Levi A. Eckman, b.1824

ECKMAN, KIRKPATRICK, TWISS, LOWE, SCHLEY

Posted By: LuAnn (Wentworth) Goeke (email)
Date: 10/17/2010 at 22:25:12

LEVI A. ECKM AN, Farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Elwood; born in Liberty, Frederick Co., Md., May 24, 1824; he was educated in Carroll Co., Md., and in early life learned milling; in 1849, he went to Darke Co., Ohio, and worked at his trade in Greenville; in the spring of 1851, he came to Lyons, Clinton Co.; thence to Bellevue, Jackson Co., in the same year, where he remained until the spring of 1854; from this time until 1855, he was employed in putting up flour-mills in various places in this portion of Iowa; in 1855, he engaged in milling in Maquoketa, and continued in that business until 1860, when he returned to Clinton Co. and commenced farming in Brookfield Township. Mr. E. has held the office of Justice of the Peace four terms. He was the first President of the Jackson and Clinton County Mutual Insurance Co., and is the agent of the company in that part of the county where he resides. Mr. Eckman's first wife was Mary, daughter of Capt. J.L. Kirkpatrick, who served during the Black Hawk war; was born in 1822, at Springfield, Ill.; she died in December, 1856; had, two children, one now living - Frank. Present wife was Miss Minerva Twiss, a native of Washington Co., N.Y.; born Nov. 6, 1835; have two children - Alice and Addie A. Mr. Eckman is a Republican. He owns a well-improved farm. This very brief sketch of Mr. Eckman's life is all that our space will allow. The Eckman family have rendered, in all times of trial, good service to their country; Jacob Eckman, uncle of Levi A., served with distinction as Captain during the war of 1812, and was in Washington with his company when that city was destroyed by the British. John Lowe, maternal uncle of Levi A., was also a Captain during the war of 1812, and a brave soldier. Levi A. Eckman's grandmother, Maria L. Eckman, nee Schley, was the sister of Capt. Schley, who was, at one time, the owner of the largest number of vessels owned by any one individual; he died in Germany, leaving property to the amount of $3,000,000. – 1879 History of Clinton County Iowa, pg 728.