Squire B. Fleek and his brothers Charles, Nicholas and Henry were the sons of Abraham Fleek and Christina Marstiller. They were born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, but came to reside in Linn County between 1855 and 1870. The boys had one sister, Catherine who died in Indiana at the age of 12 and is buried in Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana near the grave of her father. My 2nd great-grandfather was Uncle to these men.
Charles and Henry served the Union during the Civil War and lost their lives. Nicholas and Squire continued to reside in Iowa. Squire in Linn County and Nicholas in Webster County. At least 2 of the 4 brothers are buried there in Linn county and I am fairly certain that Squire B. Fleek will be found somewhere in Iowa too. Charles and Henry are at the Veterans Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Charles was originally buried in Missouri where he died during the war, but his body was moved later. I have a photo image of a document about the removal of Charles Fleek to Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa and his original internment at National Cemetery, St Louis, Mo. However there is still some question as to weather there is only a marker there or if his body had been moved because the document states that the date his body was moved is unknown.
1850 census, 3rd Ward, LaFayette Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Roll M432_175 Page 73, H.G. B Holey 36, M. Carriage Maker, NJ.
Roll: M432_175; Page: 13; Image: 27.
John M., 17 M Jorn Painter, Indiana.
Fleek Squire Father-in-law W M Aug. 1830 69 Wd 30 Indiana, Virginia, Virginia Gun Smith.
1910; Census Council Bluffs Ward 5, Pottawattamie, Iowa, Roll: T624_421; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 143; Image: 694.
Flick, Squire Father-in-law M 80 Wd West Virginia, Un, Un.
Residence Cedar Rapids IA; 23 years old.
Enlisted on 8/13/1862 as a 6th Corpl.
Charles Fleek was born around the year 1839 in Indiana.
enlisted in the 24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The regiment was raised during the first two weeks of August, 1862, and Charles enlisted on August 13, 1862 as a 6th Corporal. He mustered into the Regiment on September 3, 1862.
He remained with the 24th Iowa only a short time, eight months at the most, but most likely took part in General Grant's Coldwater Expedition and the Vicksburg Campaign, which occupied the winter and spring of 1863. Charles took sick sometime during or after these campaigns, and died of disease in St. Louis, Missouri on June 14, 1863. His body remained in Missouri, and was buried in the National Cemetery at Jefferson Barracks (section 2, grave 156). A government marker was placed in his memory at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The marker is in (14-1-S 1/2), between the graves of Captain Ezra Van Metre and Lieutenant Henry Fleek.
Nicholas Fleek served in the Union army with Company "E" 10th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
Enlisted April 18, 1861; Discharged August 6, 1861. Pension Record # 794225.
Partner with nephews Emery Elwood and Charles Harry A. Smith at Smith Bros. Blacksmith Shop, 1221 First Avenue South, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Found on 1860 US Federal Census in City of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana living in the household of Jas. H. Marsteller.
Found on 1870 US Federal Census in Springvale, Humboldt County, Iowa.
Found on 1880 US Federal Census in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa.
Found Fleek listed in "Iowa Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1884-1885, Vol. 3, p. 490.
Found on 1910 US Federal Census in 3rd Ward, Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa.
Friday Evening, March 12, 1915. p 1.
"Nick" Fleek, a former blacksmith, who has been a familiar Fort Dodge figure since 1869, passed away at his home in this city on Thirteenth street and Fifth avenue north, at 2:00 a. m. today. He has been in a critical condition for about two weeks and has been in failing health for about a year. Last August Mr. Fleet was injured in an automobile accident and this precipitated his fatal illness.
Mr. Fleet 'sic' was about seventy five years old. He was born May 23, 1840, in Lafayette, Indiana. He served in the Union army with Co. E, Tenth Indiana, during the rebellion. September 24, 1865, he was married at Cedar Rapids to Miss Mary Smith and they moved to Fort Dodge in 1869. Until the last few years Mr. Fleek engaged in blacksmithing and became known all over the countryside. His wife, who is but little his junior, is prostrated by the shock of his death. She has no children to assuage her grief at this time, their only child having died in infancy. Her brother, D. W. Smith, of Waterloo, has been with her for some time and is at her side now.
The funeral has been arranged for Sunday afternoon at 2:00. The place and other details will be announced Saturday.
Side served: Union; State served: Indiana; Enlistment date: 6 Dec 1861..
Enlisted in Company C, 40th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 06 December 1861.