James
T. Lynn
J. T. Lynn, secretary, treasurer and superintendent of the Chattanooga Gas Light
Company, is a native of Pittsburgh, Penn., his birth occurring in the year 1856,
son of James and Jane (Ferguson) Lynn, who were natives of Belfast, Ireland, and
Glasgow, Scotland, respectively. The parents both came to America when young,
and were married at Pittsburgh where the father died in 1857. The mother is yet
living, and resides with her children, part of the time at Evansville, Ind., and
part of the time with our subject. J. T. Lynn was educated, largely, in the
public schools of Allegheny, and at about the age of fourteen years, began serving
an apprenticeship at the machinist's trade on the Northern Pacific Railroad,
being the first boy that worked on that railroad. From 1876 to 1881 he was
connected with the gaslight company of Pittsburgh but at the latter date moved
to Evansville, Ind., and from there to Chattanooga in 1883, where he has since
resided. Mr. Lynn is a member of the Uniformed Rank, and major of the First
Tennessee Regiment, is a Knight Templar in Masonary, and is the president of the
Endowment Rank of K. of
P., of this city. In November, 1881, he married Miss Emma Blackstock, a
native of Pittsburgh, Penn.
Goodspeed's
"History of East Tennessee" 1887
1880 US Census, Allegheny, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania; Page 490B:
James LINN, BroL, M, S, W, 24, PA; Occ: Works In Gas Works; Fa: IRE; Mo: SCO