Fordyce L Laflin was the son of Luther Laflin (1789–1876) and Almira Sylvester Laflin (1801–1882). Brother to: Sylvester Hall Laflin (1822–1890), Helen Maria Laflin (1826–1919), Henry Dwight Laflin (1830–1914), Marietta Laflin (1833–1837), Almira Jane Laflin (1835–1914). He married Helen Burt around 1853. Known children from this union were: Marietta K Laflin (1854-?), Luther Laflin (1859-?), Helen E Laflin (1861-?) and Harriet E Laflin Feroe (1867-1935). His family was in the gunpowder business from before 1800 until 1912 when the companies were bought by DuPont. His father and uncle had opened a factory at Saugerties in 1832 after their removal from Massachusetts where they had had a gunpowder factory in Southwick.
He was Supervisor of the Town of Saugerties for two years, and President of the Village of Saugerties in 1851.
On September 21, 1851, he married Helen Miranda Burtt (d. 1896), and they had several children.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Ulster Co., 1st D.) in 1858.
He was an Inspector of State Prisons from 1870 to 1872, elected on the Democratic ticket at the New York state election, 1869.
He died of "blood poisoning, resulting from an abscess which followed a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism." (Some of this information was provided by WIKIPEDIA.)
He was Supervisor of the Town of Saugerties for two years, and President of the Village of Saugerties in 1851.
On September 21, 1851, he married Helen Miranda Burtt (d. 1896), and they had several children.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Ulster Co., 1st D.) in 1858.
He was an Inspector of State Prisons from 1870 to 1872, elected on the Democratic ticket at the New York state election, 1869.
He died of "blood poisoning, resulting from an abscess which followed a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism." (Some of this information was provided by WIKIPEDIA.)
Fordyce L Laflin was the son of Luther Laflin (1789–1876) and Almira Sylvester Laflin (1801–1882). Brother to: Sylvester Hall Laflin (1822–1890), Helen Maria Laflin (1826–1919), Henry Dwight Laflin (1830–1914), Marietta Laflin (1833–1837), Almira Jane Laflin (1835–1914). He married Helen Burt around 1853. Known children from this union were: Marietta K Laflin (1854-?), Luther Laflin (1859-?), Helen E Laflin (1861-?) and Harriet E Laflin Feroe (1867-1935). His family was in the gunpowder business from before 1800 until 1912 when the companies were bought by DuPont. His father and uncle had opened a factory at Saugerties in 1832 after their removal from Massachusetts where they had had a gunpowder factory in Southwick.
He was Supervisor of the Town of Saugerties for two years, and President of the Village of Saugerties in 1851.
On September 21, 1851, he married Helen Miranda Burtt (d. 1896), and they had several children.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Ulster Co., 1st D.) in 1858.
He was an Inspector of State Prisons from 1870 to 1872, elected on the Democratic ticket at the New York state election, 1869.
He died of "blood poisoning, resulting from an abscess which followed a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism." (Some of this information was provided by WIKIPEDIA.)
He was Supervisor of the Town of Saugerties for two years, and President of the Village of Saugerties in 1851.
On September 21, 1851, he married Helen Miranda Burtt (d. 1896), and they had several children.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Ulster Co., 1st D.) in 1858.
He was an Inspector of State Prisons from 1870 to 1872, elected on the Democratic ticket at the New York state election, 1869.
He died of "blood poisoning, resulting from an abscess which followed a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism." (Some of this information was provided by WIKIPEDIA.)
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