Author : Charles Kerr
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 21,9 MB
Release : 2017-10-20
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780265542002
Book Description
Excerpt from History of Kentucky, Vol. 4 of 5 John F. Lynch. In the years that immediately pre ceded the Civil war and in the late '4os of the last century immigrants from the Emerald Isle came in large numbers to this country, owing largely to the unsatisfactory economic conditions prevailing at that time in Ireland. The' Lynch family, of whom John F. Lynch is a descendant, was among the early settlers in. Chilesburg, Kentucky. John F. Lynch, now engaged in farming and in the management of a general merchandise store and in the handling of grain, coal, seeds, etc;, at Chilesburg, lying six miles east of Lexington, was born near Chilesburg, a son of Patrick and Bridget (walsh) Lynch, natives of Ireland, who came to this country when they were children and later married in Ken tucky. Some time after the Civil war Patrick Lynch took up farming near Chilesburg, and continued along that line up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1904. His widow died-in the following year. These worthy people were the parents Of four sons and two daughters: Mrs. Thomas B._ Adams, living at Brighton; Thomas, a farmer near Chilesburg; William, deputy county assessor, living at Lexington; John F., subject of this sketch; James, living with his sister at Brighton; and Anna, who died in March, 1910. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.