of Crawford County, Iowa · from Germany · documented from the public record
The family in the record
John Eck
John Eck⚭ Minnie Hargens
childrenJohn Eck · Lena Eck · Ferdinand Eck · William Eck · Henry Eck
Source: History of Crawford County, Iowa, a record of settlement, or
Their story
What the record says
German immigrant, worked by the month three years, then rented land, later farmed in Charter Oak township, Crawford County, Iowa.
Owned 160 acres on sections 30 and 31.
German Lutheran, Democrat, township trustee and school board member.
Married Minnie Hargens in 1885.
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