Coryell Co. TX - Lynch-Bruton

Submitted by Bobbie Ross  <bwross@htcomp.net>

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                                LYNCH-BRUTON
                                      
    John R. Lynch Sr. (b 1798 in PA) came to the Republic of Texas in 1838
    finally making his home on the Angelina River where he operated a
    ferryboat. His first wife's last name is not certain at this point, but we
    believe her name was Sarah Windlock/Whitlock. His second wife, Sina Choate
    Lynch, was born in 1816 in TN. His children are as follows: Edward Green
    (b. 1829 MS), Sarah (b. 1831 MS), William (b. 1833 MS), Margrette (b. 1835
    MS)(, David C (2), (b. 1838 TX), Jesse, (b.1841 TX), Jon R., (b. 1844 TX),
    Elizabeth, (b. 1846 TX), George W. (b. 1848 TX), Nancy, (b. 1849 TX), Sina
    (b. 1852 TX), Eliza (b. 1856 tX), and Mary (b. 1859 TX). David C. Lynch (2)
    married Mary E Thurman about 1860 in Jasper Co. They had four sons, William
    D. (Will) in 1861, Mark Jackson (Jack)(3) in 1866, John R. (Bob) in 1869,
    and Jesse B. (Bink) in 1871. Jack Lynch married Mollie Arching/Archey 12
    Dec 1889 in Coryell Co., as recorded in marriage book number 4. Their first
    born son was Jess, born in 1892, and he married Myrtle Ketchum. They had no
    children. Ernest (Pete)(4) was born 17 March 1894 and he died in June 1956
    and is buried in Lubbock, TX. Albert Jefferson Bruton, born in Bell Co., TX
    29 Oct 1862 married Mary Susie Burns, born 12 Jul 1867, on May 4, 1884 in
    Bell Co. In 1897 they purchased farmland in Coryell Co. near Gatesville and
    moved their family there. They had nine children that grew in to adulthood.
    Lou Ella Bruton, born 16 Jan 1897, was married to Ernest Lee Lynch in
    Coryell Co. on Oct 13, 1913 by her grandfather Preacher Burns. Grandma
    Lynch stayed in the Gatesville area much of her life and wrote an
    autobiography. She and Pete had seven children. Two of the seven children
    died in childhood. Wilford, born in Hubbard in 1914, died in 1915; Pauline
    Lynch, born in Hubbard in 1916, married George Marshall; Daisy Dot, born in
    Hubbard in 1920, died in 1922; Thurmond Douglas Lynch, born in Oglesby in
    1924, married Golda Nanette Graham; Claudia Lynch born in 1929 on Royalty
    Farm married Milton Foerster; Violet Olean Lynch born in 1936 in Mound
    married Gary Close, and Jack Lynch born 1938 in Mound married Jayne Young.
    Grandma Lynch lived to be ninety-nine years old and passed away Jan 18,
    1996 in Gatesville. She is buried in the Restland cemetery. Her brother
    Troy Bruton passed away Feb 16, 1996 in Gatesville and is buried in the
    Mound cemetery. Roy Bruton passed away in January 2000 and is buried in
    Flint Creek cemetery along with his wife, Mamie Clawson Bruton. I never
    knew Pete, but I have wonderful memories of the Christmas we spent with
    Grandma Lynch in 1994. She was a little spitfire with a memory as sharp as
    a tack still living by herself and doing everything herself, including the
    yard work. She had a heart of gold and raised a wonderful family that
    carries on her heritage of kindness, wholesomeness, faith, and love.
    Submitted by Cindy Foerster
    
          copyrighted by Cindy Foerster and Bobbie Ross Sept.2000