D. S. Pleak, of section 32, Macedonia Township, was born in Decatur County, Indiana, October 14, 1857, and was the third son of Stuban Pleak, who was also born in Decatur County, and was reared and married there. His grandparents were early settlers in that portion of Indiana, and were of German origin, and when they first came to America they spelled their name Blake. The wife of Stuban, and mother of D. S., was Elizabeth (Woolverton) Pleak, who was born in Decatur County, and was a daughter of John Woolverton, of Scotch ancestry. They reared six children. The parents lived until their death in Decatur County.

D. S. Pleak resided in Indiana until 1879 when he came to Pottawattamie County, and the same fall bought his farm of Ely Carter, which had been improved by his son, Elijah Carter. The farm consists of 160 acres, and contains a grove, orchard, buildings for stock and grain, feed lots, yards and stock scales. It is divided into cultivated fields of pasture and meadow. His horses are of a high grade, and among them are five Dilliard colts which give promise of being valuable horses. He owns a one-fourth interest in an imported Percheron-Norman horse.

Mr. Pleak was married August 29, 1889, to Miss Alice Olney, a daughter of J. J. and Mary (Morrison) Olney. She was educated at the Iowa Normal at Shenandoah, and was a successful teacher prior to her marriage. She was born in this county in 1866. Politically Mr. Pleak is a Republican, and is at present Township Supervisor. He is a member of Ruby Lodge, No. 415, F. & A. M., at Macedonia.