RECK, Abraham C.

RECK, PHILLIPS, RANKIN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/20/2015 at 09:12:30

Obituary ~ Abraham C. Reck
April 03, 1834 ~ March 31, 1921

The Annals of Iowa
Iowa State Historical Society
Volume 14, No. 1, Spring of 1923, Page 78.

Notable Deaths.

Abraham C. Reck was born in Stark County, Ohio, April 3, 1834, and died at Spokane, Washington, March 31, 1921. The body was some weeks later interred at Allerton, Iowa. In 1854 he removed to Garden Grove, Decatur County, Iowa. In 1855 he removed to the southeast part of the county and for ten years or more ran a grist mill and a saw-mill. Soon after the war he removed to a farm in Wayne County. In 1871 he with P. M. Phillips, as Phillips & Reck, engaged in dry goods business in Allerton. About ten years later he withdrew from the firm and with A. B. Rankin, as Reck & Rankin, entered the drug husiness in Allerton. For several years be was editor and publisher of the Allerton News. In 1879 be was elected representative and served in the Eighteenth General Assembly. At one time he served as mayor of Allerton and at another as justice of the peace. In 1912 he removed to Des Moines, and in 1918 to Spokane, Washington.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2015