Background
Flagg was born in the parish of Saint Thomas, near Charleston, South Carolina, January 5, 1792. His father, whose exact name he bore, was a native of Rhode Island, who served through the American Revolutionary War.
Flagg was born in the parish of Saint Thomas, near Charleston, South Carolina, January 5, 1792. His father, whose exact name he bore, was a native of Rhode Island, who served through the American Revolutionary War.
He graduated from Yale College in 1811. He returned to New Haven, Connecticut and studied law with South.P. Staples, Esq., and began to engage in the practice of law.
Some of his early studies were pursued in Newport, Rhode Island. After leaving college he returned to South Carolina, and remained there for some years. He took an active part in the political movements opposed to the Federalist Party in Connecticut, 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 till 1833. He practiced law until 1842 when he retired.
From 1834-1839 he was Mayor of New Haven. She and six of the couple"s seven children survived him upon his death at age 71, March 8, 1863.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.