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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Flower, George 1780-1862 (search)
Flower, George 1780-1862 Colonist; born in Hertfordshire, England, about 1780; came to the United States with Morris Birkbeck in 1817; and established an English colony in Albion, Ill. In 1823 when an attempt was made to give legality to slavery in that State it was his influence that defeated the measure. He was the author of a History of the English settlement in Edwards county, Illinois, founded in 1817 and 1818 by Morris Birkbeck and George Flower. He died in Grayville, Ill., Jan. 15, 1862.