Irish History - Dennis Flynn

Dennis Flynn

About 1849-1906
Miner
 
Buried in Porter Cemetery, Block 47, Space E

(Grave marker photo courtesy of the Pioneers’ Cemetery Association, Inc.)

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Dennis Flynn was born about 1849 in Ireland. He came from Ireland to Boston at a young age, and an uncle provided for his schooling. He was in Virginia City, Nevada, during the height of the Comstock Lode in the 1870s. From there, he moved to Austin, Nevada, and Grass Valley, California. His name being a common one, it has not been possible to document his movements before he arrived in Arizona.
 
After moving to Arizona, he resided mostly in Yavapai County. He was a construction foreman on the Walnut Grove Dam at some point between 1886 and 1890. From about 1898 on, Flynn lived in Yarnell. 
 
The 1900 census recorded Flynn living in a boarding house in Wagoner, Yavapai County. He was single, said he came to the United States in June 1884 (perhaps he meant Arizona?), and was not a citizen, although he had registered to vote in Arizona from 1892 on. In 1900, he was a foreman at the Crown Point mine owned by Alexander Brodie.
 
Flynn was a miner for about 25 years, although he apparently supplemented that income with other jobs. In 1905, he was road overseer for the county road from Kirkland to Congress and Octave.
 
Somewhere along the way, Flynn contracted tuberculosis and his health began to fail. Seeking a warmer environment, he came from Peeples Valley to Phoenix on December 7, 1906, and took lodgings at the Commercial Hotel. Scarcely a day later, he was stricken unexpectedly and taken to Sisters hospital by his friend Ross Moore. That hospital being full, he was taken to the County hospital, where he died on December 9th.  Another friend, Leopold Wallrath, arranged the funeral. Flynn’s obituary describes him as being of a pleasant and kind-hearted disposition who would be missed by those who knew him. He had no known relatives in this part of the country.    
 
Flynn was buried with a fine granite marker in Porter, Block 47, Space E. Although he was believed to have owned several mining claims, no probate has been found.
 
© 2023 by Donna L. Carr.  Last revised 30 December 2023.

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