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Weston Flint was born on July 4, 1835, in the township of Pike, New York, the son of Nicholas Flint and Phebe Burt Willoughby. His father came of Dutch and English ancestors who settled near Otsego Lake, New York. His mother was a descendant of the old English family of Willoughby de Broke and d’Eresby.
His maternal grandfather was a soldier in the War of 1812, while his paternal grandfather was in the army at Saratoga when Burgoyne surrendered.
In 1852, Weston Flint began teaching, and in 1855 he entered Alfred Academy, at Alfred Center, New York, from which he was graduated in 1858.
He then proceeded to Union College, Schenectady, where he was graduated in 1860.
In 1877 - 1878 Flint attended the Law Department of the National University at Washington, District of Columbia, and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
The following year Flint attended the Law School of Columbian University in the same city, and received the degree of Master of Laws. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred upon him by Alfred University in 1886.
After teaching in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, Flint went to Saint Louis to assist in caring for the sick and wounded of the Union army. While there he was appointed military agent for Ohio, acting also for Michigan and New York.
From 1866 to 1869 Flint was attorney for claims in Saint Louis, and active in Missouri state politics.
In 1866 he was one of the organizers and secretary of the Southern Loyalist Convention of Philadelphia, and in 1868 was a delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago.
He became editor and publisher of the Saint Louis Daily Tribune, and was also the organizer and secretary of the second board of the Geological Survey of Missouri.
In 1871 Flint was appointed United States consul at Chin Kiang, China, but returned to the United States in 1874 to engage in literary work and lecturing. In 1877 - 1878 he attended the Law Department of the National University at Washington, District of Columbia, and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
The following year Flint attended the Law School of Columbian University in the same city, and received the degree of Master of Laws. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred upon him by Alfred University in 1886.
For the ten years, 1877 - 1887 Flint was librarian of the scientific library of the United States Patent Office. Under his direction the library was reorganized and two large catalogues were prepared: Catalogue of the Library of the United States Patent Office (1878) and Additions from 1878 to 1883 (1883). He was prominent in the organization of the United States Civil Service Commission, and for a time was acting chairman, and also one of the examiners.
In 1888 Flint served with the committee of the United States Senate which investigated the operations of the civil service; and in 1889 he was appointed statistician of the United States Bureau of Education, and as such prepared the report on Statistics of Public Libraries in the United States and Canada, issued in 1893.
On September 29, 1898, Flint became librarian of the newly organized Washington (District of Columbia) Free Public Library (later the District of Columbia Public Library) of which he was then a trustee. His wide reading, his great love of books, and his ability as an organizer placed the library on a firm foundation.
Flint retired from active work because of poor health on August 31, 1904, about a year and a half before his death. Weston Flint died on April 6, 1906, in Washington, District of Columbia.
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Weston Flint was secretary of the Anthropological Society of Washington, a member of the American Historical Society, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of the American Library Association, of the American Folk Lore Society, of the National Geographic Society, and of the Society for University Extension. He was also a member of the Washington Board of Trade and of its committee on libraries. Also Flint was a Freemason.
Weston Flint was a handsome man of fine presence, dignified and courteous.
In 1883, Weston Flint married Lucy Romilda Brown of Ohio, by whom he had one son.
