Joseph Fleck ^{3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   FamilySearch ID: L61P-SYM.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. ⁶ The 1850 census recorded William Fleck, farmer, 55, living with wife Lydia, 45; Elizabeth McDonald, 17; and son Joseph, 15. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. William's real estate is valued at $2000.

2. Census in 1860 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. ¹² The 1860 census recorded William Fleck, 65, living with wife Lydia, 56; and son Joseph, 25. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Military from 6 Nov 1862 to 28 Jul 1863 in Gettysburg, Adams, PA: Civil War: Company I, 165th Regiment Pennsylvania, musician drummer. ¹³ Organized at Chambersburg and Gettysburg November 25-December 5, 1862. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Newport News and Suffolk, Va., December 8-17, 1862. Attached to Foster's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia. Duty at Suffolk till May, 1863. Expedition toward Blackwater, Va., January 8-10, 1863. Deserted House January 30. Leesville April 4. Siege of Suffolk April 11-May 4. Edenton, Providence Church and Somerton Roads April 12-13. Somerton Road April 15 and 20. Edenton Road April 24. Operations on Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad May 12-26. Holland House, Carrsville, May 15-16. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 27-July 7. Expedition from White House to South Anna River July 1-7. South Anna Bridge July 4. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 8. Mustered out July 28, 1863. Regiment lost during service 1 killed and 1 Officer and 14 Enlisted men by disease. Total 16.

4. Census in 1870 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. ⁴ The 1870 census recorded Joseph Fleck, farmer, 35, living with wife Lydia, 23; and mother Lydia, 66. Joseph's real estate was worth $1800 and personal estate $650. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Table Rock.

5. Census in 1880 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. ¹⁴ The 1880 census recorded Joseph Fleck, 45, living with wife Sarah, 30; and son John, 6. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

6. Census in 1900 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. ² The 1900 census recorded Joseph Fleck, farmer, 65, born May 1835, , living with wife Sarah, 54, Sep 1845; and son John E., farm laborer, 26, Feb 1874. Sarah had been married for 20 years to Joseph and she had given birth to one child, still alive in 1900. [Note: John E.'s mother was Lydia Beecher who died soon after his birth.].

7. Cause of Death: dropsy due to chronic Bright's disease, 25 Feb 1911, Butler Twp., Adams, PA. ⁵

8. Obituary: Adams County News: obituary of Joseph Fleck on 4 Mar 1911 in Gettysburg, Adams, PA. ¹⁵ Joseph Fleck died on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 at his home in Butler township from dropsy, aged 73 years, 8 months and 9 days. He is survived by his wife and one son, John. Funeral services Tuesday at 10:00 at the house. Interment in Mennonite cemetery, Mummasburg.

Joseph married Lydia Beecher, daughter of David Beecher and Elizabeth Altland, on 10 Nov 1868.¹ (Lydia Beecher was born on 1 Oct 1847 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA,^{16 17} died on 16 Sep 1878 in , Adams, PA ¹⁷ and was buried in Mummasburg: Mummasburg Mennonite Cemetery, Adams, PA ¹⁷.)

Joseph next married Sarah H. Jacobs about 1879 in , Adams, PA.² (Sarah H. Jacobs was born on 20 Sep 1845 in , , Pennylvania, USA,^{2 18} died on 9 Nov 1917 in Huntsdale, Cumberland, PA ^{18 19} and was buried on 11 Nov 1917 in Mummasburg: Mummasburg Mennonite Cemetery, Adams, PA ^{18 19}.)