Flaig, Joseph A.

FLAIG, DEE

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 12/18/2012 at 13:47:39

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

FLAIG, JOSEPH A. - Bear Creek Twp - pg 833. Merchant tailor, Brooklyn. Was born in London, November 20, 1841. His father (Valentine) came to America with his family when our subject was quite young. He resided for a time in New York and Philadelphia, and then moved to Gloucester, Delaware, where Joseph A. was raised and educated. In 1853 our subject moved to Marietta, Ohio, residing there a few years, after which he lived in Mississippi and West Virginia. He learned his trade in Lewisburg, West Virginia, where he resided a number of years, and then moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, and in 1861 located in Shelbyville. In 1866 he came to Iowa, stopping one year in Burlington, coming to Brooklyn in 1867, where he has since resided. He was married, November 28, 1869, to Miss Miranda Dee, of Poweshiek county, formerly of Vermont. They have had three children, two of whom are living: Mary Ann and Sarah Maria. Murtie (deceased). Mr. Flaig is of German and English lineage, his father being a native of Germany, of German parents, and his mother a native of England, of English parents. His father (Valentine) was a resident of the West Indies for ten years; he died in Mississippi in 1877. Mr. Flaig has been engaged in the merchant tailoring business during his residence in Brooklyn. He is a Master Mason, and also a member of the Masonic Benevolent Association of Oskaloosa.