BC Jillson Fleming (1899-1918)

Benjamin Cutler (BC) Jillson Fleming was born on Apr. 27, 1899, the son of Dr. Richard Knowlson Fleming and Elizabeth Spear Jillson Fleming. There were two older children: Richard Knowlson Fleming, Jr. and Gladys R. Fleming.
At the time of Fleming’s birth, the family lived at 123 Larimer Ave.; they later moved to 315 S. Highland Ave.
Fleming’s World War I Draft Registration Card describes him as tall with a medium build, with dark hair and brown eyes.
After graduating from Peabody High School, Fleming enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh where he was inducted into the Student Army Training Corps on October 1, 1917.
Like so many of his comrades, BC Jillson Fleming fell prey to the “epidemic influenza” that swept through the Student Corps. He died from bronchial pneumonia at the Pittsburgh U.S. Troop Infirmary on Oct. 17, 1918.
BC Jillson Fleming is buried in the family plot at Homewood Cemetery.