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JOHN D. LYNCH, one of the leading merchants of Sherwood, Tennessee, is the fourth of a family of seven children, born to the marriage of John D. Lynch and Hettie Wilkinson. The father was born in 1818, being a son of David Lynch a prominent early settler of Franklin County. John D. Lynch, Sr., was a farmer by occupation, and for many years was a magistrate of the county, his death occurring in 1883. The mother of our subject is still living. The immediate subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, having been born in 1844. In May, 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate service in Company I, Seventeenth Tennessee, in which he served until the surrender, and at Chickamauga lost a leg. Returning from the war he farmed a short time. Since then he has been dealing in lumber and tan bark, and has also been merchandising. He does an extensive business in the tan bark trade. He was married, in 1867, to Nancy Jane King, a native of this county, who has borne nine children to this union, six of whom are living, viz.: John B., Hettie, David, Lucinda, Rebecca, and Nancy Jane. Politically; Mr. Lynch is a Democrat. He is an enterprising and successful business man and a good citizen. His grandfather, David Lynch, was a soldier in the war of 1812. His uncle, Elijah Lynch, was a soldier in the war of 1812 and in the Florida war.