Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-26
Death and Burial of Mr.. VIM. n. n.
Lynn.

dence on East Main street at 9:15 o'clock la
Wednesday morning. June 10Th, aged
years, 1 month and days. We give sketc
of his career in life and the disposition |
made of his property as published by H.
Tinsley, his friend and former partner in ii
publication of the Vindicator, who says, "h
health had been failing for several years, an
iour years ago he had surgical operatio
performed with the hope of removing th
cause, but without relief. About three weei
ago, accompanied by Mr.. ]. Howard Wayt, b
went to the Maryland University Hospital i
Baltimore to see what could be done. Th
physicians had little, if any, hope in his cas-,
but thought that by building him up t
undergo it, it was barely possible an operatio
might benefit him. During the first days O
his stay he showed some slight improvement
but ON Wednesday of last week he began
fail and so rapidly that telegram was sen
for Mr.. Chas. P Lambert, of Staunton. MI
Lambert went on and with Dr. Frank Keat
ing of the Hospital staff, brought him back
arriving here Tuesday morning. Mr.. Lynn
was only semi-conscous when taken off tn
cars he-e. He was taken home where be re
vived sufficiently to have some conversation
with his pastor, Rev. W. G. Hullihen, afte
which he fell into stupor and so remained
until his death.
Mr.. Lynn was a son of the late Abraham
and Matilda Lynn, and was born in Waynes
boro May 18th, 1886. After attending Rev
W. T. Richardson's school there he went t.
the University of Virginia in 1858 and re
manned there until 1856. The telegraph wa:
| Just then being introduced in Virginia and ht
was the first operator it had in Staunton. He
left that position at the close of 1856 and wen
to Mississippi to take the place of tutor in the
family of Hugh R. Davis, relative of Jeffer
son Davis, who afterwards became President
of the Confederate States. There he made
the acquaintance of Jefferson Davis and a
| warm friendship always existed between
them. In 1862, the war having broken out,
Mr.. Lynn returned to Staunton and bought
the Staunton indicator; at the same time
Presi ent Davis, without solicitation, APP
pointed him a collector of the Confederate
tax Notwithstanding the difficulties sur
rounding the publication of newspaper in
war times, Mr.. Lynn, assisted by his father,
continued its publication with but one inter
ruption, and that was when its material was
packed up and hidden away to prevent a
Federal cavalry raid from capturing it. His
sole Conduct of the paper continued until
1872, when he sold half of it to Mr.. Tinsley,
and later, in 1875, he sold the remaining half
to Capt. T. G. Morton. He shortly after es-
tablshed the agricultural Implement house of
Lynn & Co.
He had for years been a prominent mem
Der of the Masonic fraternity. He was a
Past High Priest of Union Royal Arch Chap
ter No. of Staunton; Past Grand High Priest
of the Grand Chapter of Virginia; Past
Eminent Commander of Stevenson Com
mandery No. of Staunton Grand Com
mander of Knights Templar of the State, and
Past Master of Staunton Lodge No. Is of
Staunton. At the time of his death he held
the positions of Grand Lecturer of the Grand
Commandery and Grand Lecturer of the Grand
Chapter.
Mr. Lynn, until his health failed, was al
ways prominent in public affairs in Staunton,
and in politics was one of the most active
leading Democrats of the city. He was a
member of the Knights of Pythias, in which
order his life was insured for $1,000; of the
Royal Arcanum, in which he carried $4,000
policy, and he had 81 800 policy in the Val
ley Mutual He was member of the Board
of Directors of the Western State Hospital.
Mr.. Lynn's funeral took place Thursday
afternoon at $50 from Trinity Episcopal
church of which he was a communicate
Rev. W. @. Hullihen read the burial service
and the following gentlemen acted as pail
bearers
Active-P H. Trout, H. NJ. McIlhany, E. I.
Jones and w. L. Olivier, of Staunton Lodge
No 10; J. N. Mcfarland and C. S. w. Barnes
of Valley Lodge K. of P; Jacob Bumgardner
and B. Frank Hughes of Stevenson Com
mandery No. s; JOS B. Woodward and F. B.
Berkeley of the Royal Arcanum.
Honorary-G. G. Gooch, w. L. Lush baugh,
H NJ. Bell and W. A. Burke.
The orders to which Mr.. Lynn belonged,
headed by the Stonewall Band, were in the
procession.
Mr.. Lynn's immediate family are all dead,
but he leaves three first cousins, Mrs. A. S.
Lara and Miss Emma Brown of this city. and
Capt. Brad Brown of Ga. He was also a
cousin OF the Hartman family and of Mr.. B.
F. Hughes.
MR.. LYNN's LAST REQUESTS.
The will of Mr.. Lynn has not been made
public, but it is understood that it appoints
Mr.. J. Howard Wayt executor, and makes
requests as follows
10 criu RI
servant, a residence in Newtown, in fee
simple, also his furniture, and also directs
that the interest on 5000 be paid to Johnson
during life, and then to Johnson's children
until they are of age, and then the principal
goes to the Masonic Home near Richmond.
To Mrs. Chas. P. Lambert, wife of his faith
full friend and clerk, he gives $500.
To the Masonic Home 81 900 in absolute
estate.
To his cousin, Miss Augusta Hartman, for
the term of her life, all his residence houses
and lois in Staunton, all Of it, after her death,
to go to the Masonic Home. These houses
and lots are on East Beverley New Court
House and Market streets.
The business house of Lynn & Co., on
Greenville Avenue, he authorizes his executor
to sell with the approval of his partner, P. II.
Trout.
All his other property, of all kinds, real,
personal and mixed, he gives to Miss Augusta
Hartman in absolute and unlimited estate.
His gold watch he gives to Kenton Har-
man, son of Albert G. Hartman.
He requests that his executor, J. Howard
Wayt, shall not be required to give security.
The will is dated April 28th, 1895, and the
witnesses are g. W. Sutler and VIM. A. Bur-
nett
Mr.. Lynn's whole estate is estimated to be
worth from SIS, 900 to $4,000"
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