Nevada Genealogy Trails Lyon County T. J. A. Flaws Biography

T. J. A. FLAWS. Among the business men of the city of Dayton, none is more prominent than T. J. A. Flaws, who for many years has been identified with its mercantile interests, and he is regarded as one of its most successful and prosperous citizens. He is a native of Canada, his birth having" occurred in Saint Sylvestre on the ioth of April, 1851, and he is of Scotch ancestry. His father, James Flaws, was a native of Scotland, but in 1840 emigrated to Canada, and as a means of livelihood followed the blacksmith's trade. He married Miss Ann Stoken, also a native of Saint Sylvestre, and they became the parents of three sons and two daughters. The parents were worthy and consistent meml)ers of the Presbyterian church and were people of sterling worth of character. The father was called to his final rest when he had reached the age of sixty years, and his wife preceded him to the grave one year.

T. J. A. Flaws, the only representative of this family in Nevada, received his educational training in the public schools of Canada, and at the early age of sixteen years started out in the world to make his own livelihood. Making his way to the Green Mountain state, he there secured employment on a farm, his energies being thus directed for the four following years. He then came to Dayton, Nevada, where he became an employe of the Lyon Mill & Mining Company, manufacturers of blue stone, borax and sulfuric acid, where he spent seven years in the chemical department, and later had charge of the refinery at Six Mile Canyon. Thence, in 1888, he returned to this city and embarked in a small way in a general mercantile business, in which he has ever since continued, but his excellent ability and close attention to his duties have enabled him as the years passed by to increase his facilities until his is now one of the largest and best equipped stores in the city. His store building is thirty by one hundred feet in dimensions, and is filled with a large and well selected stock of general merchandise, such as is required by the people of Dayton and the surrounding country. He enjoys a large and lucrative patronage, but what he prizes even higher than success in business is a good name as an upright merchant, and this he enjoys to the fullest extent.

In 1883 Mr. Flaws was happily married to Mrs. John Barton, a native of California and a daughter of A. J. Markwell. By a former marriage Mrs. Flaws had two children—Maude S., who became the wife of E. Tallier and resides in California, and Lucretia, who is at home. Mr. and Mrs. Flaws have become the parents of four children, three daughters and a son, as follows: Annie, the wife of William Norris; Flora, who is now Mrs. C. Stock; and Clara and Thomas, who are at home. The family reside in a pleasant and attractive home in Dayton, and enjoy the respect and esteem of a large circle of acquaintances. In his fraternal relations Mr. Flaws is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and politically has been a life-long Republican, true and loyal to its principles, although he has never been an active participant in party affairs, preferring to give his undivided time to his extensive business interests.