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John T. Flynn, superintendent of the Batesville & Brinkley Railroad, was born in Charleston, S. C., on January 10, 1840, and is a son of John T. and Louisa (Abram) Flynn, of New York and South Carolina, respectively. The father went to South Carolina, and was married in that State, afterward entering into business, which he carried on until after the war, when he returned to New York, where he died in 1881, the mother dying in South Carolina. They were the parents of five children, of whom three are yet living, John T. being the oldest. Young Flynn was born and reared in Charleston, and received his education in the public schools of that city. He commenced railroading at seventeen years of age, entering into the employ of what is now the Louisville & Nashville system, where he remained twenty years, first commencing as clerk in the freight department, and working himself up to be a division superintendent of that road. After leaving the employ of the Louisville & Nashville road, he went to Texas, and was made superintendent, of the East Line & Red River Railroad for several years. He was then transferred to the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, as agent for some years, and in 1887 became superintendent of the Batesville & Brinkley Railroad, which position he still occupies. Mr. Flynn has followed railroading almost all his life. He is one of the best informed men in railroad matters now in the State of Arkansas, and has a thorough knowledge of the workings of every department on his line. He is a genial, pleasant man, of good address, and very popular in that section, where he has a large circle of friends. In 1869 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Rasser, of South Carolina, and together they make their home at Newport, the headquarters of the road.