George Nicklaus Flack - Butcher of Lexington Market

George Nicklaus Flack came to America in 1850 from Saxony Germany he is my very Great Uncle. He was 17 when he arrived in Baltimore. In 1855 he met the lovely Justina Meister  from Bayern Germany. They were married on 14 October 1855 at St. Alphonsus Church in Baltimore. He was a Butcher by trade as was his brother Henry. He owned stall number 57 in the Lexington Market. 

                            Lexington Market circa 1903

The Lexington Market is the oldest Market in America and was founded in 1782 when General John Eager Howard donated a portion of his families pasture land near Baltimore to be used as a Market. The Market was named Lexington Market as tribute to the the first battle of the American Revolution in Lexington. The market opened at 2:00 A.M. with a bell and closed with a bell at noon. He also had a stall at Centre Market in Baltimore. 

                                                                      Centre Market, from Fielding Lucas, Picture of Baltimore

George was very involved with his church even serving as an escort/pall bearer at the funeral of the Reverend  William B. Bartlett in 1900. Reverend William was the Pastor at St. Ana's Catholic Church. 

George passed on 11 April 1900.  On 16 November 1900 his stall in Lexington Market was sold at Public Auction.