Joseph A. KECK

KECK

Posted By: Volunteer - Rich Lowe
Date: 7/25/2008 at 19:51:32

Source: Annals of Iowa
Vol. 11; Third Series; p. 240

Joseph A. KECK was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. December 7, 1827; he died in Seattle, Washington, February 6, 1913. In 1846 he removed with his parents to Van Buren county, Iowa, settling near Utica, on a farm, where he made his continuous home until 1910, when he removed to the Pacific coast. During the gold excitement in the early fifties he crossed the plains with an ox team, and passed a year in California. He was a Republican in politics and was chosen first president of the Fremont Voters' Club of his congressional district. He filled other positions of trust and responsibility and was for several years the president of the Van Buren County Agricultural Society. He was elected and served as a Representative in the Twenty-eighth General Assembly from Van Buren county.