"An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties." Interstate Publishing Company, 1906. p. 579. ARTHUR W. FLAGG is one of the bright young business men and farmers of the Swinomish flats and is fast making a name for himself among the members of the community as a success at whatever he undertakes. He was born in New Brunswick and came to Skagit county with his parents when eighteen years of age. His father, Benjamin Flagg, also a native of New Brunswick, was in his earlier days a carpenter by trade, but took up farming after coming to Washington. He is still living at Avon. Mary (Daggett) Flagg, the mother, was born in New Brunswick; she died on the homestead near La Conner in 1890, the mother of four children, of whom Arthur is the oldest. Arthur W. Flagg received his education in New Brunswick before coming to Washington. His first years here were spent as a farm hand. On becoming of legal age he filed on a preemption of eighty acres near Avon, selling out several years after proving up. In 1891 he opened a drug store at Avon and conducted it for five years, selling out to go into the employ of the Hayton-Dunlap hardware store in La Conner. After a year and a half in the hardware business. Mr. Flagg bought a farm on the Samish and operated it for three years. He sold out there and bought his present place of eighty acres six miles west of Mount Vernon in 1901. In 1893 at Seattle Mr. Flagg married Miss Rose Dunlap, daughter of Isaac Dunlap, retired farmer and stock raiser near La Conner, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume. Mrs. Susan (Maxwell) Dunlap was born in Iowa, and is still living near La Conner, the mother of seven children. Mrs. Flagg was born during the residence of her parents in California, in the last days of 1867, and came to Skagit county when ten years old. She received her education in the schools of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Flagg have three children: Philip, Frank and Robin, all born in this county. In politics Mr. Flagg is an ardent Republican. He is much interested in the efficiency of the schools and is serving a term as clerk of the school board of District No. 15. The farm consists of sixty-five acres under cultivation, the balance in pasture. Mr. Flagg is interested in stock raising and has thirty head of cattle as his chief venture in that direction. By his energy, application to business and his administrative qualities, he is building up a handsome fortune. At the same time he does not confine all his energies to his private matters, but takes a lively interest in all affairs which pertain to the betterment of his community. ******************* Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in July 2007 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.