Person:David Flanagan (39)

FLANAGAN, DAVID WEBSTER (1832-1924). David Webster Flanagan, Republican leader, was born in Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, on January 9, 1832, the son of Polly (Miller) and James Winwright Flanagan.qv When he was eleven the family moved to Henderson, Texas. Flanagan attended local private schools and Henderson College and read law in the office of his father. Though the Flanagans, father and son, were opposed to secession, David served in the Confederate Army. During Reconstruction both Flanagans took a prominent part in Texas politics as members of the moderate wing of the Republican party. David Flanagan was a Texas senator and member of the Constitutional Convention of 1875. He served as collector of internal revenue from 1897 to 1913 and was a prominent figure in Republican national conventions for many decades. He also took an active part in the civic affairs of his hometown and helped to promote the building of the Henderson and Overton Branch Railroad, of which he was president. His love of fine cattle and horses led to great improvement in livestock breeding in Rusk County. Flanagan was twice married, first to Elizabeth Graham, who died in 1872, and later to Sallie Ware. He died at Henderson on May 5, 1924, and was buried in the nearby family cemetery.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Dictionary of American Biography. Seth Shepard McKay, Making the Texas Constitution of 1876 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1924).

Myrtis Watkins

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION on "The General" in the notes for his son, Emmet Camp Flanagan

DAVID WEBSTER FLANAGAN ‘S first wife was Elizabeth Graham. According to the 1880 Rusk County, Texas, census, they had the following children: Charles, a lawyer, born 1858; Emmet Camp, a physician, born 1859; Marion, a daughter born 1863; Horace, a daughter born 1867; and Bonnie, a daughter born 1870. Elizabeth died in 1872, and he married Sallie P. Ware, born in Tennessee. They had a son Clarence, born in 1876, and a daughter, Bettie, born in 1880. Webster was a prominent Republican leader, born in Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Kentucky. When he was eleven, his parents, James Winwright Flanagan and Polly Miller Flanagan, moved to Texas, settling at Henderson, Rusk County. Webster attended local private schools and Henderson College and read law in the office of his father. The Flanagans, both father and son, were opposed to secession, but Webster served in the Confederate Army. During Reconstruction, both Flanagans took a prominent part in Texas politics, allying themselves with the moderate wing of the Republican party. Webster was a Texas senator and member of the Constitutional Convention of 1875. He also served as collector of internal revenue from 1897 to 1913. He was a prominent figure in Republican National Conventions for many decades. and he took an active part in the civic affairs of his home town and helped to promote the building of the Henderson and Overton Railroad, serving as president of the local company. His love of fine cattle and horses let to the great improvement of livestock breeding in Rusk County. He was a genial, deeply religious, and courtly man who, during his ninety-two years of life, never lost his zest and enthusiasm. He is buried in a family cemetery near Henderson. After the war he was always called “General.”

Bibliography: “Dictionary of American Biography”, David Webster Flanagan http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=6fdf6cd2-db98-4e19-8dd6-90450896c0cb&tid=6751508&pid=-1232660416 Important Men of 1913 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=6ece9c23-2cfe-45dc-a34d-dc650eebea88&tid=6751508&pid=-1232660416 David Webster Flanagan - Handbook of Texas Online http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=0bdac48f-6ada-4cc2-aabf-8f6329db0140&tid=6751508&pid=-1232660416 Exerpt from Growing up in DeBerry by Webster's grandson James N. Flanagan, http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=92a962d0-941d-476f-8591-4f8a2cabd5f2&tid=6751508&pid=-1232660416 Dictionary of American Biography BIO Copyright ©, The Texas State Historical Association, 1997-2002 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=2dada3ff-9347-42c4-bb08-293dd6af93a6&tid=6751508&pid=-1232660416

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite)
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Henderson, Rusk, Texas; Roll: T9_1325; Family History Film: 1255325; Page: 9.2000; Enumeration District: 72; Image: .

   Birth date: abt 1832Birth place: KentuckyResidence date: 1880Residence place: Henderson, Rusk, Texas, United States

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432,)
   Year: 1850; Census Place: Rusk, Rusk, Texas; Roll: M432_914; Page: 240; Image: 127.

   Birth date: abt 1831Birth place: KentuckyResidence date: 1850Residence place: Rusk, Rusk, Texas

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623,)
   Year: 1900; Census Place: Austin Ward 6, Travis, Texas; Roll: T623 1673; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 90.

   Birth date: abt 1832Birth place: KentuckyResidence date: 1900Residence place: Austin Ward 6, Travis, Texas

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1)
   Year: 1860; Census Place: Beat 1, Rusk, Texas; Roll: M653_1304; Page: 192; Image: 4.

   Birth date: abt 1833Birth place: KentuckyResidence date: 1860Residence place: Beat 1, Rusk, Texas

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnes)
   Year: 1870; Census Place: , , ; Roll: M593.

   Birth date: abt 1832Birth place: KentuckyResidence date: 1870Residence place: Henderson, Rusk, Texas

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States)
   Year: 1920; Census Place: Henderson, Rusk, Texas; Roll: T625_1843; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 57; Image: 168.

   Birth date: abt 1833Birth place: KentuckyResidence date: 1920Residence place: Henderson, Rusk, Texas

7. ↑ National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007.Original data: National Park Service, Civil Wa).
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the Unit)
   Year: 1910; Census Place: Austin Ward 3, Travis, Texas; Roll: T624_1595; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 71; Image: 125.

   Birth date: abt 1832Birth place: KentuckyResidence date: 1910Residence place: Austin Ward 3, Travis, Texas

9. ↑ Ancestry Family Trees. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.)
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