James Houston and Martha Jane Bentley

James Houston and
Martha Jane Bentley

James Houston (aka Huston) b 20 Dec 1891 KY d before 1930; m. Martha Jane Bentley b 29 Nov 1888 KY d 7 Sept 1968 Letcher Co KY; d/o Joseph "Joe" Bentley and Sarah Elizabeth Potter. Children of Martha Jane Bentley and James Houston;

I. Edna Houston b 6 Dec 1911 d 12 Apr 2005; m. Male Newsome; 4 children

II. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Houston b 6 Jan 1914 Pike Co KY d 1 Apr 2001 Pike Co KY; m. Stephen "Steve" Tackett b 16 Mar 1898 Pike Co KY d 18 Jan 1978 Pike Co KY; s/o John M Tackett and Margaret Elizabeth "Liz" Hall. Children of Stephen Tackett and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Houston;

1. Billy Tackett

2. Alvin Tackett b 29 Nov 1933 Pike Co KY d 12 Feb 1988 Pike Co KY; m. Female Bentley

3. Steve Tackett

4. Barbara Tackett m. Male Blevins; 6 children

5. Bobby Tackett b 30 Jun 1941 Pike Co KY d 30 Sept 1999 Pike Co KY; buried Harold Mullins Cemetery, Dorton, KY; m. Loretta Mullins. Children of Bobby Tackett and Loretta Mullins;

i. Anthony Q Tackett

ii. Kenneth W Tackett

iii. Gregory W Tackett

iv. Stevie L Tackett

v. Neil Roger Tackett

6. Lavon Tackett

Stephen Tackett m. Cora Belle Stewart b 14 Mar 1899 Pike Co KY d 14 Aug 1985 OH; d/o Daniel V Dan Stewart and Easter Bentley.

III. Lige Houston b about 1914 KY

IV. Alvin Houston b 17 Oct 1916 Pike Co KY d 10 Apr 2006

V. Charlie Houston b about 1918 KY

VI. Ballard Houston b about 1921 KY

VII. James Houston b about 1924 KY

VIII. Dacie Houston b about 1926 KY

IX. Martha Houston b about 1929 KY

Martha Jane Bentley and
King Solomon Fleming

Martha Jane Bentley b 29 Nov 1888 KY d 7 Sept 1968 Letcher Co KY; d/o Joseph "Joe" Bentley and Sarah Elizabeth Potter. Martha Jane Bentley m. Nov 1924 to King Solomon "Sol" Fleming b 29 Nov 1881 Pike Co KY d 5 Jan 1925 Beefhide, KY; buried Etty, Pike Co KY; s/o John Jefferson "Jeff" Fleming and Mary Frances Johnson.

King Solomon Fleming
and Tacy Kelp Burnside

King Solomon "Sol" Fleming b 29 Nov 1881 Pike Co KY d 5 Jan 1925 Beefhide, KY buried Etty, Pike Co KY; s/o John Jefferson "Jeff" Fleming and Mary Frances Johnson King Solomon "Sol" Fleming m. (1) to Tacy Kelp Burnside b 10 Oct 1887 Raleigh Co WV d 14 Nov 1971 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co OH buried Newtonsville, Clermont Co OH; d/o Joseph Hampton Burnside and Sarah Jane Laverty (aka Lafferty). Tacy Kelp Burnside m. Floyd Anderson Lewis. Children of King Solomon "Sol" Fleming and Tacy Kelp Burnside;

I. Basil Wickliff Beckham Fleming Lewis b 15 Oct 1910 Academy Pocohontas Co WV d 31 Jan 1982 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co OH buried Plainview Cemetery, Newtonsville, Clermont Co OH; m. 22 Feb 1935 Garrett, Floyd Co KY to Dolly Coburn b 6 Jan 1915 Garrett, Floyd Co KY d 3 Apr 1987 Goshen Clermont Co OH, d/o Alec Coburn and Sallie Ann Prater. Children of Basil Wickliff Beckham Fleming Lewis and Dolly Coburn;

1. Female Lewis m. Melvin Owen Prewitt b 24 Aug 1937 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co OH d 28 Nov 1994 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co OH

2. Female Lewis m. Male Lunghi

3. Male Lewis m. Female Cox; m. Female Rodgers

4. Male Lewis m. Female Hickey

5. Joseph Gordon (Fleming) Lewis b Sept 1943 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co OH d as a child buried Rock Fork, Garrett, Floyd Co KY

6. Female Lewis m. Male Light

7. Male Lewis m. Female Lanningham.

II. Joseph Walker Fleming Lewis b 17 Jun 1914 Weeksbury Rail, Floyd Co KY d Nov 1976 and buried in Newtonsville, Clermont Co OH, m. Verda Faulkner.

III. Lloyd Jefferson Lewis Fleming b 29 Jan 1917 Fleming, Letcher Co KY d 13 Dec 1980 Ocala FL m. Audrey Fields b 5 Oct 1926 Martin Co KY

Martha Jane Bentley
and John Tackett

Martha Jane Bentley b 29 Nov 1888 KY d 7 Sept 1968 Letcher Co KY; d/o Joseph "Joe" Bentley and Sarah Elizabeth Potter. Martha Jane Bentley m. John Tackett b 1874 (found in hh of Martha Jane Bentley in 1930 Pike Co KY Census listed as servant. Martha listed as widowed).

Obituary: Bobby Tackett
30 Jun 1941 - 30 Sept 1999

Age, 58, of Virgie, died Thursday, September 30, 1999, at his residence. He was born June 30, 1941, the son of- Lizzie Tackett of Dorton, and the late Steve Tackett. He was a retired miner from Bethlehem Coal Co. He is survived by his wife, Loretta Tackett. Other survivors include five sons, Anthony Q. Tackett of Virgie, Kenneth W. Tackett and Gregory W. Tackett, both of Beefhide, Stevie L. Tackett and Neil Roger Tackett, both of Robinson Creek; three brothers, Billy Tackett of Dorton, Steve Tackett Jr. of Covington, and Lavon Tackett of Be&hide; one sister, Barbara Blevins of Beefhide; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, October 3, at 11 a.m., at the Dorton Freewill Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Harold Mullins Cemetery at Beefhide of Dorton

Article, Louisville Courier Journal
Pikeville, Pike Co KY, January 5, 1925
Escaped Lifer, Slayer of Two,
Is Killed In Battle With Posse
Sol Fleming, Twice Sentenced
to Die, Was Paroled, Then Slew
Another, and Fled Prison

Special The Courier-Journal. Pikeville, Ky., Jan. 5.---Sol Fleming, an escaped life convict of the Frankfort Reformatory, was shot and killed today by Deputy Sheriff George Johnson and a possee on Beefhide Creek, thirty miles from Pikeville, it was reported here tonight. Details of the shooting are lacking, but, it is reported Fleming shot and wounded a woman during the battle.

Fleming was under a life sentence for the murder of Sid Tackett at Weeksbury, Ky., several years ago and about a year ago he escaped a gurard while on a visit to his mother Mrs. J. J. Fleming, who was sick on the long Fork of Shelby. It is reported that he since had engaged in operating a still on Beefhide Creek of Shelby.

Prior to Flemings conviction at Prestonsburg for killing Tackett, he had been convicted at Whitesburg some thirty years ago for participation in killing Jemima Hall, an aged woman on Boone Creek in Letcher County. On two trials for this crime, it was said here tonight, the verdict resulted in the death penalty, but a third trial reduced it to life imprisonment. He was out on parole when he killed Tackett.

Authorities here tonight were asked what disposition should be made of Fleming's body.