Abner S. Flagg (December 13, 1851 – September 18, 1923) was an American politician and businessman.
Born in
Princeton, New Jersey
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,
[ ] 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 t ...
, in 1854. From 1874 to 1879, Flagg lived in
Yankton,
Dakota Territory
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. Flagg then moved to
Edgerton, Wisconsin, 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
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and was a
Republican.
[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
Politicians from Princeton, New Jersey
People from Edgerton, Wisconsin
Politicians from Yankton, South Dakota
Businesspeople from Wisconsin
Mayors of places in Wisconsin
County supervisors in Wisconsin
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
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