Francis B. Lynn (abt. 1832 - aft. 1860)

Born about 1832 in Tennessee

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Biography

Francis is found with his mother and younger siblings in the 1850 census ...

1850 Census of Civ. Dist. 5, Grundy Co., TN, p. 347, 30 Aug’’

Mariah Lynn, age 45, b. in Unk, $120 Pers Prop [See 1870]

Francis Lynn, age 18, b. in TN, Farmer

Jane Lynn, age 14, b. in TN

John Lynn, age 11, b. in TN

George Lynn, age 9, b. in TN

Nancy Lynn, age 7, b. in TN

Reuben Lynn, age 2, b. in TN^[1]

Grundy County had been formed in 1844 from parts of Warren and Coffee Counties, Tennessee, and it's possible that Francis was related to Jacob Joseph Lynn of Warren County. His older brother, William Riley Lynn, lived in fact in Warren County in 1850. However, the Findagrave memorial for his older brother Thomas states that their parents were William Lynn and Mariah (Ashley) Lynn.^[2]

Like most of his family Francis moved to Crittenden County, Kentucky sometimes before the 1860 census, where he is found living on 25 July ...

‘’1860 Census, Carrsville P.O., Crittenden Co., KY, p. 69/369, 25 Jul’’

Francis B. Lynn, age 27, b. in TN, Labourer, $500 Pers Prop

Adaline Lynn, age 28, b. in AL

John Lynn, age 8, b. in TN

Leonard Lynn, age 4, b. in TN

Margaret J. Lynn, age 2, b. in TN^[3]

Sometime within the next three years, Francis and family moved again. On 23 July 1870, they are found living in Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois with a 7-year-old son born in Illinois ...

1870 Census of Vienna P.O., Johnson Co., IL, p. 3/489, 23 Jul

Frank M. Lynn, age 37, b. in TN, Farmer

Adaline Lynn, age 40, b. in TN, Keeping House

John Lynn, age 17, b. in TN, Works on Farm

Lenard Lynn, age 13, b. in TN

Marion Lynn, age 7, b. in IL

Jane Lynn, age 4, b. in IL

Henry Lynn, age 2, b. in IL

The census states also that Frank had $600 in real property and $700 in personal property.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTJ3-GVR?i=13&cc=1401638 : 1850 Census, Civ. Dist. 2, Grundy Co., TN, p. 362
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55389105 : Findagrave Mem #55389105
3. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GB9F-3PJS?i=372&cc=1473181 : 1860 Census, Carrsville P.O., Crittenden Co., KY, p. 69/369
4. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZT4-LMZ?i=2&cc=1438024