DOB calculated from age.
(Note DOD corrected from previous posting)
Christening recorded at Stepney Parish, Somerset Co, MD, son of WILLIAM and Temperance Flint
Married Nancy Ann Foster 21 May 1827 who died in 1849.
He married Margaret Jane Reeves 16 Dec 1855
Rev. Flint, a farmer, was also a pioneer Minister of the Christian Church and started several congregations in northwest Missouri.
He died in Salem Twp, P.O. Coffey, Daviess Co, MO.
From the" HISTORY OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI" pgs 1350-1353":
"Geo Flint - this name deserves remembrance among the pioneers of NW Mo. He was b in MD July 19,1801.
After the death of his father, his mother brought his family to Hamilton Co, Ohio where she died about 1820. The circumstances of his youth in a new country and with a meagerness of family resources left him little opportunities for gaining an education, and his regular schooling was confined to 3 months. His studious nature and ambition for a life of usefulness enabled him to overcome this handicap, and in time he became a man of intellectual attainments far above the average. By the light of a fire kindled by hickory bark, he studied arithmatic, grammar, geography, and some history, consuming the contents of the limited store of books which he could buy or borrow, and eventually even entered the field of the classics and was able to read both Greek and Latin. Both in early and later in life he taught many terms of school, chiefly in the country districts. His talents as a conversationalist and a public speaker led him into the ministry. As an illustration of his familiarity with the Bible, it is recalled that he once repeated from memory the whole of Paul's letter to the Hebrews - 13 Chapters.
He was never identified with any secret order. In politics, before the war he was a Democrat and in 1860 voted for Stephen A Douglas for president as did his sons. His next ballot went to Mr. Lincoln and his sons followed his example.
Rev. Geo Flint brought his family out to MO in the early 1840's and entered land in Daviess Co. About 1848 he opened a store on his land in Washington TWP and continued as a merchant until 1849. Soon afterward, selling his farm, he moved to Saline County, and while there lived in the town of Miami and was an active preacher. He organized the Christian Church at Arrow Rock and preached at Brunswick. While in Davies County he organized a church in the Ford schoolhouse, and the society afterwards erected a house of worship at Coffey. Soon after the Civil War, Rev Flint moved to Coffey, then an inland village and remained there until his death, Sept 21, 1871."
(Note DOD corrected from previous posting)
Christening recorded at Stepney Parish, Somerset Co, MD, son of WILLIAM and Temperance Flint
Married Nancy Ann Foster 21 May 1827 who died in 1849.
He married Margaret Jane Reeves 16 Dec 1855
Rev. Flint, a farmer, was also a pioneer Minister of the Christian Church and started several congregations in northwest Missouri.
He died in Salem Twp, P.O. Coffey, Daviess Co, MO.
From the" HISTORY OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI" pgs 1350-1353":
"Geo Flint - this name deserves remembrance among the pioneers of NW Mo. He was b in MD July 19,1801.
After the death of his father, his mother brought his family to Hamilton Co, Ohio where she died about 1820. The circumstances of his youth in a new country and with a meagerness of family resources left him little opportunities for gaining an education, and his regular schooling was confined to 3 months. His studious nature and ambition for a life of usefulness enabled him to overcome this handicap, and in time he became a man of intellectual attainments far above the average. By the light of a fire kindled by hickory bark, he studied arithmatic, grammar, geography, and some history, consuming the contents of the limited store of books which he could buy or borrow, and eventually even entered the field of the classics and was able to read both Greek and Latin. Both in early and later in life he taught many terms of school, chiefly in the country districts. His talents as a conversationalist and a public speaker led him into the ministry. As an illustration of his familiarity with the Bible, it is recalled that he once repeated from memory the whole of Paul's letter to the Hebrews - 13 Chapters.
He was never identified with any secret order. In politics, before the war he was a Democrat and in 1860 voted for Stephen A Douglas for president as did his sons. His next ballot went to Mr. Lincoln and his sons followed his example.
Rev. Geo Flint brought his family out to MO in the early 1840's and entered land in Daviess Co. About 1848 he opened a store on his land in Washington TWP and continued as a merchant until 1849. Soon afterward, selling his farm, he moved to Saline County, and while there lived in the town of Miami and was an active preacher. He organized the Christian Church at Arrow Rock and preached at Brunswick. While in Davies County he organized a church in the Ford schoolhouse, and the society afterwards erected a house of worship at Coffey. Soon after the Civil War, Rev Flint moved to Coffey, then an inland village and remained there until his death, Sept 21, 1871."
DOB calculated from age.
