History of Moro, (Madison County) Illinois United States of America

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Willard Cutting Flagg, pomologist, was born in Moro, Madison county, Ill., Sept. 16, 1829. His father, a pioneer farmer of Illinois, was a brother of Azariah Cutting Flagg, the New York Democratic politician. Willard was brought up on the farm, and was graduated at Yale, A.B., 1854, A.M., 1857. After graduation he took charge of the farm and became a prominent agriculturist. He was secretary of the Illinois state horticultural society, 1861-69; senator in the Illinois legislature, 1869-73; secretary of the board of trustees of the Illinois industrial university, 1867-78; secretary of the American pomological society, 1873-78; president of the Illinois state farmers' association, 1872-78, and president of the National agricultural congress, 1875-78. He was editor of the Aannual Reports of the Illinois State Horticultural Society (1863-69); of the Reports of the Trustees of the Illinois lndustrial University (1868-74); of the horticultural department of the Prairie Farmer (1872-78); and chief editor of the American Encyclop?dia of Agriculture (1876-78). He died at Moro, Ill., March 30, 1878.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Moro, (Madison County) Illinois

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