Morgan L. Filkins

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Morgan L. Filkins (August 20, 1826 - June 13, 1896) was an American doctor, politician, and Civil War Captain from New York. [1] [2] [3]

Life

Filkins was born in Berne, New York, to Richard Filkins and Catherine Angle. He was 20th of 25 children. [4] His father volunteered in the War of 1812 before moving from Rensselaer to Albany County where he met Catherine. Filkins studied medicine in Honesdale, Pennsylvania and became engaged in the patent medicine business; he created a partnership with Charles O. Filkins called Filkins Bros. in which he made "Vegetable Sugar Coated Liver Pills". [5] Filkins filed a suit against Jonas Blackman regarding the use of the name "Dr. J. Blackman’s Genuine Healing Balsam." [6] He was initially a Whig in terms of politics, holding strong anti-immigration nativist views. At the age of 36, he enlisted in the Civil War and became a captain. [1] [2] In 1853, he married Henrietta Blackman with whom he had three children. [4] He was a member of the New York State Assembly, representing Albany County's 2nd District, in 1859 and 1864. [7] He died in 1896 at the age of 70 in Rochester, New York, and is buried with his wife in Albany Rural Cemetery. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "A record of the commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers" (PDF). dmna.ny.gov. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 "'Shockingly Decomposed': Morgan Filkins Returns Albany Co Civil War Dead - New York Almanack". 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  3. "Bro. Marr's Ancestors – Col George L Willard Camp 154 NY SUVCW" . Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  4. 1 2 Life Sketches of Government Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York ... J. Munsell. 1859.
  5. Hoolihan, Christopher (2001). An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform: Supplement, A-Z. University Rochester Press. ISBN   978-1-58046-284-6.
  6. "Filkins v. Blackman, 9 F. Cas. 50, 13 Blatchf. 440 (1876) | Caselaw Access Project". cite.case.law. 30 June 1876. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  7. Assembly, New York (State) Legislature (1859). Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York. E. Croswell.
New York State Assembly
Preceded by New York State Assembly
Albany County, 2nd District

1859, 1865
Succeeded by