Henry Collins Flagg Jr. (January 5, 1792 – March 8, 1863) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician. He was the grandfather of
Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt
Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt (; November 11, 1845 – April 24, 1934) was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and reigned as the matriarch of the Vanderbilt family for over 60 years.
Early life and relatives
Alice Claypoole Gwynne was born on Novem ...
.
Early life
Flagg was born in the parish of St. Thomas, near
Charleston, South Carolina
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on January 5, 1792. His parents were Henry Collins Flagg (1742–1801) and Rachel (
née
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Moore) Flagg (1757–1839). Flagg's father, whose exact name he bore, served through the
American Revolutionary War
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and was a wealthy shipping merchant from
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is an American seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, south of Fall River, Massachusetts, south of Boston, ...
.
[Hubbell, Jay B. ''The South in American Literature: 1607–1900''. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1954: 275.] Flagg himself was the younger half-brother of painter
Washington Allston
Washington Allston (November 5, 1779 – July 9, 1843) was an American painter and poet, born in Waccamaw Parish, South Carolina. Allston pioneered America's Romantic movement of landscape painting. He was well known during his lifetime for ...
(1779–1843), from his mother's previous marriage to Captain William Allston, who died in 1781, shortly after the
Battle of Cowpens
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.
[Hubbell, Jay B. ''The South in American Literature: 1607–1900''. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1954: 274.]
Some of his early studies were pursued in
Newport, Rhode Island
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. He graduated from
Yale College
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in 1811.
Career
After leaving college he returned to
South Carolina
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, and remained there for some years. He returned to
New Haven, Connecticut
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and studied law with S.P. Staples, Esq., and began to engage in the practice of law. He took an active part in the political movements opposed to the
Federalist Party
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De ...
in
Connecticut
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, both as a public speaker and as an editor of the ''Connecticut Herald'', which he had purchased. He was Clerk of the New Haven County Court.
About 1824, he returned to South Carolina, where he practiced law until 1833. Flagg's attachment to his native State was strong, but his devotion to the
Union
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was stronger, and like his friend,
James L. Petigru, with whom, side by side, he withstood the
nullifiers in 1832, he was true to the last. Designing to educate his children at the North, he then again took up his residence in New Haven, where his home continued till his death. He practiced law until 1842 when he retired. From 1834-39 he was
Mayor of New Haven
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.
Personal life
On March 20, 1811, Flagg was married to Martha Whiting (1792–1875),
the daughter of William Joseph Whiting.
Together, they were the parents of seven children, including:
* Henry Collins Flagg III (1811–1862), who married Olivia Moss Sherman (1816–1903).
* Mary Allston Flagg (1814–1877), who married George Sherman (1808–1889).
*
George Whiting Flagg
George Whiting Flagg (June 26, 1816 – January 5, 1897) was an American painter of historical scenes and genre pictures. He was from a family of artists including his brother, Jared Bradley Flagg, and uncle Washington Allston, with whom both br ...
(1816–1897), who married Louisa Henriques.
* William Joseph Flagg (1818–1898), who married Eliza Longworth (1809–1891),
daughter of
Nicholas Longworth
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.
*
Jared Bradley Flagg
Jared Bradley Flagg (June 16, 1820 – September 25, 1899) was an American painter.
Early life
Flagg was born on June 16, 1820, in New Haven, Connecticut. He was a son of Martha ( née Whiting) Flagg (1792–1875) and Henry Collins Flagg, the o ...
(1820–1899), who married Sarah Montague (1823–1844) in 1841, Amelia Louisa Hart (1828–1867) in 1846, and thirdly, Josephine Bond (1832–1911) in 1869.
* Rachel Moore Flagg (1822–1884), who first married Abraham Evan Gwynne (1821–1855) and was the mother of
Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt
Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt (; November 11, 1845 – April 24, 1934) was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and reigned as the matriarch of the Vanderbilt family for over 60 years.
Early life and relatives
Alice Claypoole Gwynne was born on Novem ...
. After his death, she married
Albert Mathews
Paul Siegvolk (real name Albert Mathews) (September 8, 1820 – September 9, 1903) was an American author, lawyer and editor. He was also the step-father of Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt.
Life
Mathews was born in New York City on September 8, 1820 ...
(1820–1903).
* Edward Octavius Flagg (1824–1911), who married Mary Letitia Ferris (1839–1926).
His wife and seven children survived him upon his death at age 71, March 8, 1863 in
New Haven, Connecticut
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.
Descendants
Through his daughter Rachel and her first husband Abraham, he was the grandfather of
Alice Claypoole Gwynne
Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt (; November 11, 1845 – April 24, 1934) was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and reigned as the matriarch of the Vanderbilt family for over 60 years.
Early life and relatives
Alice Claypoole Gwynne was born on Novem ...
, who married
Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Cornelius "Corneil" Vanderbilt II (November 27, 1843 – September 12, 1899) was an American socialite
and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family.
Noted forebears
He was the favorite grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbil ...
in 1867.
Through his son
Jared
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Origin
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, he was the grandfather of the American architect
Ernest Flagg
Ernest Flagg (February 6, 1857 – April 10, 1947) was an American architect in the Beaux-Arts style. He was also an advocate for urban reform and architecture's social responsibility.
Early life and education
Flagg was born in Brooklyn, New ...
.
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