Monterey-Santa Clara-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Lynn, Thomas M. 1844 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

THOMAS M. LYNN, a well-known resident of Peach Tree valley, has resided there
since 1873, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He formerly was a resident of the
Santa Ana valley, near Hollister. Mr. Lynn is a son of James Lynn, a pioneer of
1847, who came across the plains to California from Jackson county, Missouri. He
was one of the first explorers of the far northern country and established the
trails over which so many thousands found their way to the coast. His estimable
wife was Mary Haun, a native of Missouri, and of her eight children the subject
of this sketch is the youngest.

  Mr. Lynn, our subject, was born in Jackson county, Missouri, March 27, 1844,
and came to the coast with his father, James Lynn, and the family first settled
in the Santa Clara Valley, where the father pursued his trade of millwright, in
the redwoods of that county. Later he moved to Santa Cruz, where he erected the
first sawmill of that place. Upon the discovery of gold he went to Hangtown, now
Placerville, and mined there for six years. In 1848 Mrs. Lynn died. She was the
first white woman in Hangtown and was greatly beloved by her family and friends.
Mr. Lynn split the stakes and erected the first redwood house in the town of
Santa Clara. He died, December 14, 1867, on the ranch, near Santa Clara,
California, where he had finally located.

  Our subject was married at Watsonville, to Miss Mary, daughter of Joseph V.
Matthis, one of the very earliest settlers of San Benito county and now a
resident of Hollister, where he is esteemed as a California pioneer and citizen.
Mrs. Lynn was born at Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois, January 10, 1850.
She is a lady of strong force of character, frugal and domestic in her tastes
and has great executive ability. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn have two children, namely:
Luna, Mrs. George Deward, Jr., of Peach Tree valley, born March 11, 1870, and
George W., born February 22, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn located on their present
home in Peach Tree, in 1874, where they have a fine ranch.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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