Abner S. Flagg (December 13, 1851 – September 18, 1923) was an American politician and businessman. Born in

Princeton, New Jersey Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of whi ...

, Flagg moved with his parents to

Lancaster, Wisconsin Lancaster is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,907 at the 2020 census. History Lancaster originated as a planned community to serve as the county seat for Grant County. Anticipating the ...

in 1854. From 1874 to 1879, Flagg lived in Yankton,

Dakota Territory The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of No ...

. Flagg then moved to

Edgerton, Wisconsin Edgerton is a city in Rock County and partly in Dane County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 5,945 at the 2020 census. Of this, 5,799 were in Rock County, and 146 were in Dane County. Known locally as "Tobacco City U.S.A.," beca ...

, in 1879, and was in the tobacco buying business. He served on the Rock County Board of Supervisors and as mayor of Edgerton. In 1897, Flagg served in the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...

and was a

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

.Henry Casson (ed.).
The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin
'. Milwaukee: Henry Gugler Company, 1897, pp. 693–694. Flagg died in Edgerton, Wisconsin.

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* 1851 births 1923 deaths People from Princeton, New Jersey People from Edgerton, Wisconsin People from Yankton, South Dakota Businesspeople from Wisconsin Mayors of places in Wisconsin County supervisors in Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1850s-stub