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Josiah Flagg

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Josiah Flagg

Birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
16 Sep 1816 (aged 52–53)
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Memorial ID
18827 View Source
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Medical Pioneer. The first American to make dentistry his life's work. He was a soldier in the American Revolution and a sailor in the war of 1812. He was the father of Josiah Foster Flagg, a Boston surgeon who opposed ether as anesthesia.

Medical Pioneer. The first American to make dentistry his life's work. He was a soldier in the American Revolution and a sailor in the war of 1812. He was the father of Josiah Foster Flagg, a Boston surgeon who opposed ether as anesthesia.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: 13 Dec 2000
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 18827
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18827/josiah-flagg: accessed ), memorial page for Josiah Flagg (1763–16 Sep 1816), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18827, citing Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.