FLESHER: George Adam Flesher, 1798-1878, with his wife, first of the name in Reedy.
He was born in the Monongahela Valley on the date above, son of Adam Flesher, of Indian Warfare fame. About the year 1820 he married a Miss Salle Connolly, born 1798, in or near Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia. They made their home at Weston for a few years, then came to this Reedy country in first of the decade, 1830, acquired a large tract of the then unbroken forest lands lying southeast of the "Three Forks" of Reedy, up the Left Fork commencing within ~i quarter of a mile of the "Three Forks" and extending onto the Middle Fork, two thousand acres or more; on this they made their home and there prospered. To them were born there and by them reared the following sons and daughters:
William Kelley, Dempsy, John, Matilda, Alitha, Elizabeth, Sarah and Mary. Further:
William Kelley was killed or died of wounds during the Civil War.
Dempsy, born in 1828, learned thetrade of saddlery at Weston, returned and married Eleanor C. Murray ,daughter of John Murray and they made their home on that part of the ancestral lands on the Middle Fork of Reedy.
To Dempsy and Eleanor C. (Murray), his wife, were born and by them brought up the following sons and daughters: Virginia L., Ida E., Florence, George Minter, John Columbus, Sarah Elizabeth, Sallie Olive, Martha Eleanor and Thomas Daniel. Their marriages are as follows:
Virginia L. married Albert G. Corbet, April 22, 1881.
Ida C. married Hugh F. McClintoc, of Morgantown, 1896, ages 41 and 39.
Florence married Henry C. Seaman, November 11, 1873.
George M. married Mary Murphy, October 6, 1880.
John C., Miss Roxie Lowe, December 9, 1886, his age 27, hers 18.
Sarah Elizabeth married Mathew T. Lowe, March 17, 1884.
Sallie 0., married Robert C. Lowe, September 3, 1887, she 19, he 21.
Martha F. married Hoyt Sheppard.
Thomas Daniel, yet a bachelor, lives at Morgantown.
John Flesher, son of George and Sallie (Conley) Flesher, his wife, born 1831, died 1876.
John Flesher, next above, married on Reedy, Miss Margaret Butcher, the 13th day of March 1859.
They made their home on Left Reedy, on part of the George Flesher lands; this John Flesher farm was for many years the largest and best between "Three Forks" and Spencer.
To John and Margaret (Butcher) Flesher, his wife, were born and by them reared on the farm named, three sons and one daughter, whose names were as follows: Andrew L., married Henrietta Sommerville, daughter of Jackson and Sarah (Ott) Sommerville, of Jackson County, Limestone Hill.
Clark and Etta went to the far West when yet young.
Of James, the youngest of this family we have no data.
Matilda, daughter of George A. and Sallie (Conley) Flesher, became the wife of Henry Bushop, of Monongahela Valley. Alitha married Thomas Gough and settled near on the Flesher lands; these are the ancestors of all of the Goughs of Reedy and Spencer.
Elizabeth married Elias Flesher of an unrelated family of Fleshers at Weston.
Sarah became the wife of George W. Callow, of Left Reedy. Mary married Robert E. Lee, of Wirt County, Lees Mills. See "Callow."
Source: History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 521-522
Submitter: Sandy Spradling, November 28, 1999
