Biography of John F Lynch, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 14 Nov 2008
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Transcribed by Lisa Hamilton from 
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SOURCE:  Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern 
Arkansas. Chicago:Goodspeed Publishers, 1890.
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John F. Lynch first saw the light of day in St. Francis County, Ark., August 7,
1828, being the son of John and Pollie (Barnes) Lynch, natives of North Carolina
and Tennessee, respectively. The father moved to Arkansas in 1817, some time
before it was made a State, and saw it rise from an insignificant territory to a
community of wealth and affluence in the sisterhood of the Union. His father, a
native of North Carolina, was a resident here for many years, dying in his
sixty-eighth year; he was the first man buried in the county. John F. (the
subject of this sketch) began farming for himself at the age of eighteen, but at
the breaking out of the war, laid aside the inoffensive implements of the farm,
to take up those that robbed the country of so many of her sons. He enlisted in
Company B, Capt. McNeil's regiment, and received his discharge just before the
final surrender. Upon his return home he found he had suffered serious losses,
in fact everything being gone but his land. Mr. Lynch was married in 1853 to
Miss Lizzie Davis, a daughter of Cornelius and Eliza Davis, who came to Arkansas
from their native State (Kentucky) in 1828. To his marriage with Miss Davis
three children were born: Albert Sidney, Kate and Bessie. Albert is residing
with his father; Kate was married in 1882 to Perry Minor, living at Phoenix,
Ariz., engaged in the manufacture of ice, and Bessie, the youngest, is attending
school at Lebanon, Tenn. Mr. Lynch owns 220 acres, with 150 carefully
cultivated, and is also engaged in stock raising. He has amassed quite a large
fortune, and is considered one of the representative men of the county, his
success not having made him penurious, as is so often the case. He is always
ready to assist in worthy enterprises, aiding in many movements having for their
aim the growth of the country. The needy ever find in him a sympathetic
listener, and many of his acts of charity never reach the ears of the outside
world. He has passed his sixty-second year, and his whole life has been one of
upright and honorable principles. The respect and esteem accorded him is as wide
as his acquaintance.