Shared Note
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Shared Note: - John Lynch was the youngest of 7 boys; he had 2 older sisters. His Mother died when he was 3 weeks old; his father, shortly after. A dear black lady took him in and nursed him along with her own baby; that's how baby John survived. The younger children (out of the total of 9) were taken in by various families in the Andrew County, MO, area. Willard & Thomas Lynch were 2 of his older bros."Will" lived Wetmore, Nemaha, KS. John and his brother Williard, died within the same week, Jan 1931.
John Lynch called his daughter "Mary Sunshine".
Sources: 1850 Census: Andrew County, MO: parents and siblings 1860 Census: Andrew County, MO: John (10) living with Benjamin and Rosanna Porter 1870 Census: Jefferson Twp., Andrew County, MO: John living with Samuel Crowly and Lucinda Turpin 1880 Census 1 Mar: Rock Cr., Nemaha, KS: John, wife Louisa and daug. Mary Lynch 1885 KS State Census: Sabetha, Nemaha, KS: John, 2nd wife Hada and daug. Mary Lynch 1900 Census: Washington Twp., Doniphan, KS: John and Hada Lynch 1910 Census: Washington Twp., Doniphan, KS: John and Hada Lynch 1915 KS State Census: Washington Twp., Doniphan, KS: John and Hada Lynch 1920 Census: Washington Twp., Doniphan, KS, Elwood Bottom Rd., John and Hada 1925 KS State Census: Washington Twp., Doniphan, KS: John and Hada Lynch 1930 Census: Washington Twp., Doniphan, KS: John and Hada Lynch 1940 Census: Richmond, Contra Costa, CA: Hada Lynch (widowed) living with family.
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