James
W. &
Margaret E. (Kirkland) Lynch
Neillsville, Pine Valley, Clark Co., Wisconsin
James W. Lynch, 1914
ca.
James Lynch
was born March 6, 1807 in Pittsburg, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania. He moved to Armstrong County, Wisconsin with his parents in
1828 and married Margaret E. Kirkland in 1935. She was a native of
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. James worked on his father's farm until 1856 and
then relocated to Neillsville, Clark Co., Wisconsin. He initially owned a
farm of more than two quarter sections, but upon retirement he sold most of the
land but retained the dwelling as his home. James served as the
Clerk of the 6th Circut Court [1863],
Clark County Coroner
in 1865 [1867] [1867A], on the
1914 Clark
County Board for the first ward of Neillsville, as well as the Town
Treasurer and School Treasurer in various years. He was known to be an
honest, kind man who was respected for his quiet and inoffensive manner.
He was trustworthy because of his unimpeachable honesty, a caring father, good
neighbor and conscientious citizen.
The Lynch attended to the
Methodist Episcopal Church in Neillsville.
He and Margaret were the parents of eleven
children. The seven living in 1880 were: John H., Mary Ann, deceased,
Alice A. (Mrs, F Salina (now Mrs. Sturgeon, b. 1845), Mellissa J. and
Elizabeth, deceased, Cordelia (Mrs. Hewett), J. Wick, Sheldon, Byron D. (b.
1860) and Jeramiah W. (b. 1852).
James died in the home of at the home of his son-inlaw,
Mr. S. B. Hewett, in Tavares Florida, in the early spring of 1885, on the 22nd of
April. Mr. and Mrs. Lynch had been vacationing in Florida, hoping
to return in the spring much improved by their escape from the rigor of the
climate of Wisconsin. But the change was too great for one so far advanced in
years. His remains were buried in the
Neillsville Cemetery. When Margaret died June 15, 1898, she was laid to rest
by his side.
Census Records
|
1880 Federal Census, Neillsville, Clark
Co., Wisconsin |
|
Name |
Relation |
Marital Status |
Gender |
Race |
Age |
Nativity |
Occupation |
Father's Nativity |
Mother's Nativity |
|
James Lynch |
Self |
M |
Male |
W |
73 |
PA |
Gardner |
PA |
PA |
|
Margeret E. Lynch |
Wife |
M |
Female |
W |
62 |
PA |
Keeping House |
PA |
SCOT |
|
Jeramiah W. Lynch |
Son |
S |
Male |
W |
28 |
PA |
Carpenter |
PA |
PA |
|
Salina L. Sturgeon |
Dau |
D |
Female |
W |
35 |
PA |
Dress Maker |
PA |
PA |
|
Nora Renne |
GDau |
S |
Female |
W |
13 |
WI |
At School |
NY |
PA |
Military Records-Not yet available.
Sources
Message of the
governor of Wisconsin, together with the annual reports, of the officers
of the State, for the year, A.D. 1865; (1866 [Covers 1864/1865]);
Fairchild, Lucius, Annual report of the secretary of state, for the
fiscal year ending September 30th, 1865, pp. [1]-179 ff.
Message of the governor of Wisconsin delivered to the
legislature in joint convention, Thursday, January 9, 1868,
together with the annual reports of the state officers, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1867
(1868 [Covers 1866/1867])Allen, Thomas S., et al., Annual report
of the secretary of state, pp. [1]-192.
The legislative manual, of the state of Wisconsin;
comprising Jefferson's manual, rules, forms and laws,
for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables
for reference
(1867), Miscellaneous statistics, pp. [243]-[289] ff.
Clark County, WI Death
Records, Neillsville City Cemetery Records, Obituaries, 1881
Biographical Sketch & Family Records.
Contributors
Janet
Schwarze
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