David Flynn Biography from History of Rockingham County, NH
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Surname: FLYNN
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 

Page 922

     DAVID FLYNN, deceased, was a well known citizen of Portsmouth,
N. H., where for many years he operated a bakery with a high degree of
success.  He was a self made man, rising from ordinary circumstances
in early life to a position of influence.  His widow, Mrs. Susan D. Flynn,
continues to reside in Portsmouth, where she is surrounded by her
children and many friends of long years standing.
   Mr. Flynn was born in Ireland in 1838, and was a son of James D.
and Honorah (Mahoney) Flynn, both of whom died in the United States.
There were four children in the family: Margaret, deceased; Dennis,
Ellen, deceased, and David. The last named received a brief educa-
tional training in the public schools of England, and was quite young
when he accompanied his parents to Portsmouth, N. H.  In this city
he passed the remainder of his life.  He learned the trade of a baker,
but an abundance of energy and ambition did not permit him to rest
content as an employee.  He labored industriously until he had ac-
cumulated sufficient means to purchase an establishment of his own.
He bought the bakery of Mr. Perry and by the production of a superior
quality of goods and careful management he prospered beyond ex-
pectations.  He continued the business with uninterrupted success until
his death in 1903.  Possessed of the attributes of true manhood and a
pleasing manner, he had the faculty of winning the friendship and high
regard of everyone with whom he was brought in contact.
  David Flynn was united in marriage with Susan D. McPherson,
who was born in the north of Ireland, and is a daughter of Paul and
Jane (Ferris) McPherson, also natives of that country.  Her father
was a veterinary surgeon, both in his own land and in America, where
he located in the provinces.  He and his wife had the following chil-
dren: John, William, Thomas, James, Fred, Bernard and Susan D.
(Flynn).  Mr. and Mrs. Flynn became parents of six children: James,
who conducts a bakery on State Street, Portsmouth; David H.; Fred;
Thomas; Nora Elizabeth; and Jennie, who is dead. Religiously the fam-

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Page 925

ily attends the Catholic Church.  The mother lives on her fine farm of
sixty-five acres at No. 1219 Maplewood Avenue. Mr. Flynn was a
Republican in politics.

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