Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-10-04

Weclip the following from the Baltimore
SIM of the 2Sth ultimo:-Dr. J. 5 Lynch,
of the faculty of the College of Physicians
and Surgeons died yesterday afternoon
shortly after 9 o'clock, at his home, Nc. 4
South Broadway. He had been in bad
health for year past, and had been sick
in bed since the middle of last August, with
jaundice. DIR. John Stevens Lynch was
born in st. Mary's county, Nd, on Novem-
Der "a, 1923. The farm on which he was
born is situated on the st. Mary's river,
two miles above the site of the ancient
town of St. Mary's, where Lord Baltimore
established his colony. DR.. Lynch was
directly descended from one of these colon
ist families. His paternal ancestors were
from county Galway, Ireland. His mother
was descended from John Coad, whose
name was a prominent one among the
early colonist of Maryland. DIR. Lynch
attended the common schools of 81. Mary's
county until his thirteenth year. In the
spring Of 1871 he removed with an elder
brother to Wilcox county, Ala, where he
entered an academy. About the close Of
the year 1916 he began to study law in the
office of Bethea, Beck s. Roach, at Camden,
Alabama. In the summer of 1S47, how
ever, he was required to return to his home
in st. Mary's county, where at the age OF
nineteen, he accepted Il position as teacher
in one of the public schools, and taught
during the year 1913, continuing his legal
studies at the same time. The following
year, in consequence of the death of his
sisters husband, who had been engaged in
the manufacture and sale of proprietary
medicines in Baltimore, DR.. Lynch came
TO this city and took charge of that business.
In 1851 he commenced the study Of mcdi-
cine under the late Prof Chew, at the same
time matriculatIng at the School of Modi-
cine of the University of Maryland. Sin
teen months later he was graduated, and in
1853 he began 10 practice in this city. In
1857 he was elected a Delegate 10 the
Maryland Legislature, an took an active
part in the legislation and discussions of
the House of Delegates. He introduced at
that time several important measures,
among which were bills to provide for
State vaccine physician and to amend the
laws relating TO coroners' inquests. AL
though these bills failed to pass at the time,
they afterwards became laws. DR. Lynch
again removed TO Alabama in 1858. When
the civil war broke out he aided in organ
izing a company, Of which his brother,
George Lynch, was elected captain, and
DIR. Lynch, lieutenant 1t was known in
thGservice as Company c. Sixth Alabama
Regiment of Volunteers. This regiment
was commanded by the Hon. John J. Seib-
lew, formerly minister TO Belgium, and
John b. Gordon, afterward United States
Senator from Georgia, was its first major.
DIR. Lynch remained in the active service
until May, 1862, participating in the battle
of Bull Run and the operations below
Richmond. Retiring from the army in
that year, he resumed the practice OF medi-
cine in Alabama, where he remained until
1872, when he returned TO Baltimore. In
AuSust "a lilat year nS uLitc4 WIN ScNSIal
other physicians in organizing the College
OF Physicians and Surgeons in this city.
Dr. Lynch was the first professor there oi
anatomy, but afterwards was assigned to
the chair OF the principles and practice Of
medicine, which he held until his death
He Joined the orders Of Freemasons and
Odd Fellows in 1850. While in Alabams
he organized lodge of Masons In poll
tics he was a democrat In December
1857, he married Marie Louise, daughter
of the late Vincent Sutton, of this nity
She died some years ago. About eighteen
months ago he married Miss Laura +
Wilkinson, OF Hartford county. DR.. En-
, inert C. Stuart, the resident physician o
the City Hospital, received q letter fro'r
DIR. Thomas Opie, dean, notifying him
that the lectures ST the College Of Physi
clans and Surgeons would be suspcn,io,
! Friday snd Saturday, owing TO the dca'l
: Of Dr.. Lynch.