(Note DOD corrected from previous posting)
Christening recorded at Stepney Parish, Somerset Co, MD, son of WILLIAM and Temperance Flint
Married Nancy Ann Foster 21 May 1827 who died in 1849.
He married Margaret Jane Reeves 16 Dec 1855
Rev. Flint, a farmer, was also a pioneer Minister of the Christian Church and started several congregations in northwest Missouri.
He died in Salem Twp, P.O. Coffey, Daviess Co, MO.
From the" HISTORY OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI" pgs 1350-1353":
"Geo Flint - this name deserves remembrance among the pioneers of NW Mo. He was b in MD July 19,1801.
After the death of his father, his mother brought his family to Hamilton Co, Ohio where she died about 1820. The circumstances of his youth in a new country and with a meagerness of family resources left him little opportunities for gaining an education, and his regular schooling was confined to 3 months. His studious nature and ambition for a life of usefulness enabled him to overcome this handicap, and in time he became a man of intellectual attainments far above the average. By the light of a fire kindled by hickory bark, he studied arithmatic, grammar, geography, and some history, consuming the contents of the limited store of books which he could buy or borrow, and eventually even entered the field of the classics and was able to read both Greek and Latin. Both in early and later in life he taught many terms of school, chiefly in the country districts. His talents as a conversationalist and a public speaker led him into the ministry. As an illustration of his familiarity with the Bible, it is recalled that he once repeated from memory the whole of Paul's letter to the Hebrews - 13 Chapters.
He was never identified with any secret order. In politics, before the war he was a Democrat and in 1860 voted for Stephen A Douglas for president as did his sons. His next ballot went to Mr. Lincoln and his sons followed his example.
Rev. Geo Flint brought his family out to MO in the early 1840's and entered land in Daviess Co. About 1848 he opened a store on his land in Washington TWP and continued as a merchant until 1849. Soon afterward, selling his farm, he moved to Saline County, and while there lived in the town of Miami and was an active preacher. He organized the Christian Church at Arrow Rock and preached at Brunswick. While in Davies County he organized a church in the Ford schoolhouse, and the society afterwards erected a house of worship at Coffey. Soon after the Civil War, Rev Flint moved to Coffey, then an inland village and remained there until his death, Sept 21, 1871."
(Note DOD corrected from previous posting)
Christening recorded at Stepney Parish, Somerset Co, MD, son of WILLIAM and Temperance Flint
Married Nancy Ann Foster 21 May 1827 who died in 1849.
He married Margaret Jane Reeves 16 Dec 1855
Rev. Flint, a farmer, was also a pioneer Minister of the Christian Church and started several congregations in northwest Missouri.
He died in Salem Twp, P.O. Coffey, Daviess Co, MO.
From the" HISTORY OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI" pgs 1350-1353":
"Geo Flint - this name deserves remembrance among the pioneers of NW Mo. He was b in MD July 19,1801.
After the death of his father, his mother brought his family to Hamilton Co, Ohio where she died about 1820. The circumstances of his youth in a new country and with a meagerness of family resources left him little opportunities for gaining an education, and his regular schooling was confined to 3 months. His studious nature and ambition for a life of usefulness enabled him to overcome this handicap, and in time he became a man of intellectual attainments far above the average. By the light of a fire kindled by hickory bark, he studied arithmatic, grammar, geography, and some history, consuming the contents of the limited store of books which he could buy or borrow, and eventually even entered the field of the classics and was able to read both Greek and Latin. Both in early and later in life he taught many terms of school, chiefly in the country districts. His talents as a conversationalist and a public speaker led him into the ministry. As an illustration of his familiarity with the Bible, it is recalled that he once repeated from memory the whole of Paul's letter to the Hebrews - 13 Chapters.
He was never identified with any secret order. In politics, before the war he was a Democrat and in 1860 voted for Stephen A Douglas for president as did his sons. His next ballot went to Mr. Lincoln and his sons followed his example.
Rev. Geo Flint brought his family out to MO in the early 1840's and entered land in Daviess Co. About 1848 he opened a store on his land in Washington TWP and continued as a merchant until 1849. Soon afterward, selling his farm, he moved to Saline County, and while there lived in the town of Miami and was an active preacher. He organized the Christian Church at Arrow Rock and preached at Brunswick. While in Davies County he organized a church in the Ford schoolhouse, and the society afterwards erected a house of worship at Coffey. Soon after the Civil War, Rev Flint moved to Coffey, then an inland village and remained there until his death, Sept 21, 1871."
Gravesite Details
Age 70 yrs, 2 mos, 6 days. H/o Nancy Flint. Information courtesy: McClary Cemetery, Washington Twp., Daviess Co., Missouri, By S. Terry, 2006
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