Charles William Fleak (Biography)

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Taken from Illustriana Kansas, page 399


Charles William Fleak, merchant, banker, and rancher, was born in Knox County, Missouri, September 28, 1856, son of William L. B. and Maria (Sens) Fleak.  The father was born in Bartholomew County, Indiana, September 27, 1829 and died in Kirksville, Missouri, in June 1911. He was a farmer and stockman, of English descent, who served four years in the Civil War. His wife, Maria, was born in Maryland, April 3, 1834, and died at Kirksville, June 15, 1922.  Her ancestry was German.

Charles William Fleak attended country school in Knox County, Missouri, and for a number of years in younger life was a farmer.  He engaged in the mercantile business for 40 years and from 1914 until 1920 was president of the First National Bank of which he has been a director since 1908.  At the present time he is a merchant and rancher.  He is a Republican.

On October 16, 1877, he was married to Laura B. Wiley in Knox County.  She was born in that county on December 3, 1858.  They have one son, Lester, born February 22, 1879, who is married to Edith Scott.  She is the daughter of Luther and Henrietta (Allen) Scott, the former of whom was a lawyer at Howard, Kansas.

Mr. Fleak is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Chamber of Commerce, the Masons (32nd degree), and the Odd Fellows of which he has been a member for the past 40 years.  His favorite diversion is reading.

Residence:  Howard.