Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography of The LYNCH Family This biography was submitted by Sandy Spradling, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 109 The Lynch family are in descent from Andrew Lynch, who in his day was a well known farmer in Monroe county. He was born December 17, 1826, and his wife, Anne Jane Wylie, was born February 22, 1829. Their children were: Mary L. Lynch, horn November 26, 1849; Elizabeth M., wife of Harvey M. White, born December 13, 1852, and James W., who was born July 2, 1858, all of whom were identified in agricultural pursuits with the county interests of the Monroe people. On April 22, 1902, George Edward White married Mary Viola Whitman, daughter of Robert Jackson and Emma Iowa (Fisher) Whitman. The father was born June 29, 1854, and the mother, June 21, 1860. They were married January 15, i880. Their children were: Mary Viola and Maggie, twins, born October 10, 1883; Dora D., December 8, 1885; George W., July 31, 1889; Robert Gordon, April 7, 1895; Audry Gertrude, August 6, 1898; Erman W., June 3, 1906. Children born to Mr. and Mrs. George Edward White are: William Houston, January 2, 1903; Mae Elizabeth, May 9, 1912; Robert Paul, March 5, 1914; Emma Fae, September 5, 1916. G. E. White lives near Alvon, and like his immediate ancestors, is a farmer, also. In common with all the Whites of Greenbrier county, he is not an office seeker, makes no great pretentions, and quietly pursues the even tenor of his way through life.