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Submitted: 4/20/15 • Approved: 4/27/15 • Last Updated: 4/30/15 • R1070368-G0-S3
Confederate States Army
Company B Captain McNeil;s Regiment
Served under General Sterling Price
August 7, 1828 - February 22, 1896
Husband of Lizzie Lynch (1831 - 1915)
Children: Albert S. Lynch (1857 - 1913)
Bessie Lynch McDaniel (1871 - 1956)
John F. Lynch-Goodspeed's Memoirs 1884-John F. Lynch first saw the light of day in St. Francis County, Ark., August 7, 1828, being the son of John and Pollie (Barnes) Lynch, natives of North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively. The father moved to Arkansas in 1817, some time before it was made a State, and saw it rise from an insignificant territory to a community of wealth and affluence in the sisterhood of the Union. His father, a native of North Carolina, was a resident here for many years, dying in his sixty-eighth year; he was the first man buried in the county. John F. (the subject of this sketch) began farming for himself at the age of eighteen, but at the breaking out of the war, laid aside the inoffensive implements of the farm, to take up those that robbed the country of so many of her sons. He enlisted in Company B, Capt. McNeil's regiment, and received his discharge just before the final surrender. Upon his return home he found he had suffered serious losses, in fact everything being gone but his land. Mr. Lynch was married in 1853 to Miss Lizzie Davis, a daughter of Cornelius and Eliza Davis, who came to Arkansas from their native State (Kentucky) in 1828. To his marriage with Miss Davis three children were born: Albert Sidney, Kate and Bessie. Albert is residing with his father; Kate was married in 1882 to Perry Minor, living at Phoenix, Ariz., engaged in the manufacture of ice, and Bessie, the youngest, is attending school at Lebanon, Tenn. Mr. Lynch owns 220 acres, with 150 carefully cultivated, and is also engaged in stock raising. He has amassed quite a large fortune, and is considered one of the representative men of the county, his success not having made him penurious, as is so often the case. He is always ready to assist in worthy enterprises, aiding in many movements having for their aim the growth of the country. The needy ever find in him a sympathetic listener, and many of his acts of charity never reach the ears of the outside world. He has passed his sixty-second year, and his whole life has been one of upright and honorable principles. The respect and esteem accorded him is as wide as his acquaintance.
*Obituary
28 Feb 1896
Forrest City Times
John F Lynch died at his home south of town on saturday afternoon last, and was buried at the family burying ground on sunday.He was 67 years of age. kidney complications caused his death. He was an Ex-Confederate Soldier having served under General Sterling Price. He leaves a Widow, a son, Sydney
two daughters, Mrs Kate Minor, Phoenix, Arizona and Mrs A D McDaniel of the place.
Contributed on 4/20/15
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