Fordyce L. Laflin

Fordyce Luther Laflin (March 9, 1824 Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts - April 27, 1887 Saugerties, Ulster County, New York) was an American businessman and politician from New York.

His family was in the gunpowder business from before 1800 until 1912 when the companies were bought by DuPont.

On September 21, 1851, he married Helen Miranda Burtt (d. 1896), and they had several children.

He died of "blood poisoning, resulting from an abscess which followed a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism."

He was buried at the Mountain View Cemetery in Saugerties.