Florence James Sullivan

1869 - 1941  (72 years)

• Name	Florence James Sullivan
  Birth	1869
  Gender	Male
  Death	1941
  Burial	Saint Marys Cemetery, Fort Johnson, Montgomery, New York, USA
  Person ID	I13	Sullivan Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Florence Sullivan,   b. 1826, Ireland d. 1886 (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Margaret McNulty,   b. Abt. 1832, Ireland
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Native Saratogian Dies in New York Florence J. Sullivan, an attorney in New York City for 30 years and husband of the former Miss Elizabeth Flaherty of Glens Falls, died Tuesday in St. Luke's Hospital, New York. He was 72. Mr. Sullivan was born in Saratoga Springs. He was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, in 1894 and received his law degree at Albany Law School two years later. He practiced law for many years in Amsterdam and, after serving as city attorney, moved to New York 30 years ago to begin practice. He specialized in condemnation proceedings. Mr. Sullivan developed the study of penology as an avocation fourteen years ago after he had entered a dispute of Ossining taxpayers with Lewis E. Lawes, former warden of Sing Sing Prison. A holder of real estate at Ossining, Mr. Sullivan became a leader in a movement which demanded the transfer of Sing Sing to another county, and in a letter to Warden Lawes called the institution "a nuisance and against public policy; it is offensive to the public and destroys property values . . ." Mr. Sullivan later published a book entitled "Capital Punishment," in which he denounced the death penalty. Surviving are his wife and four daughters, the Misses Claire and Elizabeth Sullivan; Mrs. Joseph B. Rafferty, wife of Justice Rafferty, of the New York Municipal Court, and Mrs. Robert Huyot, wife of the manager of the Waldorf Towers, New York. source: Obituary of Florence J. Sullivan. Glen Falls, NY: The Post-Star, 1 Aug 1941, p. 13.