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 HBBKINGSHAW'S LIBHART OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. legislature. In 1874 he was elected judge of the county court for four years; received the re-election in 1878, and again in 1886. He is the author of a volume entitled Poems and Addresses. He died Jan. 30, 1899, in Tompkinsville, Ky.

Flohr, George Daaniel, clergyman, was born in 1759 in Germany. He was licensed to preach by the synod of Pennsylvania; and was a missionary in southwestern Virginia. He died in 1836 in Wytheville, Va.

Flood, James Clair, capitalist. United States senator, was born in 1825 in Ireland. He formed a partnership with James G. Fair

and John W. Mackay, who were then young miners. Flood and O'Brien agreed to furnish money for tools and outfit, while Fair and Mackay prospected in the Sierras. The result was the discovery of the Comstock lode, which made them four of the wealthiest

They subsequently Nevada bank in San FranIn 1881 he was elected to the United

men

in the world.

established the cisco.

States senate.

He

died Feb. 21, 1888, in

Germany. Flood, Martin, soldier, was born in Massachusetts. In 1861 he became captain in the third regiment Wisconsin infantry; and in 1865 attained the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. Flood, Ned Arden, soldier, journalist, lawyer, lecturer, orator, was born in 1870 in New Market, N.H. In 1890 he grad.uated from Johns Hopkins university; studied in the law department of the university of Michigan; and received the degree of M.A.

from Allegheny

college.

In 1890-98 he was

assistant editor of the Chautauqua Magazine; and in 1889-98 was managing editor In of the Chautauqua Assembly Herald. 1895-98 he was lecturer on political economy in Allegheny college; and in 1898-1900 was associate professor and director of the

In 1898-1903 university of Chicago press. he was lieutenant-colonel and aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor William A. Stone of Pennsylvania; and in 1903 was reappointed on the staff of Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker. In 1900-02 he was president of the northwestern Pennsylvania association sons of veterans and in 1901-02 of the western Pennsylvania association of Johns Hopkins university. He has a successful law practice in Meadville, Pa.; and is a noted republican platform speaker. In 1901 he was a member of the board of health of Meadville, Pa.; and in 1902 was a member hospiof the board of trustees of the state tal for the insane at Warren, Pa. Flood, Thomas S., business man, congressman, was born April 12, 1844, in Lodi, N.Y. In 1887-91 he was a representative from

to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican. Robert John, clergyman, author,

New York Floody,

was born

now

Sept. 1, 1859, in Canada. He is congregational of Shawmut

pastor

473

church of Boston, Mass. He is the author of Scientific Basis of Sabbath and Sunday. Florance, Ernest Touro, lawyer, jurist, was born July 30, 1854, in Pass Christian, Miss.; and is the son of Benjamin Florance. He was educated in the schools and academies of New Orleans, La. In 1875 he was admitted to the bar of New Orleans; and has attained the special distinction as a commercial lawyer.

He was president of the commercial law league of America; is a member of several law and scientific associations; and has filled various positions of trust and honor. He has contributed extensively to American educational and law publications. Florence, Elias, congressman, was born in Virginia. In 1843-45 he was a representative from Ohio to the twenty-eighth congress. He died in Ohio. Florence, Thomas Birch, journalist, congressman, was born Jan. 26, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1851-61 he was a representative in the thirty-second to the thirtysixth congresses. He established and edited, in Washington, a Sunday paper called the Gazette. He died July 3, 1875, in Washington, D.C. Florence, William Jermyn, actor, was bom July 26, 1831, in Albany, N.Y. In 1849 he made his first appearance in Richmond as Peter in The Stranger; and soon acquired distinction as a versatile comic actor. His wife was also a celebrated actress of New York City. He died Nov. 19, 1891, in Philadelphia, Pa. Florer, Warren Washburn, educator, linguist, author, was born May 17, 1869, in Loda, 111. Since 1897 he has been instructor of German in the university of Michigan. He is the author of Selections from Luther's Bible Translations; and several

works in German. Floumoy, Thomas S., soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 15, 1811, in Prince Edward county, Va. He began the In 1847practice of law at Halifax, Va. 48 he was a representative from Virginia to the thirtieth congress. civil

He

war; and was killed

served in the

in

battle.

He

died in June, 1864, in Virginia.

Flower, Benjamin Orange, journalist, auwas born Oct. 19, 1858, in Albion, HI. He founded The Arena of Boston; and is now editor of The Coming Age. He is the author of Civilization's Inferno, or Studies in the Social Cellar; Lessons Learned from The New Time; Persons, Other Lives; Places and Ideas; The Century of Sir Thomas More; and Gerald Massey, Poet, Prophet, and Mystic. thor,