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 LYMAN

LYNCH

tingham, Atkinson and Lay, and on the death of Bishop Atkinson, Jan. 4, 1881, he succeeded to the bishopric as fourth bishop of North Carolina. Bishop Lyman was appointed to take charge of the American Episcopal churches in Europe, as successor to the bishop of Long Island in 1886, but the increasing cares of his own diocese com- pelled him to relinquish his charge in 1887. The fiftieth anniversary of the bishop's ordination to the priesthood was celebrated in Raleigh, on Dec. 19 and 20, 1891, and the ceremonies were partici- pated in, not only by the clergy and the laity of the church in North Carolina, but by the citizens generally without reference to creed. He was married in June, 1845, to Anna M., daughter of Jacob Albert of Baltimore, Md.; and secondly, Feb. 9, 1893, to Susan B. Robertson of Charleston, S.C. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from St. James college, Md., in 1856, LL.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1887, and that of D.C.L. from Hamilton in 1892. He died at Raleigh, N.C., Dec. 13, 1893.

LVriAN, William, representative, was born in Northampton, Mass., Dec. 7, 1755; son of Capt. William and Jemima (Sheldon) Lyman; grandson of Lieut. Benjamin and Thankful (Pomeroy) Lyman; great-grandson of John and Dorcas (Plumb) Lyman, and a descendant of Richard, 1631. He was graduated from Yale in 1776, and then entered the American army, serving until its close as brigadier-general of militia. He was a representative in the general court of Massa- chusetts, state senator in 1789, and a representa- tive in the 3d and 4th congresses, 1793-97. He and Gen. Andrew Jackson were the only two representatives in the 4th congress who voted against the commendatory resolutions on the retirement of General Washington from the presidency. He was U.S. consul at London by appointment of President Jefferson, 1805-11. He died in London, England, Sept. 2, 1811.

LYNCH, Charles, soldier, was born in Vir- ginia; son of Charles Lynch who emigrated from Ireland when a boy and settled on a large body of land on the James river, near the Peaks of Otter. Charles served in the Revolutionary war as colonel of a regiment of riflemen, and was conspicuous for gallantry at Guilford, N.C. He is said to have originated and enacted the cele- brated code called " Lynch Law " during the Revolution, in order to punish a band of lawless tories and desperadoes about Lynchburg, which place was founded by his brother John. Colonel Lynch, who was a staunch Whig, organized and led a strong party of patriots and scoured the country for the desperadoes, and when taken gave them a summary trial at which he sat as judge, empaneled a jury and executed punish- ment. He died near Staunton, Va., about 1785.

LYNCH, Charles, governor of Mississippi, was born in Virginia; son of Col. Charles Lynch (q.v.). He removed to Monticello, Lawrence county. Miss. , where he established a successful mercan- tile business. He was elected governor of Missis- sippi in 1836, being the eighth governor chosen by the people and the second under the constitu- tion of 1832, and he served, 1836-38. He died in Monticello, Miss., Feb. 9, 1853.

LYNCH, James Daniel, author, was born near Old Lombardy Grove, Mecklenburg county, Va., Jan. 6, 1836; son of James Daniel and Frances Gregory (Baird) Lynch, and grandson of Charles William and Frances (Gregory) Baird. His father was a member of the family which founded the city of Lynchburg, and his mother a descend- ant of the famous Dr. John Gregory of Scotland, and of the Claibornes of Virginia. Having lost his father in his infancy he was adopted and reared by his maternal grandfather. He was matriculated at the University of North Carolina, with the class of 1859, but withdrew at the close of his junior year on account of ill health, and re- turned to his grandfather's home in Virginia. He was assistant teacher in the Franklin academy, Columbus, Miss. , in 1860. He was married in Feb- ruary, 1861, to Hettie Martin Cochran of Lowndes county. Soon afterward he joined the Confeder- ate army, and served as a private until after the Shiloh campaign, when he was forced to retire on account of ill health. Later he organized a com- pany of cavalry, and served under General Wheeler, being seriously wounded at Lafayette, Ga., and was subsequently taken prisoner while making a cavalry charge near Rome, Ga., but es- caped at Resaca while en route to Johnson's Island. He was afterward transferred to the Nitre and Mining bureau at Selma, Ala., of which he was in charge at Gainesville at the close of the war. After the war he practised law at West Point, Miss., until obliged to retire from the bar on account of defective hearing. He then de- voted himself to literary work. He is the author of numerous poems, including Robert E. Lee, or the Heroes of the South (1876); T7jc Kti-Klux Tri- bunal (1878): The Clock of Destiny (1878); The Siege of the Alamo (1884); T1\e North Carolina University Centennial Ode (1895); and Columbia Saluting the Nations, the last named being adopted by the World's Columbian Commission, in 1893, as the welcome of the United States to the nations of the world. The Siege of the Alamo was printed on parclmient, framed, and hung on the walls of the fortress by order of the governor of Texas. His prose works include: Kemper County Vindicated, or a Peep at Reconstruction in Mississippi (1878); Bench and Bar of Missis- sippi (1880); Bench and Bar of Texas (1885); A Histoid of the Five Civilized Nations (1901).