Lake-Porter County IN Archives Biographies.....Lynch, Daniel 1843 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

DANIEL LYNCH.

    Daniel Lynch is an honored veteran of the Civil war and is now filling the
position of postmaster at Lowell. He was born in Cedar Creek township, Lake
county, Indiana, on the 6th of July, 1843, and is a son of Daniel and Mary
Lynch, both of whom were natives of Ireland and became residents of Lake county
during the pioneer epoch in its history. The father was identified with the
early progress and development of this portion of the state. He died in the
month of February, 1843, and it was not until July following that the birth of
the son Daniel occurred. The mother afterward married again, and Daniel Lynch
remained at home with his step-father until about fourteen years of age and
during that period attended the common schools through the winter months. He
afterward started out in life on his own account and worked by the month as a
farm hand, thus earning his living until after the outbreak of the Civil war. He
watched with interest the progress of events in the south, and in 1861 he
enlisted as a member of Company H, Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, of which he
became a private. He served in this regiment for about a year and a half. He was
wounded at the battle of Shiloh, after which he received an honorable discharge
on account of his disability. Later, when he had recovered his health, he once
more offered his services to the government and this time became a member of
Company A, One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Illinois Infantry, with which he served
until the close of the war. He was promoted from the ranks to the position of
orderly sergeant and was then discharged. He participated in a number of
important engagements, and was always a loyal defender of the Union cause,
faithfully performing his duty, whether it led him into the thickest of the
fight or stationed him on the lonely picket line.

    When the war was over and the preservation of the Union was assured Daniel
Lynch located in Hebron, Porter county, Indiana, where he was engaged in the
livery business for two years. On the expiration of that period he removed to
Lowell, where he conducted a similar business for about twelve years, when he
traded his livery stable for a farm in Center township. There he carried on
agricultural pursuits for seven years, at the end of which time he sold his
property and bought a farm in Cedar Creek township, one mile from Lowell. This
he continued to cultivate and improve for about twelve years, when he again sold
out and once more took up his abode in Lowell. He was appointed postmaster under
President McKinley in 1897 and was reappointed in 1902 by President Roosevelt,
so that he is now filling the position. As a public official he is capable and
loyal, his administration being characterized by business-like manner, and the
patrons of the office have for him high words of commendation. In politics he
has ever been a stanch Republican, having firm faith in the principles of the
party.

    In 1869 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Lynch and Miss Ada Starr, and to
them have been born five children: Fred J., Alva, Daniel, Benjamin L. and Ruby.
Mr. Lynch is a member of Burnham Post No. 256, at Lowell, in which he has filled
some of the offices. He is likewise a member of Colfax Lodge No. 356, F. & A. M.
Mr. Lynch is a self-made man, who without extraordinary family or pecuniary
advantages at the commencement of life has labored earnestly and energetically
and by indomitable courage and integrity has achieved both character and a fair
measure of success By sheer force of will and untiring effort he has worked his
way upward and is numbered among the respected and leading citizens of Lowell.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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