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St. Louis until 1849 when he was appointed sec- retary of the Uniteil States legation at Berlin. In ISol he became U.S. consul at Venice, and in 1852 was editor of the St. Louis Daily Times. He was superintendent of statistics iu the depart- ment of state at AVashington, having special charge of the rejiort on commercial relations, 1854-57; was Washington correspondent of the western press, 185T-G0, and was in charge of the librar}' of the department of the interior, 1861- 70. He was married, Feb. 18, 1862, to Kate Ade- line, daughter of Sidney S. Gallaher of Jefferson comit3% W.Va. He published: 77(6 Ilinmrd Queen (1848); Blanche of Artoia (1850); Eilmond Dailies (1849); Venice, the Oily of the Sea, 1797- 1S49 (3 vols., 1853); and De Molai, the Last of the Mililanj Grand Masters (1888); besides several dramas including Manj Tudor. He died at High- land View, Fairfax comity, Va., Nov. 1, 1890.

FLAQQ, Edward Octavus, clergjman, was born iu Georgetown, S.C., Dec. 13, 1824; son of Henrv Collins and Martha (Whiting) Flagg; grandson of Henry Collins and Rachel (Moore) Flagg, and of William Joseph and Martha (Lj-- man) Whiting, and gi'eat-grandson of Ebenezer and JIary (Ward) Flagg. His great- grandfather, Eben- ezer, was a merchant, born in Boston, Oct. 10, 1710; his great- grandmother was a daughter of Gov. Richard Ward of Rhode Island; his grandfather, Henry Collins, was a sur- geon in Gen. Nathan- ael Greene's army, p ~M. and his father (born

©duh)uA'.Qla(n*5'y^«4' Jan. 6, 1792, died July '"^ 22, 1875) was gradu- ated at Yale in 1811, was a prominent lawyer in both Connecticut and South Carolina, editor of the Coniiecticiit Herald, and for five years mayor of New Haven, Conn. In 1837 Octavus accepted the position of assistant in a large school in New Haven. He attended Trinity college. Hartford, was ot-dained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal church in 1848 and was admitted to the priest- hood in 1849. He became the first rector of Trinity church. Norwich, Conn., and in the meantime established a church at Yantic. He was afterward temporarily in charge of Trinity church, New Orleans, declining the rectorship, and in 1854 accepted a call to St. Paul's church, Paterson. N.J. He was rector of All Saints' church. New York city, 1857-61. and in the latter year founded the Church of the Resurrection, ami

became chaplain of the 9th regiment, N.G.S. N.Y., serving in the civil war. He was senior assistant of Grace church, N.Y., 1865-71, and rector of St. Mark's church, Tan-ytown, N.Y., 1871-74. He then retired from the active duties of the ministry and devoted himself to literary pursuits and to lecturing. He is the author of several well known poems, including " Live it Down," which were collected iu a volume. In 1898, he was appointed secretarj' of tha American autlior's guild, which position he resigned and became a member of its board of managers. He received from the University of the city of New York, the degree of D. D. in 1866; also the degree of LL.D. from St. John's college, Annapolis, in 1898 on the occasion of addressing the graduating class.

FLAQQ, George Whiting, painter, was born in New Haven, Conn,, June 26, 1816; son of Henry Collins and Martha (Whiting) Fla,gg. He was a brother of the painter, Jared Bradley Flagg, and of the Rev. Edward Octavus Flagg. In 1824 he removed with his family to Charles- ton, S.C., and studied art in that city, and in Bos- ton, Mass., with his uncle Washington Allston. In 1832 he had painted several pictures that at- tracted the attention of critics, and aided by Luman Read of New York city he studied in Europe, 1835-38. He lived in London, 1838-44 and in the latter year opened a studio at New Haven, Conn., afterward removing to New York city. He was elected an honorary member of the National academy of design in 1842 and an academician in 1851. His principal paintings before his European study were: A Boy Listening to a Ghost Story; A Yoiinrj Greek; Jacob and Rachel at the Well; Murder of the Princes; and a portrait of Bishop England; those during his London sojourn: The Match Oirl; Haiilee; and 77ic Scarlet Letter; and those of his later life: Layinr/ of the Atlantic Cable; Landing of the PiUjrims; Wash- inr/ton Beceiving His Mother's Blessin;/; The Good Samaritan; Columbus and the Efjff and portrait of Washington Allston. He died at Nantucket, Mass.. Jan. 5, 1S9T.

FLAQQ, Isaac, educator, was born in Beverly, Mass., Sept. 7. 1843; son of Wilson and Caroline (Eveleth) Flagg. He prepared for college at Phillips Audover academy, and was graduated from Harvard in 1864, and from the University of Gottingen, Ph.D., in 1871. He was a tutor at Harvard, 1865-69; professor of Greek at Cornell, 1871-88, and was elected associate professor of classical philology at the University of Califor- nia in 1891. He published: The Hellenic Orations of Demosthenes (1880); Versicles (1883); 77ic Seren aijainst Tliebes of jEschylus (1885); Ijihirienia among the Tnnrians of Euripides (ISSO); Outlines of the Temjioral and Modal Principles of Attic Prose