to Texas and located at Childress for a few years then came to Clarendon and have lived here for the past twenty-eight years. During all these years the deceased and his family have been among the first families of this community.
Besides his immediate family, Mr. Fleming was survived by a brother, Jim Fleming of California; two sisters, Mrs. M.M. Bradley of Chatham, Ill., and Mrs. C.H. Shaw of Lancaster, Texas. Mrs. Bradley arrived here Wednesday for the funeral services. Mrs. O.J. Stone of Sweetwater, a niece of Mrs. Fleming, is also here for the funeral.
The pall bearers are: Allan Jeffries, Wint. Barefield, Hugh Brown, Chas. Killough, Clyde Douglas and Bennett Kerbow, all Masonic brethren of the deceased.
A large concourse of friends attended the service and the sympathies of the entire community go out to the bereaved household and sorrowing relatives in this their great loss. May Peace and Comfort from a Loving Father be theirs.
(Published in The Clarendon News, New Series 41. Number 27, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, Thursday, July 3, 1930, Page 5)
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Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920
Name: John S Fleming
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1880
Marriage Place: Morgan, Illinois, USA
Spouse Name: Lizzie M Huffaker
Spouse Gender: Female
Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006
Name: John S Flemming
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 9 Mar 1890
Marriage Place: Rouse, Huerfano, Colorado, USA
Spouse: Ada L Traylor
Film Number: 001690076
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: John S. Fleming
Death Date: 1 Jul 1930
Death County: Donley
Certificate: 33868
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: John S Fleming
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 72
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1858
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 1 Jul 1930
Death Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, USA
Father: John S Fleming
Mother: Ada Fraylor
Fires Fatal Shot Facing Mirror-Leaves Letters Explaining Act
Entering the Kerbow hardware store at about 11:30 today (Tuesday), John Fleming passed inside the office railing after the usual salutations to those in the store, removed his hat and, unnoticed, stepped before the mirror and apparently fired a pistol shot into his right temple expiring almost instantly.
It is alleged that his rash act was due to ill health, he having been practically unable to work for several years, being 72 years of age at the time of his death.
The deceased came to the Panhandle over forty years ago and was engaged in the stock business for a number of years and later engaged in the drug business in Clarendon where he had resided for over twenty years, and where friends of former years were friends up to his death.
He leaves his widow and one son, Jeptha Fleming; a daughter having died several [sic] ago. The body will be buried in the local cemetery here Wednesday.
(Published in The Donley County Leader, Volume 2 Number 17, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, July 1, 1930, Page 1)
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John Fleming Funeral Held This Afternoon
From the family home in West Clarendon this afternoon at four o'clock is being held the funeral of John Fleming, who died by his own hand Tuesday shortly before noon. The funeral service will be read by the Reverend L.L. Swan, rector of the Episcopal Church of this city, and the Masons will be in charge of the burial. Just a few minutes before twelve o'clock Tuesday, Mr. Fleming walked into Kerbow's hardware store, and on back to the office as if he was going to write a letter, something he often did, and no one noticed anything unusual about his manner. A report of a pistol and a fall of the body brought instant attention, but it was too late - John Fleming was no more.
Mr. Fleming had been in ill health for many months and was known to have been despondent over his condition. He was seventy-two years old and had friends who mourn his passing. He was in the drug business and has been connected with drug stores for the major part of that time in this city, and the old settlers remember him as a good business man, a splendid druggist and a princely gentleman. One of the young, progressive farmers of Donley County often recalls that Mr. Fleming made little loans to him and aided him in many ways as a lad, showing that generous nature and understanding of boyhood which he will always associate with the memory of the departed friend.
Mr. Fleming was born at Weverly, Ill., Feb. 13th, 1858, where he lived until young manhood, when he moved to Medicine Lodge, Kans., on the then frontier of civilization. After some years in Kansas where he was connected with a drug store, he moved to Colorado where he met and won Miss Ada Traylor, whom he married in 1830, and who with one son, Jeptha Fleming, of this city, now survives him. A daughter, Kitty Fleming Cooke, died some ten years ago.
The family moved to Texas and located at Childress for a few years then came to Clarendon and have lived here for the past twenty-eight years. During all these years the deceased and his family have been among the first families of this community.
Besides his immediate family, Mr. Fleming was survived by a brother, Jim Fleming of California; two sisters, Mrs. M.M. Bradley of Chatham, Ill., and Mrs. C.H. Shaw of Lancaster, Texas. Mrs. Bradley arrived here Wednesday for the funeral services. Mrs. O.J. Stone of Sweetwater, a niece of Mrs. Fleming, is also here for the funeral.
The pall bearers are: Allan Jeffries, Wint. Barefield, Hugh Brown, Chas. Killough, Clyde Douglas and Bennett Kerbow, all Masonic brethren of the deceased.
A large concourse of friends attended the service and the sympathies of the entire community go out to the bereaved household and sorrowing relatives in this their great loss. May Peace and Comfort from a Loving Father be theirs.
(Published in The Clarendon News, New Series 41. Number 27, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, Thursday, July 3, 1930, Page 5)
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Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920
Name: John S Fleming
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1880
Marriage Place: Morgan, Illinois, USA
Spouse Name: Lizzie M Huffaker
Spouse Gender: Female
Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006
Name: John S Flemming
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 9 Mar 1890
Marriage Place: Rouse, Huerfano, Colorado, USA
Spouse: Ada L Traylor
Film Number: 001690076
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: John S. Fleming
Death Date: 1 Jul 1930
Death County: Donley
Certificate: 33868
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: John S Fleming
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 72
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1858
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 1 Jul 1930
Death Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, USA
Father: John S Fleming
Mother: Ada Fraylor
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