Fleck, David S.

FLECK, BROWN, CORYELL

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Fleck, David S.

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. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912 Page 1197.