Biographical Sketch of Michael Flanagan
Michael Flangan, Kingston, clerk of Kingston for thirty-six years, is a native of Elphin, county of Roscommon, Ireland, dating his birth, September 28, 1823. His father was Loughlin Flanagan, a merchant; his mother, Margaret Murray. In his youth our subject spent five years in a diocesan school, receiving a good English and classical education; came to Canada in 1841, and settled in Kingston, residing here since that date. He was articled to Charles Stuart, barrister, and subsequently to Francis Manning Hill, of the same profession, serving meanwhile as assistant town clerk. In 1845 he was appointed town clerk, and the … Read more