Patrick Lynch (1847 - 1927)

Born 18 Oct 1847 in County Clare, Ireland

Descendants

Died 9 May 1927 at age 79 in Binghamton, Broome, New York, United States

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Biography

Patrick Lynch was born in Ireland.

Retired from D&H railroad 1924, formerly a yard foreman. He was killed in an auto accident on the corner of State St and Way St. McDevitts were the undertakers. He was run over by a beer truck.

Railroad worker, built Tunnel. Settled near Albany NY. (Side note reads Delmar.) Tunnel is in the town of Colesville, in Broome County NY. The railroad tunnel for which Tunnel is named is 5/8 of a mile in length. It was built for the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad and is one of the oldest RR tunnels in the nation. When it was first built, it didn't have a vent shaft. The fumes that built up would make workers as well as passengers ill, so a crew from Wilks-Barre PA was brought in (1908) to build a shaft, they worked for the Isaac's company.

In 1890, right after the tunnel was finished, the Erie railroad tried to take it over. They sent a large group of men up from Binghamton, Albany heard about it and sent their own contigent of men to meet them. As both trains approached each other, just outside of the tunnel, neither train would back off. They collided, the Erie train was derailed, and 1200 men jumped out a prceded to fight. Albany retained ownership of the tunnel, which was leased in perpetuity to Delaware and Hudson Railroad in 1907. ("A History of Colesville 1785-1978" by R. Leone Jacob 1978).

1880 Census Colesville

Children Maggie 1874 Rose 1876 Mary 1879 Mother Mary 1820

1905 Census Binghamton Margaret G 1873 Rose M 1877 Eva W 1880 Mary E 1882 Gertrude N William J 1880 Edmund P 1884 Jerold 1895 George D 1898 (Mother and wife deceased)

Tunnel, April 17 1887 Broome Republican Patrick Lynch has taken charge of a force of men on the railroad and John Kane guards the tunnel in his absence.

May 9 — Patrick Lynch, age 70, of Binghamton, struck and killed by auto corner State and Way street, Binghamton. Death due to fracture of skull.

Endicott Bulletin 1927

Sources

• Binghamton Sun Bulletin

Find A Grave Memorial# 67817681

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZZ9-KQ6 : 20 August 2017), Patrick Lynch, Colesville, Broome, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 43, sheet 244B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0810; FHL microfilm 1,254,810.

1880 Census, Colesville, Broome, New York, United States, RR

New York State Census, 1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPDP-JB9 : 3 April 2016), Patrick Lynch, Binghamton, Ward 11, E.D. 02, Broome, New York; citing p. 12, line 7, county offices, New York.; FHL microfilm 809,003.