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MRS. EMMA LYNCH. George W. Lynch, a prominent farmer of Montgomery township, was born in Kent county, Maryland, December 5, 1857. He was the son of Evan and Sarah (Merritt) Lynch, both natives of Maryland, and both now deceased.

He acquired his education in the schools of New Castle county, Delaware, to which his parents removed when he was a young child. After leaving school he entered at once on the duties of farm life. He remained in Delaware until he was about eighteen years of age. During 1878 and 1879 he farmed in Camden county, New Jersey. From 1880 until 1885 he conducted a truck farm for his father-in-law, Stewart L. Lyle, at Manayunk, Pennsylvania. In 1885 he located in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, near Colmar, where he managed the J. F. Page farm for several years. In 1890 he purchased his present farm of twelve acres, removing to it in 1892. This tract of land has been brought into a high state of cultivation. He made a specialty of tomatoes, producing some of the finest varieties. He is a Democrat in politics, taking an active interest in the success of his party. He has filled the positions of judge of elections, inspector, and is efficiently filling the office of township auditor. Mr. Lynch married, at Manayunk, December 11, 1883, Emma, daughter of Stewart L. and Susan (Adams) Lyle. Mrs. Lynch was born in Manayunk, December 11, 1846. The couple have no children. Mr. Lynch is a Methodist. His wife is a Baptist.

Stewart L. Lyle is a descendant of an old American family. He was born in Trenton, New Jersey, October 31, 1821, and when he was young his parents removed with their children to Manayunk, where he acquired his education. After being for some time employed in the Ripka Mills, he engaged in canal boating on the Schuylkill, a vocation in which he was very successful, being at one time the owner of several lines of boats. In 1877 he retired from active business life with a competency, and spent the remainder of his life in comparative retirement. In 1861 Mr. Lyle enlisted in a three months’ company and served for that period. He was a cousin of the late Colonel Peter Lyle and of David Lyle, the well known chief of the old Philadelphia Volunteer Fire Department. Mr. Lyle was a member of the Baptist church. He died August 31, 1893. His wife died April 9, 1888. Their children: Emma (Mrs. George W. Lynch); William, Margaret, wife of Robert McMaster; and Albert. By a previous marriage Mrs. Lynch had three children: Albert, born December 6, 1864, died December 15, 1902; Esther L., born March 27, 1866, wife of John Brown, of Chesapeake City, Maryland; William, born July 4, 1874, married Amanda Benner, of Doylestown, and has three children: Stewart L. Lyle was also the owner of a large farm in Cecil county, Maryland, and of a fruit farm of twenty-seven acres known as Ashland Hill farm, in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. He was a self-made man in every sense of the word, his property being acquired by his own unaided exertions. Stewart L. Lyle and Susan Adams were married December 28, 1844. They had a daughter Anna, born December 10, 1847, died January 24, 1865; Hester Lyle was born August 3, 1849, died October 10, 1864; William Lyle, born January 1, 1851; Albert Lyle, born November 8, 1852; Margaret Lyle, born August 18, 1855.