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Floyd, Richard

colonist, was born about 1620, in Wales. He was the first of the Floyd family on Long Island, and a man of intelligence and vigor. He died about 1690, in Setauket, N. Y.

Floyd, Richard

soldier, jurist, was born May 12, 1661, in Setauket, N. Y. , N. Y.

He was appointed judge of the common pleas in 1723, and was also colonel of the militia of Suffolk county. He died Feb. 28, 1737, in Setauket, N. Y.

Floyd, Richard

legislator, born Dec. 29, 1703. He served in the state legislature in 1847-49 and 1853, and was governor of Virginia in 1850-53 .

Floyd, Richard

jurist, was born in 1736. He was judge of the common pleas in 1764, and colonel of the militia of Sufmilitia of Suffolk county. He died June 30, 1791, in New Brunswick, Maine.

Floyd, William

congressman, was born Dec. 17, 1734, in Brookhaven, N. Y. , N. Y.

He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1774 to 1783, and signed the Declaration of Independence. He was a representative in congress from York from 1789 to 1791; and was for three years a member of the New York state senate. He died Aug. 4, 1821, in Oneida county, N. Y.

Flugler, Thomas T

congressman, was born in New York. He served in the assembly of that state in 1842 and 1843; and was a representative in congress from 1853 to 1857.

Flusser, Charles W

naval officer, was born in 1833, in Annapolis, Md. In , Md. In 1847 he was a midshipman; and in 1861 took command of the gunboat Commogunboat Commodore Perry. He subsequently took part in the shelling of Franklin, Va. He was killed April 18, 1864, in a naval engagement near Plymouth, N. C.

Flye, Edwin

merchant, congressman, was born March 4, 1817, in Newin Newcastle, Maine. He was a member of the state house of representatives in 1858; in 1858; and was elected a representative from Maine to the forty-fourth congress, to fill , to fill a vacancy.

Flynn, Dennis T

journalist, congressman, was born Feb. 13, 1862, in , 1862, in Phoenixville, Pa. He removed to Oklaremoved to Oklahoma territory in 1889, and was commiswas commissioned postmaster of the city of Guthrie, of Guthrie , which position he still held when elected a delegate to the fifty-third congress He was re-elected to the fiftyfourth congress as a republican.

Fobes, Perez

educator, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 21, 1752, in Bridge- , in Bridgewater, Mass. He was the author of Topoof Topographical Description of Raynham, Mass.; Raynham, Mass.; and other historical works. He died Feb. 23, 1812, in Bridgewater, Mass.

Fobes, Philena

educator, was born Sept. 10, 1811, in Onondaga county, N. Y.

In 1843 she was chosen principal of Monprincipal of Monticello seminary, holding that position until 1866.

Fogo, William

soldier, journalist, state legislator, was born June 18, 1841, 18, 1841, in Columbiana county, Ohio. He served as a soldier during the civil war. After the war he resumed newspaper work, and is now one of the veteran editors of Wiseditors of Wisconsin. He has also served as a member of the Wisconsin state legislature .