Title: Lenora Balis Fleek Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1846-1946

Creator:

• Fleek, Lenora Balis, 1867-1941

Call Number: Mss 247; PH 4009; PH 4042

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 flat box) and 65 photographs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Genealogical notes and charts prepared by Lenora Balis Fleek and her daughter, Belle Fleek Harlow, Brodhead, Wisconsin, plus original documents and photographs from the Balis, Batchelder, and Fleek families. The original documents consist of deeds, tax receipts, Civil War orders, occasional correspondence, poetry, a recipe book, and miscellaneous materials. Also included in the Balis Family documents is an account of Chile's 1891 civil war as witnessed by Ben W. Wells, a U.S. sailor; and an 1867 diary and account book kept by farmer Henry M. Balis which contains a general muster roll and clippings on the Civil War service of the Orfordville Volunteers, Co. G., 13th Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00247

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Lenora Balis, born in 1867, was the daughter of Henry M. and Mary Anzolette (Batchelder) Balis of Spring Valley, Rock County, Wisconsin. In 1885, she married John Logan Fleek of Brodhead, Green County, Wisconsin. Their daughter, Belle Louise, married Austin Newell Harlow of Brodhead in 1923.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs. Francis St. Peter, Beloit, Wisconsin, June 14, 1972 and July 24, 1972. Accession Number: M72-207, M72-292

Processing Information

Processed by Karen Baumann, November 10, 1972.

Mss 247	Genealogical Charts and Notes
Box   1 Folder   1	General, undated
Box   1 Folder   2	Jannette Burlingham's record of the Fleek-Balis-Batchelder Family, undated
	Original Documents
	Balis Family
Box   1 Folder   3	General, 1847-1891
Box   2	H.M. Balis Diary and Account book, 1867
Box   1 Folder   4	Batchelder Family, 1865, 1869
Box   1 Folder   5	Fleek Family, 1889-1946
Box   1 Folder   6	Unidentified Recipe Book, undated
Box   1 Folder   7	Miscellaneous, 1846-1850
PH 4009	Photographs relating to Balis, Fleek, and Batchelder families, circa 1855-1923
PH 4042	Carte-de-visite portraits of Civil War soldiers