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Lynch, John

Male Abt 1815 - 1866  (~ 51 years)


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  • Name Lynch, John 
    Born Abt 1815  County Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Service 1861–1864  [5, 6, 7] 
    • John Lynch served as a Private in Company A, 39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (also known as "Yates Phalanx"). According to Illinois state muster rolls, he was a 44 years old farmer and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri when he joined the regiment on 31 October 1861. He was mustered out on 29 October 1864 when his three year enlistment expired. During that time, the 39th Regiment, served in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
    Died 28 Mar 1866  New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Kelly Collins, a descendant of John's, reports that at the time of his discharge from the Army, John Lynch was in ill health and on the advice of the Company doctor he did not immediately return home to Edwardsville, Illinois. He passed away on 28 March 1866 at New Orleans, Louisiana. The cause of death may have been smallpox.
    Buried New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11, 12] 
    • John Lynch was buried in Locust Grove Cemetery at New Orleans. Apparently subsequent burials at this location often disturbed previous interments in a haphazard manner, and multiple burials in the same plot were not uncommon. The cemetery was closed in 1879, covered with two feet of earth and planted with grain and grass. In 1905, Thomy Lafon School was built on the land without the removal of any of the bodies. More than a century later, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recognized the likelihood that John's remains could be recovered and honored the family's request that a memorial marker be erected in Woodlawn Cemetery, at Edwardsville, Illinois, where members of John Lynch’s family have been buried.
    Person ID I2814  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2011 

    Family 1 Lanterman, Sally Ann,   b. 1826,   d. Abt 1852  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 7 Jun 1842  Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15] 
    Census (family) 1850  Fort Russell Township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    • According to the 1850 U.S. enumeration, the household consisted of John Lynch, a 35 year old farmer, born in Ireland, his wife, Sally Ann Lynch, age 25, born in Illinois, and five children: Daniel Lynch (age 7); Olive Lynch (age 5); Clay H. Lynch (age 3); Levi Lynch (age 1); and, Green Lynch (age 1). Also in the household was Michael Wood, a 28 year old laborer born in Ireland.
    Children 
     1. Lynch, Daniel A.,   b. Abt 1843, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Lynch, Olive,   b. Abt 1845, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Lynch, Clay Hardin,   b. 13 Jul 1846, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1925, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     4. Lynch, Levi,   b. Abt 1849, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Lynch, Green,   b. Abt 1849, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Lynch, Mary,   b. Abt 1852, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F908  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Scott, Eudoxia Ann,   b. Feb 1832, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 26 May 1853  Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Census (family) 1860  Moro Township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    • According to the 1860 U.S. enumeration, the household consisted of John Lynch, a 45 year old farmer, born in Ireland, his 28 year old wife, Udoxy [sic] A., born in Tennessee, and eight children: Daniel A. Lynch (age 17); Olla Lynch (age 15); Clay H. Lynch (age 13); Clinton Lynch (age 11); Mary (age 8); Sally A. Lynch (age 6); Mathilda (age 3) and Eliza (age 11 months).
    Children 
     1. Lynch, Sally A.,   b. Abt 1854, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Lynch, Matilda,   b. Abt 1857, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Lynch, Elizabeth,   b. Abt Aug 1859, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Lynch, Jane,   b. Abt 1861, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S73] Kelly Miller-Collins, Genealogical research.
      John Lynch was born about 1815 in County Cork, Ireland.

    2. [S196] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls [online database] (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/datcivil.html - last confirmed in March 2012), John Lynch.
      Accessed in March 2011. Name: John Lynch; age: 44; nativity: Cork, Ireland; joined: on 31 October 1861.
           By calculation from this information, John would have been born about 1816-1817.

    3. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1850 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm series M432, roll 119, image 446, census sheet 553A. Illinois, Madison County, Township 5 North, Range 8 West [Fort Russell Township], census sheet 553A, enumerated on 22 October 1850; John Lynch household, dwelling 86, family 86, lines 1-8. Access through Ancestry.com in October 2008.
           In the household was: 1) John Lynch; age 35; male; born in Ireland.
           By calculation from the information provided, John would have been born about 1814-1815. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1850 U.S. census for this person.

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1860 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm series M653, roll 208, page 295. Illinois, Madison County, Township 6 Range 8 [Moro Township], census page 295, enumerated on 25 July 1860; John Lynch household, dwelling 2182, family 2195, lines 27-36. Access through Ancestry.com in October 2008.
           In the household was: 27) John Lynch; age 45; male; born in Ireland.
           By calculation from the information provided, John would have been born about 1814-1815. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1860 U.S. census for this person.

    5. [S73] Kelly Miller-Collins, Genealogical research, Memorial marker for John Lynch.
      Digital image sent on 14 September 2008 from Kelly Colling to J. Mark Fiegenbaum of the memorial marker provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and erected in in Woodlawn Cemetery, at Edwardsville, Illinois. The inscription reads: "In memory of John Lynch, Pvt Co A, 39 Ill Inf, Civil War, Mar 28 1866."

