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• Name	Harry Florence Flowers  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Suffix	II
  Born	23 Feb 1844 Putnam, Florida, USA [3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	23 Feb 1845 Florida, USA [1, 2]
  Birth	1846 [13]
  Military	1864 Florida, USA [4, 9, 11, 14]  –  Co. F 21st Reg U.S.C. Infantry. Muster Date: 17 Aug 1864 Muster Company: F Muster Regiment: U.S. Colored Troops 21st Infantry Muster Regiment Type: Infantry Muster Information: Enlisted Rank Change Date: 31 Aug 1865 Rank Change Rank: Corpl M
  Physical Description	Eyes: Black; Hair Black; Complexion Black; Height 5 ft. 4 1/2 in. [11]
  Biography	“Harry Flowers,” Roots Of A Hidden Legacy [8]
  Military Enlistment	17 Jul 1864 Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA [11]
  Military Muster	17 Aug 1864 Hilton Head, Beaufort, South Carolina, USA [11]
  Military Rank Change	31 Aug 1865 [11]  –  Promoted to Corporal
  Military Rank Change	1 Oct 1865 [11]  –  Promoted to Sergeant.
  Military Discharge	25 Apr 1866 [9]  –  22 Age: 22
  Residence	1880 Precinct 6, Putnam, Florida, USA [5]  –  Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self
  Residence	1887 33 West State street, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA [6]
  Military Pension	6 Jul 1896 Florida, USA [4]  –  Unit: F. 21. U.S.C. Infantry Filing Date: 6 Jul 1897 Place Filed: Florida, USA Relation to Head: Soldier Roll number: 156
  Veteran	Civil War: Sargeant Co. F 21st Reg U.S.C. Infantry [9, 11, 14]
  Name	Asa F. Flowers [15]
  Name	Harry F Flowers [9]
  Name	Harry Flowers [13]
  Name	Harry Flowers [11, 12, 13, 14, 16]
  Name	Morry Flowers [10]
  Residence	​ Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [9]
  Residence	1920 Monroe, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA [3]  –  Marital Status: Divorced Father's Birthplace: Georgia Mother's Birthplace: Florida Occupation: Carpenter; Industry: House; Home Owned; Home Mortgaged; Able to Read and Write.
  Residence	1928 Boiling Springs, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 17]
  Died	7 Jul 1928 Boiling Springs, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 9, 16]
  	84 Age: 84
  Buried	​ 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [18]
  	Lincoln Cemetery
  Notes	“I am 43 years old, a carpenter, residence and P.O. Address is at Mandarin, Duval County, Fla. I was 5th duty Sergt. of Co. A 21 Regt U.S.C.T. and served from the fall of 1865 [sic] to until the M.O. [muster out] of our Co. April 25/66. I first knew the dec’d, husband of cl’t in the service, when we got to Hilton Head S.C. I enlisted at Jacksonville, Fla…” January 7, 1891[1] On July 17, 1864 in Jacksonville, Florida, former enslaved and freed blacks stood in the Union army’s enlistment line. Waiting, at a mere five feet and four inches, was a young eighteen year old former slave of Putnam County, Florida.[2] As Lieutenant George F. Hopper asked the young man for his name he replied Harry Florence Flowers. Harry was assigned to Company A and F of the 21st United States Colored Infantry (USCI), a garrison and fatigue unit composed of former slaves from South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.[3] He was faced with his fair share of discrimination given lower wages than white soldiers and handed the shovel more times than weapons of war. Still, he pressed on. Although there would be no film showing their glory, one of the 21st USCI’s greatest achievements is being recognized as the first Union army to enter Charleston after the city’s surrender in 1865.[4] By 1893, Harry relocated to Jacksonville, Florida where he worked as a carpenter. It was in Jacksonville where Harry met North Carolina native Nancy Sawyer. They married and welcomed the birth of their first child, Chauncey Sawyer Flowers in 1895. By 1910, Harry and Nancy had a total of eight children: Chauncey Sawyer (b. 1895), John Carrolis (b. 1898), Fred (b. 1899), Rachel Helen (b. 1900), Theodore G. (b. 1905), Vincent Allen (b. 1906), Gladyce (b. 1908), and Hilda Clifford (b. 1910).[5] For unknown reasons, Harry and Nancy divorced. The children traveled North with their father in what historians entitled the Great Migration in 1913. The Flowers migrated to Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania in a home called the “Greenview Dwelling”.[6] Here, Harry raised his children on a rich legacy with a rich knowledge of their African heritage and a value system built on a foundation of love, justice, and moral right.[7] He taught his children the importance of an education and the belief that children are central to the family.[8] These were lessons his children carried throughout their lives passing them on to their own children and community. They were reminded of their father’s lessons until his death on July 7, 1928. His efforts during the Civil War were honored in 1998 with the dedication of the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington D.C. If you search closely, you will find his name engraved on the memorial’s sculpture. Sergeant Harry Florence Flowers 1846-July 7, 1928 “Harry Flowers,” Roots Of A Hidden Legacy: (blog), March 14, 2014, https://flowersfamilyproject.wordpress.com/introduction-2/harry-flowers/. Harry Flowers died Saturday at his home in Boiling Springs. He is survived by eight children; Chauncey S., John C, of New York; Rachel H., Theodore W., Gladys C, Mrs. George Conway, of Philadelphia, and Hilda, of Boiling Springs. Two grandchildren also survive him. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 at the Wesley A. M, E. Church, this city. The Rev. Rufus Hawkins will officiate. Burial will be in the Lincoln Cemetery.
  Person ID	I5386 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Father	Harry Flowers, I b. 1820, Putnam, Florida, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mother Unknown Flowers b. 1820
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F879 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy Jeannette Sawyer (Age 90 years) b. 7 Apr 1873, North Carolina, USA d. 1 Jul 1963, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. Living Flowers  [natural]   2. Chauncey Sawyer Flowers, I (Age 41 years) b. 12 Apr 1895, Ortega, Duval, Florida, USA d. 8 Jun 1936, 1637 Wallace street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 41 years)  [natural]   3. John Carrolis Flowers b. 30 Apr 1898, Ortega, Duval, Florida, USA  [natural]   4. Fred L Flowers (Age 83 years) b. 15 Jun 1899, Ortega, Duval, Florida, USA d. 25 Jul 1982 (Age 83 years)  [natural]   5. Rachel Helen Flowers (Age 88 years) b. 2 Aug 1900, Ortega, Duval, Florida, USA d. 8 Oct 1988, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 88 years)  [natural]   6. Theodore W Flowers (Age 30 years) b. 16 Mar 1903, Ortega, Duval, Florida, USA d. 5 Nov 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 30 years)  [natural]   7. Vincent A Flowers (Age 97 years) b. 23 Jul 1905, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA d. 15 Dec 2002, Broomall, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 97 years)  [natural]   8. Gladys C Flowers (Age 80 years) b. 28 Oct 1907, Duval, Florida, USA d. 9 Aug 1988, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 80 years)  [natural]   9. Hilda C Flowers (Age 65 years) b. 8 Apr 1910, Ortega, Duval, Florida, USA d. Nov 1975, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (Age 65 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F1383 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lydia Bradley b. Abt 1860, Florida, USA
  Children	1. Samuel M Flowers b. Abt 1875, Putnam, Florida, USA  [natural]   2. Mary Adell Flowers (Age 65 years) b. Abt 1878, Putnam, Florida, USA d. 19 Dec 1943, West Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years)  [natural]   3. Josie Flowers b. Jan 1880, Putnam, Florida, USA  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F1358 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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