Polk County, Missouri Biographies - Flavius A. AFFLECK
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri 1889, published by Goodspeed, page 617,618 
Polk County Biography Section

    Flavius A. Affleck, circuit court clerk of Polk County, was
born in St. Clair County, Ill., May 6, 1848, being the son of 
Robert G. and Martha (Million) Affleck.  His father was born in
Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 1817, and his mother, in West Virginia,
in 1820.  When very young, both were taken to St. Clair County,
and there met and married.  Mr. Robert G. Affleck served an 
apprenticeship at three trades, those of cabinet-maker, blacksmith
and carpenter.  In 1850 he went to California, mined successfully
for three years, and, although $10,000 worth of gold was stolen
from him, he returned with enough to buy a farm.  From 1864 to
1871 he operated a large mill in Columbia, Ill., and in 1872 
moved to this county, and located in Bolivar, where he and his 
son, the subject of this sketch, ran a mill till 1878.  He was
formerly a Whig, but is now a Republican, and he and his wife,
both of whom still live, are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.  Flavius A. is the fifth of eleven children.  He received
his education in the common schools of Illinois and in McKendree
College.  When fourteen yeas of age he was put into a mill to 
learn the business, and for fifteen years followed it.  On 
December 19, 1872, he married Miss Rosalie A. Wilson, of Monroe
County, Ill., and, as a result of this union, has had four 
children: Anne J., Elsie I., Irma and Martha.  In 1878 Mr. Affleck
was chosen teacher in the Bolivar Schools, and taught two years. 
He was deputy collector four years, bookkeeper in the Polk County
Bank two years, and, in 1886, was chosen circuit clerk.  He is a
Knight Templar, holds the position of Deputy Grand Master and
Lecturer of the Twenty-eighth Missouri District, is a Knight of
Pythias, and a Republican.  Both he and his wife are Methodists.


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