Fleckenstein, George

FLECKENSTEIN

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 13:02:40

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.659

FLECKENSTEIN, GEORGE, blacksmith; Jackson Township, P. O. St. Mary's; born in Bavaria, Nov. 2, 1836, where he lived until 1861, when he came to Dubuque county; he married Catharine Hammersmith, also a native of Bavaria, Sept. 10, 1863; they have six children living: George, Joseph, John, Anna, Katie and Frank; having lost three; at the age of seventeen he learned the blacksmith trade; two years after entered the army, serving three years, then resumed his trade with success; removed to St. Mary's in 1869, and built the first dwelling in the place.