    6. [S196] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls [online database] (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/datcivil.html - last confirmed in March 2012), John Lynch.
      Accessed in March 2011. Name: John Lynch; rank: private; company: A; unit: 39th Illinois Infantry; residence: St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri; age: 44; height: 5 feet, 6 inches; hair: black; eyes: gray; complexion: fair; marital status: married; occupation: farmer; nativity: Cork, Ireland; joined: on 31 October 1861; period: for 3 years; remarks: mustered out on 29 October 1864, when term of service expired.

    7. [S197] Adjutant General, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, 9 volumes (Springfield, Illinois: [state printers], 1886-1902), volume 3 (1886), page 109.
      Roster for 39th Infantry Regiment, Company A. John Lynch, resident of St. Louis, Missouri; enlisted 31 October 1861; mustered in 31 October 1861; mustered out 29 October 1864.

    8. [S73] Kelly Miller-Collins, Genealogical research.
      John Lynch passed away on 28 March 1866 at New Orleans, Louisiana.
           In an email on 14 September 2008 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum, Kelly wrote: "In a letter from one of John Lynch's grandson's (Samuel Adams Lynch) to another (John Henry Lynch), there is mention that he (John Lynch) possibly died of small pox, however there is nothing official on that."

    9. [S73] Kelly Miller-Collins, Genealogical research.
      In a letter on 26 November 2007 to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Kelly Collins noted that John Lynch died on 28 March 1866 and was buried in Locust Grove Cemetery, at New Orleans. "This cemetery was opened in 1859 and closed in 1879. In 1905, the cemetery was completely demolished and Thomy Lafon School was built on the land. What burials remained, were never removed...." The cemetery was well-known for the poor care it provided to bodies interred there and for multiple burials in the same plot. Kelly wrote: "From the documentation, I believe it to be safe to assume, John Lynch’s remains are unrecoverable and it is for this reason that I am requesting a Memorial marker to be set in Woodlawn Cemetery, in Edwardsville, Illinois, where members of John Lynch’s family are also buried." The Department of Veterans Affairs honored her request.

    10. [S217] Book.
      Huber, Leonard V. New Orleans Architecture. Volume 3 - The Cemeteries. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company, 1974; page 60.

    11. [S217] Book.
      Summary of the Louisiana State Board of Health Report, 1878 in The Sanitarian, vol. 7, no. 76 (July 1879); pages 319-322.

    12. [S217] Book.
      Seventh Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Board of Health of the State of Michign, for the Fiscal Year Ending Sept. 30, 1879. Lansing, Michigan: W. S. George and Company, State Printers and Binders, 1880.
           Address of Dr. Rochester, pages 41-42, discussed the sanitary conditions of New Orleans and Locust Grove Cemetery.

    13. [S73] Kelly Miller-Collins, Genealogical research.
      John Lynch and Sally Ann Lanterman; married. No date or place given.

    14. [S110] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 [online database] (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html - last confirmed in March 2012), Lynch-Lanterman marriage. Accessed March 2011.
      John Lynch and Sally Ann Laterman were married on 7 June 1842. Madison County marriage license 156; volume 6, page 54.

    15. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), "Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860".
      Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. (http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7851). Accessed in March 2011. Family History Library microfilm 1306457 [Madison County, Illinois. County Clerk. Births, marriages, deaths, 1813-1916. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981 (21 microfilm reels)].
           John Lynch and Sally Ann Lanterman were married on 7 June 1842 in Madison County, Illinois.

    16. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1850 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm series M432, roll 119, image 446, census sheet 553A. Illinois, Madison County, Township 5 North, Range 8 West [Fort Russell Township], census sheet 553A, enumerated on 22 October 1850; John Lynch household, dwelling 86, family 86, lines 1-8. Access through Ancestry.com in October 2008.
           The household consisted of: 1) John Lynch; age 35; male; farmer; value of real estate=$500; born in Ireland. 2) Sally Ann; age 25; female; born in Illinois. 3) Daniel Lynch; age 7; male; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 4) Olive; age 5; male; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 5) Clay H.; age 3; male; born in Illinois. 6) Levi; age 1; male; born in Illinois. 7) Green; age 1; male; born in Illinois. 8) Michael Wood; age 28; male; laborer; born in Ireland; cannot read or write.

    17. [S110] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 [online database] (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html - last confirmed in March 2012), Lynch-Cork marriage. Accessed March 2011.
      John Lynch and Endoria [sic] Ann Cork were married on 26 May 1853. Madison County marriage license 467; volume 6, page 112.

    18. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1860 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm series M653, roll 208, page 295. Illinois, Madison County, Township 6 Range 8 [Moro Township], census page 295, enumerated on 25 July 1860; John Lynch household, dwelling 2182, family 2195, lines 27-36. Access through Ancestry.com in October 2008.
           The household consisted of: 27) John Lynch; age 45; male; farmer; value of real estate=$2,200; value of personal estate=$500; born in Ireland. 28) Udoxy [sic] A.; age 28; female; born in Tennessee. 29) Daniel A.; age 17; male; born in Illinois. 30) Olla; age 15; female; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 31) Clay H.; age 13; male; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 32) Clinton; age 11; male; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 33) Mary; age 8; female; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 34) Sally A.; age 6; female; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 35) Mathilda; age 3; female; born in Illinois. 36) Eliza; age 11 months; female; born in Illinois.


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