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Florence, William Jermyn

actor, was born July 26, 1831, in Albany, N. Y. He made his first appearance in Richmond in 1849, as Peter in The Stranger, and soon acquired distinction as a versatile comic actor. He died Nov. 19, 1891, in Philadelphia, Pa.

FLOURNOY, THOMAS STANHOPE, soldier, congressman, was born in Virborn in Virginia. He was a representative in conin congress from that state from 1847 to 1849; and participated in the great rebellion. great rebellion.

He died March 13, 1883, in Pittsylvania county, Va.

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