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Hopkins County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Emeline J. Baldwin Lynn in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1846. Father of Theodore M. Lynn, Hiram Lynn, and William A. Lynn. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Carpenter in Madisonville in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private. Died of measles while in service on January 8, 1865.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 53A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 836-37.

Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861- ca. 1910, NARA RG 15, Application# WC113134.

Citation

Lynn, William A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209838 (November 12, 2026).

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