PECK, WALLACE

PECK, BURGHARD

Posted By: Administrator
Date: 10/4/2001 at 12:39:50

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

WALLACE PECK, of the firm of Peck & Flanagan, manufacturers of carriages, Fifth avenue; was born in Dix, Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1841; he learned his trade there; he was in the army during the war; enlisted in the 161st N. Y. V. I., Co B ; he was in the service three years, and was honorably discharged; he held the offices of Postmaster and Treasurer of Dix, N. Y.; he came to Clinton in 1872, and for the past three years, has been associated with Mr. Flanagin in their present business, and are building up a good trade. He married Miss Lydia Burghard, of New York in 1874. Mr. Peck's father was an early settler in New York; he has lived in Dix since 1805, and is still living.