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Lynch, Jeremiah, iMpitalist.

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was

atitliur,

Fall Uiver. Mass. of the Califoratithor of Kfjyp-

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un«l Mar of IVxas; anil two terms in the laml. .Maine, slate legislature. lesentative from

In 1805-73 he was a repMaine to the thirty ninth,

lortietli. forty-lir"«t and forty-second ctnilie died duly 21, gresses as a repniiliean.
 * H!»2. in Portland, Maine.

Lynch, John Roy, lawyer, tor, in

(

a didegate

the autliur of K«'iu-

is

pooni-"

i.ny; llii" Star of the .lanio. Im.im

Mecklcn-

in

183ti,

10,

Ili*

'in<l

jurist,

legisla-

e«»ngressmiin, wa^« born S«'pt. 10. 1H47, In 18»}9 he was appoint I'd a justice of

oncordia parish, La.

Ill'

the colonial congress in

t<i

in

dii-d

I7iii in

Lynch, Tfcomas,

Snuth

I

onuressman. was born .Milwaukee eounty. Wis,

I

the

of

Vis«-oiisin

I

and

Still;

in

1871

term the



honse.

in

eil

last

s])eak<M'

of

1873-

and 1881-83 he 77 was H representative fnnn

.Mississippi

to

the forty-tliini, fortyfourth and forty seventh congres.ses us a republiean. I'nder the Harrison administraion he was autlitor of treasury for navy de partnn-nt; and in 1S1»S beeanie paymaster in the I'nited States volunteers. He served through the .Spanish-. meriean war: and was prom«)tei| paynuister of the Inittnl

army. Lynch, John,

Stiites

lawyer, congressman, was Since 1, 1843, in rrovidenee. K.I. 1805 he has Iteen in the active |)raetice of law in Wilkesbarre. Ta. In ISS7 S!» he was a n-presentative to the fiftieth congress as a lM)rn .Nov.

demiierat.

Lynch, Patrick Niesen, clergyman, bishop,

was

Immii

March

1(1.

1817.

in

Irelaml.

In

1840 111' was appointed assistant pastor of the eiithedral of ( liarleston. S.C. In 185S be wax consecrated bishop: and he was in-

strumental dolliirs

for

in collreting seveiitei-n liis

thousiinil church. He was a classical theologian, a>4 well as a de-

and a voted student of applied science. Ho was the autliof (if a V)di:me of his enil.'cted artich's. religions articles. He died Feb. 2t5. 18S2. in sihcdiir

(

liarle->ton. S.C.

Lynch, Thomas, congressman, was born about 1720 in South Carolina. In 1774-70 he was a ileletrate from South Carolina to the continental eongn-ss. He had also been

in

in

a member 1S73-S3:

and was

district attorney of the etuinly in 1878-82. lie was mayor »>f .Vnti;:o in JS85 in 1888. In 1801-05 he was a rejires4*ntative from Wisconsin to the tif ty-stn.-ond and He fiftv-third eonuresst-s as a demixTnl. died .May 4. 1807. in AiuIko. Wis. Lynch, William Francis, soldier, author, was born in .pril. 1801, in Norfolk, Va. He was a naval officer of prominence as an explorer. In addition

to his publislie^I works, valuhe contributed able t'irtifles on scieitific

and

jects

to

imval the

newspapers

in

re-elect

serving

a.s

1844.

21.

He was

and

frt>iii

county

Adania

Nov.

le>;islature

the peace of Adams county. MisH. He was elected to the state

legislature

I7(»5.

arolina.

(

of the declaration of independence, was born Any. .*>, 1749, in I'rin at s<«a. Lynch, Thomas, lawy« r, legislator, mayor. si;;ner

anfl

sul^-

lendius

maga-

I'niteil the He waH the Narrative of of the I'nited States* Kxplorinu' Kxp«nlition to the Kiver .lordan and the Dead Sea: and Naval Life, or Afloat ami Ashore. Hp died Oct. 17. 18(i5. in Baltimore. Md. Lynde, Benjamin, lawyer, jurist, was liorn He pracSept. 22. loot), in Salem, Mass.

zines of States.

author

ticed

law

in

Massachusetts; was

api>oint«>. in colony in 1720. Salem. Mass. lawyer, jurist, state Benjamin, Lynde, legislator, was born Oct. 4. 1700. in Salem. Mass. He became jud^re of sessions and common pleas; and in 1745 succiinled his father as chief justice of the colony of a

.Massachusetts. Towanl the close of his life He die<l Oct. 0. he was jtid«e of probate. 1781. in Salent. Mass.

Lynde, Francis, railroad manager, author, 12. 1850, in Ltwiston. N.Y.

was born Nov.

He is the author of. (Question of Coura;;e A llomam e in Transit The HeljM'rs anil a Private Chivalry; The Master of .Vpplehy







The <;rafleis; and The t^iiickeniuK. Lynde, William Pitt, lawyer, mayor, state 10. senator, congressman, was born Dec. In 1844 he was 1817. in Sherburne. N.Y. attorney-general of Wiwcmsin territory ; in lSt5 was ainiointeil Cnited States district attorney of Wisconsin, and held the iKW«iIn lion until the admission of the state. 1800 he was elected mayor of Milwaukee. He was a member of the state assembly in

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