Lemuel Lynch

(1808-1893)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Lemuel Lynch was born in 1808. He died in 1893.

Places of Residence

• Hillsborough, NC [1].

Occupations

• Silversmith. Some of Lemuel Lynch's silver is held in the Orange County Historical Museum and in the North Carolina Museum of History [1].
• Keeper of the Hillsborough Town Clock [1].

Relatives

• Spouse: Margaret Palmer [1]. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Palmer Lynch (1833-1918)  [1].
• Others: William Palmer (father-in-law) [1], Elizabeth Clancy (mother-in-law) [1], Calvin E. Parish (son-in-law, 1832-1898) [1], Ida Parish (granddaughter, 1860-1888) [1], Harry Lynch Parish (grandson, 1862-1917) [1], Margaret Parish (granddaughter, 1864-1949) [1], Agnes Parish (granddaughter) [1], Elizabeth Clancy Parish (granddaughter, 1872-1914) [1] and Calvin R. Parish (grandson, 1876-1907) [1].

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).