Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Lynch, William 1812 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  WILLIAM LYNCH, farmer, P. O. Morea was born April 22, 1812, in Franklin
County, Ohio, grandson of Cornelius Lynch, born in Ireland; came to America at
an early age; he was an officer in the Revolutionary war, and after its close he
married Catharine Downard, born in Germany, whose brother, Daniel, was a famous
backwoodsman and Indian fighter. Their children are John, Jonathan, Charles,
Nancy, Daniel, Millie. Jonathan Lynch was a Generel in the war of 1812. John
Lynch married Martha Inks, born in Pennsylvania, whose brother, John, was
wagon-master under Harrison, participating in the battle of Tippecanoe. They had
six children. Their son, William Lynch, was married in Ohio to Catharine Bishop,
born 1809 in Virginia, died 1836 in Palestine, Ill. He was again married to Mrs.
Rebecca Kent, born January 7, 1825, daughter of William H. and Hannah (Dunlap)
Allison, and the mother of five children now living— Elisa A. Kent; John. A., he
married Jane Feasel; William R., he married Laura E. Latham; Anna Bell and
Hannah E. Mr. Lynch has been a member of several lodges; through his industry
and perseverance, he is now in possession of a good farm of 230 acres of fine
land, to the cultivation of which he gives considerable attention. He remembers
of having seen Gen. Jackson before he was elected President of the United
States. He has been identified with the Democratic party. His brother, Jonathan,
was five years in the Florida war. Henry Lynch signed the Declaration of
Independence.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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