FLESHER: Dempsy P. of next below Three Forks.

This is the Dempsy P. Flesher whose "Lane" is mentioned in the boundaries of the County of Roane, dividing Roane from Wirt County.

Dempsy P. was born in Lewis County, West Virginia, son of Adam Flesher and wife, and brother of George Flesher, pioneer mentioned in the next following paragraph; he was a prosperous farmer and popular man for twenty years including the period of the Civil War; a supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Reedy. When the Methodist Episcopal people of the Three Forks decided to build a best meeting house in Roane County about the year 1866, it was located below the village, on the Main Reedy road, midway between the farm residence of Dempsy P., and the village; they gave it the name Fleshers Chapel. It was a frame building, weather-boarded and ceiled. and painted white. it was sold, to build in the village of Reedy.

We infer from deeds of conveyances signed by Dempsy P. and recitals in them, that his wifes name was Elizabeth Jones, whom he married in Lewis County, West Virginia when both bride and groom were young.

We gather from recollection, confirmed in part by marriage records, that Dempsy P. and Elizabeth (Jones), his wife, brought up one son and three daughters; their names, Robert, Nancy, Elizabeth and Matilda.

Robert married ________. They left three sons, whose names were Dempsey, Jr., William and ________.

Nancy married William K. Board; Matilda, Thomas Seaman and Elizabeth, James M. Seaman. (See these names.)


Source: History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 520
Submitter: Sandy Spradling, November 28, 1999