Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Lynch, Leo 1853 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

LEO LYNCH.—Born in Contra Costa county, December 23, 1853, and is the son of
William and Mary (Norris) Lynch. Our subject was educated in the common schools
of the district of his birth, continuing his scholastic training at St. Mary's
College, in San Francisco, and that of Santa Clara, and, finally, in 1870,
matriculating at the State University, where he graduated at the end of a
four-years' term. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits at San Ramon, and was
appointed postmaster there in 1877. Having disposed of his business to B. W.
Dunn & Co., in 1879, Mr. Lynch is now engaged in farming his father's ranch of
three hundred and fifty acres. Married in Oakland November 28, 1878, Minnie,
daughter of T. C. Coxhead, M. D., by whom he has one child, Ramona.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.


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