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David
S. Fleck The gentleman
whose name appears at the head of this sketch is prominent in the business,
social and political affairs of Jasper County, and is a native of Iowa, having
been born in Mahaska County, Iowa, in 1859, on the 21st day of November.
His father, William Fleck, was a native of Illinois and his mother,
Cassie (Brown) Fleck, was a native of Ohio.
The family came from Illinois to Iowa in 1856 and located first in Henry
County, but a short time afterward removed to Mahaska County, where William
Fleck entered two hundred and forty acres of land from the government. He has long since gone to his eternal home, having passed
away in 1885, at the early age of fifty-three.
After twelve years of farming, Mr. Fleck engaged in the grain business in
Leighton, and this business he continued to the time of his death, besides
superintending and overseeing the work of his farm. He was a very prominent man in his community, public spirited
and broadminded. He was a member of the Baptist Church, to which denomination
his wife, mother of the subject, also belongs.
She is seventy-five years old at this time and lives at the old home
place, near Leighton. David
S. Fleck was one of eight children. At
the age of twenty-one he began work for himself, following agricultural pursuits
for a while, after which he engaged in the grain and lumber business at
Leighton, carrying on both enterprises for about ten years, at the expiration of
which time he removed to Nebraska and engaged in the elevator business in the
town of Mindon. From there he
returned to Iowa and operated an elevator at Templeton, Carroll County, and
engaged in the grain business there for a couple of years, at the expiration of
which time he, together with Macy Brothers, purchased the lumber and grain
business at Killduff. Mr. Fleck
owns and operates a stock and grain farm near Killduff where at all times can be
found some of Jasper County's choicest hogs, cattle and horses. On
February 28, 1889, Mr. Fleck was united in marriage to Alta Coryell, the
daughter of R. V. and Julia Coryell, the father being a native of Ohio and the
mother of Missouri. The family came
to Oskaloosa about the year 1850. Mr.
Coryell was a prominent farmer in Mahaska County, and it was here that the
daughter, Alta, was born in October 1866. She
is one of three living children. The
father and mother are both living in Mahaska County, Iowa, aged seventy-five and
sixty-eight, respectively. To
Mr. and Mrs. Fleck have been born three children, namely: Raymond, born March
25, 1890, in Mahaska County; Harold, born November 11, 1896, in Jasper County;
Wilma, born April 7, 1900, in Jasper County. Mr.
Fleck is a member of the board of County Supervisors, having been elected on the
Democratic ticket in 1906 and again in 1909, and his picture, together with
those of the other two County supervisors, was placed in the corner stone of the
new County court house when built. He
and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Newton. Fraternally, he is identified with the Masonic lodge No. 59,
at Newton, and is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at
Newton. Mrs. Fleck is a member of
the Rebekah lodge and Eastern Star chapter at the same place. Mr. Fleck owns
property and lives in the city of Newton. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1197. |
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