Percy Fleming, the son of James and Margaret Dow Fleming was born November 24, 1888 at Stanley, Wisconsin. He came to North Dakota in 1906 and worked in the Bordulac area. On December 11, 1913, he married Hilda Kleb, the daughter of Julius and Emma Zink Kleb, who was born January 4, 1893, at Bordulac.
The Flemings farmed in the Carrington area several years before moving to the Melville area. After Mrs. Fleming's death Mr. Fleming moved to California.
The couple had ten children: Percy Jr., Keithel, Lois, Colleen, Beverly, Lillian, Dorothy, Jean, Evelyn (Mrs. Elton Galt) and Geraldine.
Mrs. Fleming died in April 1942 and Mr. Fleming died in 1946.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 84B