Francis Joseph Flynn
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Francis Joseph Flynn | |
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 Flynn with wife Millie Edwards | |
| Born | September 16, 1872[1][2] |
| Died | October 5, 1898 (aged 33) |
| Other names | General Mite |
| Occupation | Showman |
| Height | 21 in (53 cm) (age 16)[3] |
| Spouse | Emily "Millie" Edwards |
| Notes | |
Francis Joseph Flynn (6 October 1864 – 5 October 1898), better known as General Mite, was an American dwarf who performed as a showman at various competitions around the world.
Flynn was born on 16 September 1872 in Greene, New York, the son of Edward Finnion Flynn and Mary Ann Flynn and brother to Alice Flynn. They were of average height.
In 1884, Flynn married an English dwarf, Millie Edwards, in England.[5] The wedding was widely publicized and attended. From then on, the couple were exhibited as the "Royal American Midgets" and "General and Mrs. Mite" in many advertisements.[6]
In 1890, Flynn and Edwards moved to Australia. Flynn died in Broken Hill, New South Wales on 5 October 1898, one day before his 34th birthday.
References
[edit]- ^ census data 1875, Hamilton NY
- ^ birth record, Catholic church, Norwich NY
- ^ Ruoff, Henry W. (1922). The Standard dictionary of facts : history, language, literature, biography... Frontier Press. p. 786. OCLC 21954748.
twenty-one inches at sixteen
- ^ Phyfe, William Henry Pinkney (1966). 5000 facts and fancies; a cyclopaedia of important, curious, quaint... Gale Research. p. 252. OCLC 369362.
- ^ a b Haydn, Joseph; Benjamin Vincent (1906). Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages ... G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 419. OCLC 12934491.
- ^ "Details of the Midgets' Marriage" (PDF). The New York Times. 15 June 1884. p. 6. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
External links
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Media related to Francis Joseph Flynn at Wikimedia Commons- Media related to Millie Edwards at Wikimedia Commons
- Article: General Mite is Honored in Australia Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine at Town of Greene, New York's website
- Millie Edwards and Francis Flynn at the National Library of Australia
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