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Thomas George Flagg

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Birth	:	21 Mar 1825 Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA
Death	:	7 Jan 1910 Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Norbourne Parish Cemetery, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.4525414, -77.9671707
Description	:	Pvt.,1st Co.H,27th Va.Inf.Regt.;2nd Lt.,Co.A,11th Va.Cav.Regt. ------------------------- Charles Allcott Flagg, Descendants of Josiah Flagg of Berkeley County, W. VA., (T. R. Marvin & Son, Boston, Mass. 1920), Page 27-30 6 Thomas George8 Flagg (John M.,7 Josiah6) born 12 Mar., 1825. In the Mexican war he volunteered and saw considerable active service in Mexico, for which he received a Federal pension late in life. It is believed that he enlisted at Martinsburg under Capt. Alburtis,1 but the Pension Office records show only that he entered service June, 1847, and was mustered in 31 Oct., 1847 (to date from 3 Sept., 1847), at Fort Monroe, in Capt.... Read More	Pvt.,1st Co.H,27th Va.Inf.Regt.;2nd Lt.,Co.A,11th Va.Cav.Regt. ------------------------- Charles Allcott Flagg, Descendants of Josiah Flagg of Berkeley County, W. VA., (T. R. Marvin & Son, Boston, Mass. 1920), Page 27-30 6 Thomas George8 Flagg (John M.,7 Josiah6) born 12 Mar., 1825. In the Mexican war he volunteered and saw considerable active service in Mexico, for which he received a Federal pension late in life. It is believed that he enlisted at Martinsburg under Capt. Alburtis,1 but the Pension Office records show only that he entered service June, 1847, and was mustered in 31 Oct., 1847 (to date from 3 Sept., 1847), at Fort Monroe, in Capt. William A. Talbot's company M, 1st Virginia volunteers, Col. John F. Hamtramck commanding. The files further show that he was at Buena Vista 29 Feb., 1848, and at Arispis Mills, Mexico, 30 Apr., 1848; that he was corporal, and later sergeant and was mustered out at Fort Monroe 3 Aug., 1848. The family recall his reminiscences of Santa Anna's surrender. He was a Freemason, his master mason's certificate in Equality Lodge, No. 136, of Martinsburg, bearing date 3 Dec., 1850. In young manhood he removed to Berryville, Clarke County, Va. He was a cabinet maker, house and sign painter and paper hanger; would never use the manufactured, ready-mixed paints, but mixed his own, and retired from the business when the latter passed out of use. In the ‘fifties" he was an officer in the "Clarke Guards," and being an expert swordsman, trained the men in that branch of military exercise. A commission is still preserved, reading as follows: The Commonwealth of Virginia To Thomas G. Flagg, Greeting: Know you that from special trust and confidence reposed in your fidelity, courage and good conduct, our Governor, in pursuance of the authority vested in him by the Constitution and laws of this commonwealth, doth commission you a first lieutenant of riflemen in the 122d regiment of the 16 brigade and 3d division of the Virginia militia, to rank as such from the 24 day of October 1859. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name as Governor, and caused the seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, this 4 day of November 1859. Henry A. Wise Was with his company at Harper's Ferry at the time of the John Brown raid. It is noteworthy that the date of the above commission is between the raid and Brown's execution. When the Civil war approached, he was opposed to the breaking up of the Union, but went with his state, Virginia, when she seceded. He at once moved his family back from Berryville to his father-in-law's at "Laurel Hill," leaving with the latter several thousand dollars in gold for their living expenses. That provision being made, he volunteered for military service and raised a company for the war, which he marched to Winchester. The authorities however, for personal or political reasons refused him a captain's commission and he became senior 2d lieutenant of Capt. G. W. Myer's company A, 11th Virginia Cavalry, serving successively under Generals Turner Ashby and "Stonewall" Jackson in the Shenandoah and Potomac Valleys in the first year of the war. He suffered greatly from enlargement of the prostrate gland which made riding exceedingly painful, so that in 1862 he was transferred for disability to hospital work and later furloughed; being physically unfit for active service. At the close of the war he was paroled at his sister's, Mrs. Riner's at Christiansburg, Va. Coming home after peace was declared he removed his family to Berryville once more. Like nearly all of his kindred, he remained loyal to the Southern cause to the end of his life. So intense was the feeling engendered by the war that he and his younger brother Henry neither met nor held communication with each other during the last 40 years of their lives. About 1893 he and his wife went to live with their daughter Mrs. Sallie B. Harrison at her home "Sunny Side" near Shenandoah Junction, Jefferson County, W. Va. In 1901 all moved to Martinsburg. Mr. Flagg was a man of culture and fond of literary pursuits. Though a fine and distinguished looking man he could never be prevailed upon to have a picture taken. Died in Martinsburg, W. Va., 10 Jan., 1910. Married at Gaithersburg, Md., 9 June, 1853, Martha Matilda3 Flagg (Thomas G.,7 Josiah6), born at "Mount Rock," Berkeley County, Va. (now W. Va.), 15 Dec., 1832. She was so prostrated by her husband's death that she never rose from her bed again, but passed away 31 Jan., 1910. Children: i. Sallie Boyd,9 b. "Laurel Hill," 16 May, 1854; resides in Martinsburg, W. Va., where she is active in social, philanthropic and religious circles. Has shown deepest interest in this history, gathering most of the data here given; m. Berryville, Va., Oct., 1886, John Thomas Harrison, b. (probably in Martinsburg, Va.) 15 Dec., 1844; his father was a weaver at Rippon, Jefferson County, Va., and his mother was a Miss Levi of Martinsburg. John T. Harrison was a merchant tailor; d. Monte View hospital, Md., about 1907. No children. ii. Randolph, b. Berryville, Va., 30 Dec., 1855; d. there, 15 Jan., 1857. iii. Bertha Warren, b. Berryville, Va., 13 mar., 1858; m. 1887, Gerard R. Slemons. iv. Horatio Wayne, b. "Laurel Hill," 10 Feb., 1861. Educated in schools of Berryville till 13 years of age, then went to live at "Laurel Hill" with his grandparents till 19. Attended Eaton & Burnett Business College in Baltimore, 1879-80 and on graduation went west. Was in employ of Adams Express Co., at St. Louis and Kansas City for one year, a cowboy in New Mexico 1882-85, when he joined a surveying party and studied land surveying. 2 July 1887, he was commissioned deputy land surveyor of New Mexico under Surveyor General Geo. W. Julian and later did private work and had a sheep ranch 70 miles north of Las Vegas. In 1891 he went to the Black Hills, S. Dak., and located at Rapid City. Since marriage has been a farmer and real estate dealer located (1919) at Charlotte Hall, Charles County, Md.; m. Martinsburg, W. Va., 4 Feb., 1892, Laura J. Herring, daughter of Ezra and Elizabeth (Miller) Herring. No children. -------------------------

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Thomas George Flagg death on 7 Jan 1910 in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA
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Longitude: -77.9671707

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Martha Matilda Flagg

(1832 - 1910)

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Sallie Boyd Flagg Harrison

(1854 - 1930)

Horatio Wayne Flagg

(1861 - 1949)

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