Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Fluck, Aaron 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Aaron Fluck, a farmer on section 14, Hume Township, is one of the enterprising 
agriculturists of Whiteside County of which he has been a resident principally 
since 1857. He first located at Sterling, where he passed several years 
working at his trade of carpenter and also as a general laborer. He went to 
Arkansas just previous to the outbreak of the Southern Rebellion, where he 
found himself pressed into drill preparatory to the organization of the rebel 
army. He spent a month in the distasteful occupation, and escaped on the last 
steamer that passed up the Mississippi River before it was closed by the rebel 
authorities, thereby forfeiting his wages. He returned to Sterling, where he 
resumed his occupation as a mechanic. He was a resident of Sterling until 
1866, working at his trade and engaging also, as opportunity offered, in the 
improvement of his farm, which he had purchased in 1864. It comprised 160 
acres, and at the time of his purchase it was unbroken prairie. He took 
possession of the place in 1866, and was its occupant until 1872, when he went 
to a small tract of land containing 14 acres situated near the city of 
Sterling, and which was the location of a valuable stone quarry. He operated 
there six years, and in 1878 again removed to his farm, where he is engaged in 
the management of his agricultural interests. He also owns 40 acres on section 
15 and 80 acres adjoining the land of his first purchase. The dwelling Mr. 
Fluck has erected on his place is the largest and most valuable in the 
township, and his barns are of the same comparative size and merit. He deals 
in high grades of stock. In political faith and connections he is a Democrat, 
and has held several local offices. He was born Sept. 22, 1833, in Bucks Co., 
Pa. His family descent is from a German ancestor who settled many years ago in 
Bucks County, where the descending generations maintained a residence through 
the succeeding years until 1857, when Mr. Fluck of this sketch broadened the 
field of occupation by removal to Illinois. John Fluck, his father, was born 
in Bucks County in 1797, and married Elizabeth Leight. She was born in 
Northampton Co., Pa., and was of mixed Scotch and German ancestry. Her birth 
took place in 1807, and she died in 1844. Her husband was a carpenter and was 
a prominent official in the German Reformed Church, to which she also 
belonged. He died in Lehigh Co., Pa., in 1881. Their family included seven 
children. The grandfather of Mr. Fluck was named John, and he was a stone 
mason. Aaron Fluck is the third child of his parents, and he was 11 years of 
age when he lost his mother by death. He continued under the care of his 
father until he came to his majority; but at the age of 17 he began to work at 
his trade of carpenter with Daniel Shafer, his cousin by marriage, who lived 
in Lehigh County. On reaching the age of 21 years he entered the employment of 
his master as a journey­man, with whom he served one year, and with the 
exception of $5 gave his earnings to his father. He passed the three years 
subsequent in his native county, working at his trade. Mr. Fluck was married 
Nov. 15, 1864, in Sterling to Lydia A. Tombow, and they have had eight 
children. Six of them are still living, and following are their names: 
McClelland, John, Ida M., Aaron, Katie and Matilda. Benjamin and William are 
deceased. Mrs. Fluck was born Aug. 26, 1846, in Lampeter Township in Lancaster 
Co., Pa., and is the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Borer) Tombow. Her 
parents were of Dutch descent, and her father was a stone mason by trade. Her 
mother died when she was seven years old, and she was placed in the charge of 
Mr. Landis, now of Sterling Township, by whom she was brought up and with 
whose family she came to Whiteside County. Her father meanwhile had married 
again and had removed to Sterling a year previous to her coming to this 
county. She continued a member of Mr. Landis' family until her marriage. The 
portraits of Mr. Fluck and his wife are given on previous pages, and represent 
the typical class whose thrift and energy have so rapidly developed Whiteside 
County. They are copies of likenesses recently taken.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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