Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Lynch, Patrick 1859 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter (1917)

PATRICK LYNCH.

    Patrick Lynch, one of the best-known and most substantial farmers of St.
Bridget township, the owner of a fine farm of five hundred and forty acres of
well-improved land in section 11 of that township, is a native of the Emerald
Isle, but has been a resident of this county since boyhood and has therefore
been a witness to the development of the same since pioneer days. He was born in
County Kildare, Ireland, in May, 1859, a son of Edward and Mary (Highland)
Lynch, natives of Ireland, the former of whom died in his native land and the
latter of whom became a pioneer settler in this part of Kansas and here spent
her last days.

    Edward Lynch was the son of Patrick and Alice (Grattan) Lynch and was reared
as a farmer in the old country. There he married Mary Highland, who was born in
1825, daughter of Edward Highland and wife, also natives of Ireland, and to that
union six children were born, three of whom are still living. Edward Lynch died
in 1861 and ten years later, in 1871, his widow and her four children came to
this country and settled in St. Bridget township, this county, where Edward
Lynch's brother, Peter Lynch, one of Marshall county's earliest settlers, had
located some years before. The Widow Lynch bought a tract of eighty acres of
land near St. Bridget's church and there established her home, she and her
children developing the farm and presently adding to the same by the purchase of
an adjoining eighty. There Mrs. Lynch spent her last days, one of the best-known
pioneers of St. Bridget township, her death occurring in March, 1914.

    Patrick Lynch was but a lad when he came to this country with his mother,
and he grew to manhood on the home farm in St. Bridget township, an able and
valuable assistant in the labors of developing and improving the same. He
remained on the farm with his mother until his marriage in 1886, after which he
traded an eighty of the home farm for a quarter section in section ir of that
same township and there established his home and has ever since made that his
place of residence. Mr. Lynch has done well in his farming operations and as he
prospered added to his land holdings until now he is the owner of a
well-improved farm of five hundred and forty acres, on which, in addition to his
general farming, he raises quite a bit of live stock, specializing in Hereford
cattle and Duroc-Jersey hogs. He has eighty acres of timber on his farm. Mr.
Lynch is a Democrat, but has not been a seeker after public office.

    In the year 1886 Patrick Lynch was united in marriage to Anna Shaughnessy,
daughter of Michael and Ellen (Ryan) Shaughnessy, natives of Ireland and early
settlers in St. Bridget township, further mention of whom is made elsewhere in
this volume, and to this union eight children have been born, namely: Ellen, who
married S. Manley, of the neighboring county of Nemaha; Edward, who is at home;
Patrick, deceased; Mary, who is now teaching school in Nemaha county; Emmet, at
home; Frances, deceased, and Anna and Lillis, at home. The Lynches are members
of St. Bridget's Catholic church and take a warm interest in parish affairs, as
well as in the general social affairs of their home community, helpful factors
in all local good works.


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Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)


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