Freman Lynch Biography


	This biography appears on pages 809-810 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				FREMAN LYNCH. 

	The agricultural interests of Yankton county find a worthy 
representative in Freman Lynch, who follows farming on section 15, 
Gayville township. Moreover, he is active in public affairs, filling 
the office of county commissioner at the present writing. He was born 
in Richardson county, Nebraska, March 14, 1869, and is a son of John 
and Harriet (Brandow) Lynch, the former a native of Indiana and the 
latter of Canada. The father became one of the pioneer settlers of the 
northwest. When the country became involved in difficulties that 
resulted in hostilities between the north and south Mr. Lynch went to 
the aid of the government, enlisting in the Eighty-sixth Indiana 
Volunteer Infantry. He did active and valorous duty with that command 
until honorably discharged. He then went to Nebraska, where he took up 
a claim, settling in Richardson county in 1868. With characteristic 
energy he began to develop and improve the property and converted the 
wild prairie into richly cultivated fields, amidst which he made his 
home to the time of his death in April, 1895. His wife passed away in 
1892. 

	Freman Lynch, who was the eldest in their family of eight 
children, was reared upon the old home farm and attended the country 
schools. In the summer months he took his place in the fields, aiding 
in the plowing, planting and harvesting, and he continued upon the old 
homestead until twenty-two years of age, giving his father the benefit 
of his services during that period. He then began farming on his own 
account in 1891 and became the owner of a good tract of land, which he 
carefully cultivated and developed. In 1903 he removed to South Dakota, 
settling on a farm of two hundred acres northwest of Gayville, in 
Yankton county. Upon this place he has since resided and he is today 
owner of one of the best developed farms of his section. He raises and 
feeds sheep, which constitutes an important feature of his business. He 
also has the record for winter wheat crop production in Yankton county, 
producing fifty-one and a half bushels per acre in 1912. His methods 
are practical and progressive and he carries on his work according to 
the most modern ideas of farming. He is also a director of the Gayville 
Elevator Company of Gayville. 

	On the 20th of July, 1898, Mr. Lynch was united in marriage to 
Miss Maud R. Matten, of Richardson county, Nebraska. Her father was an 
early settler of that state and served during the Indian war. Mr. Lynch 
belongs to the Elks lodge No. 994, Yankton, to the Knights of Pythias 
lodge at Humboldt, Nebraska, and the Independent Order of Red Men at 
that place. His political allegiance is given the democratic party and 
in November, 1912, he was elected county commissioner for district No. 
4, to serve for a term of four years. While his life in connection with 
his farming operations has been a most busy and useful one, he has ever 
found time to cooperate in movements relating to the public good and he 
is as practical and progressive in his work for the general welfare as 
in the conduct of his individual interests.