Francis Joseph Flynn

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name = Francis Joseph Flynn


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birth_date = Birth date|1864|10|6
birth_place = Greene, New York, U.S.
death_date = Death date and age|1898|10|5|1864|10|6
death_place = Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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other_names = General Mite
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occupation = Showman
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height = convert|21|in|cm|abbr=on|lk=on (age 16)cite book |last=Ruoff |first=Henry W. |title=The Standard dictionary of facts : history, language, literature, biography... |year=1922 |publisher=Frontier Press |oclc=21954748 |pages=p. 786 |quote=twenty-one inches at sixteen]
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spouse = Emily "Millie" Edwards
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footnotes = cite book |last=Phyfe |first=William Henry Pinkney |title=5000 facts and fancies; a cyclopaedia of important, curious, quaint... |year=1966 |publisher=Gale Research |oclc=369362 |pages=p. 252] cite book |last=Haydn |first=Joseph |coauthors=Benjamin Vincent |title=Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages ... |year=1906 |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |oclc=12934491 |pages=p. 419]

Francis Joseph Flynn (October 6 1864 – October 5 1898), better known as General Mite, was an American little person who performed as a showman at various competitions around the world.

Flynn was born on October 6 1864 in Greene, New York, the son of Edward Finnion Flynn and Mary Ann Flynn and brother to Alice Flynn. They were of average height.

In 1884, Flynn married English little person, Millie Edwards, in England. The wedding was widely publicized and attended. From then on, the couple were exhibited as the "Royal American Midgets" and "General and Mrs. Mite" in many advertisements.cite news |title=DETAILS OF THE MIDGETS' MARRIAGE. |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C00E1DF143FE533A25756C1A9609C94659FD7CF |work=The New York Times |date=June 15 1884 |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-06-18 |pages=6]

In 1890, Flynn and Edwards moved to Australia. Flynn died in Broken Hill, New South Wales on October 5 1898.

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External links

* [http://www.nygreene.com/a_generalmite.htm Article: General Mite is Honored in Australia] at Town of Greene, New York's website
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-http%253A%252F%252Fimages.slsa.sa.gov.au%252Fmpcimg%252F21250%252FB21214.htm Millie Edwards and Francis Flynn] at the National Library of Australia