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Data source is Jerry M Flook. E-mail Amblemae@aol.com
LOUIS M. T. FLOOK, a prominent farmer of Dallas county, was born in Maryland in 1848, the third of nine children born to Daniel and Elizabeth (Mumma) Flook. The families both came originally from Germany, and first settled in Pennsylvania. The present family lived in that State with their parents, where they resided Until the death of their father, Daniel Flook. Of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Flook, only five survive, namely:
1. William S. Flook, a farmer of Maryland
2. Louis M. T. Flook
3. John P. Flook, who resides in Anderson county, Kansas
4. Millard F. Flook, of Maryland
5. Fannie E. Flook, Wife of John Ahalt, of Maryland
The remaining four died when small. The father died in Maryland in 1871, on the farm on which he was reared, and his widow still resides in this county witli her children. The father was a member of the German Reformed, and the mother of the United Brethren Church.
Louis M. T. Flook, was educated in the common schools of his native county, which he attended until the age of twenty years, but only went a short time each year, and therefore acquired only a limited education. By close application to study he has so informed himself that he is a recognized authority on most subjects open for discussion. He came to this county in 1875, and settled on the farm which he now owns, one mile west of Garland, where he purchased 150 acres. He now has the entire acreage under cultivation, has erected a splendid residence, and one of the finest barns in the locality, together with other necessary out-buildings. He has added 205 acres to the original purchase, and now has the entire farm under cultivation, 280 acres of which is in corn, wheat and cotton. This year his wheat averaged seventeen and a half bushels per acre, corn from twenty-five to thirty bushels per acre, and cotton one-half bale per acre. He also owns another farm of 150 acres, besides some timber land.
Mr. Flook was married in 1874, to Miss Mary C. Bechtol, daughter of Daniel and Mahali (Biser) Bechtol. To Mr. and Mrs. Flook have been born six children:
1. Delia V. Flook
2. Fannie E. Flook, deceased
3. Charles D. Flook
4. Millard H. Flook
5. Walter V. Flook, deceased
6. Hattie M Flook.
Both parents are members of the Baptist Church.
- Memorial & Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas, 1892, p. 428.
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