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Subject: Thomas Lynch-Biography
Date: 10 Mar 2005 22:02:15 -0700

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Surnames: Lynch, Bradford, Samples, Brown, Palmer, Carroll
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Thomas Lynch may be mentioned as one of the prominent farmers of Daviess County, Ind. He is a son of Jesse and Martha (Bradford) Lynch, who were born and reared in North Carolina, and about 1814, came to Daviess County, Ind., with their parents. Here they married, lived and died. The father was a blacksmith, and had one of the leading shops in the city. He died when Thomas was quite a small boy. The mother lived until about 1870. Our subject was born and reared in Washington, his birth occuring in 1824, but obtained a limited education. At the age of fourteen he began making his home with his Uncle, and remained with him until his death. He then rented his uncle's land, and now owns a 150 acres of the best farming land in the county. In 1855, he was united in marriage to Minerva Samples, a antive of the county. To them were born these children: Emma (wife of Robert Brown), Della (wife of Andrew Palmer), Grace ( wife of Dickson Carroll), George and William. All are !
doing well. Politically he has been a Republican all his life, and is a prominent man of the county.
History of Knox and Daviess County Indiana
Goodspeed Publishing; Chicago; 1886
Page: 788

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