Polyxena Below

Polyxena married Elias Givens Lynn about 1839. Elias (son of John C. Lynn, Sr. and Jane (or Jean) Penny, (immigrant)) was born in 1809 in Henderson Co, Kentucky; died in Sep 1853 in Webster Co, Kentucky; was buried in Old Chalbeate Springs Church Cem, Webster Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edley Ausbin Lynn was born on 5 Feb 1839 in Union Co, Kentucky; died on 7 Jun 1909 in Union Co, Kentucky; was buried in Boxville Cem, Union Co, Kentucky.
2. Aaron Robert Lynn was born on 25 Oct 1841 in Walnut Grove, Union Co, Kentucky; died on 28 May 1941 in Union Co, Kentucky; was buried in Odd Fellows Cem, Boxville, Union Co, Kentucky.
3. James Miller Lynn was born in Oct 1842 in Union Co, Kentucky; died on 4 Aug 1927 in Crystal Falls, Stephens Co, Texas.
4. A.R. Lynn was born in 1844 in Kentucky; died after 1850 in of, Union Co, Kentucky.
5. Henry Jefferson Lynn was born on 7 Jan 1846 in Walnut Grove, Union Co, Kentucky; died on 7 Jun 1930 in Union Co, Kentucky.
6. John Alexander Lynn was born on 29 Nov 1846 in Union Co, Kentucky; died on 15 Sep 1924 in Union Co, Kentucky; was buried in Odd Fellows Cem, Bordley, Union Co, Kentucky.
7. William "Willie" E. Lynn was born in 1848 in Union Co, Kentucky; died on 3 Jul 1852 in Webster Co, Kentucky; was buried in Old Chalybeate Springs Church Cem, Webster Co, Kentucky.
8. Thomas Lynn was born in 1850 in Kentucky; died in 1851 in Webster Co, Kentucky; was buried in Old Chalbeate Springs Church Cem, Webster Co, Kentucky.
9. Katherine Richards "Kate, Kitty" Lynn was born on 1 May 1853 in Union Co, Kentucky; died on 25 Aug 1928 in Webster Co, Kentucky.
10. George Lynn was born on 20 Apr 1863 in Union Co, Kentucky; died in 1881 in Union Co, Kentucky; was buried in Oak Grove Cem, Union Co, Kentucky.

Notes:

History of Union Co, Kentucky
Edley A. Lynn
farmer, of Boxville Precinct, is son of Elias and Polexina (Below) Lynn. His father, a farmer, born in Virginia, came here in an early day; his mother was a Union County lady; his grandfather, John Lynn, a native of Virginia, was in the Battle of New Orleans, and an early settler of Kentucky; his grandmother, Jane (Penny) Lynn was a native of Ireland; his grandfather, Aaron S. Below, of Logan County, married Sally Richards, a native of Virginia.

Aaron married Sarah Smock "Sally" Richards on 6 Feb 1821 in Union Co, Kentucky. Sarah was born on 3 Aug 1800 in Culpeper Co, Virginia; died in Nov 1875 in Union Co, Kentucky; was buried in Oak Grove Cem, Union Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1840, Union Co, Kentucky
• Census: 1850, Union Co, Kentucky

Notes:

Census:
1840 Union Co, Kentucky
pg 29
Name: John Lynn
Home in 1840 Union, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 1826-1830
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3

Name: Elias Lynn
Home in 1840 Union, Kentucky
Birth Year: abt 1803 Age: 37
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 Edley
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 1811-1820
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 1821-1825 Polyxena
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3

Name: Sarah (Richards) Below mother of Polyxena Below
Home in 1840 Union, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 1801-1810
Free White Persons - Under 20: 8
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 9

(11 residences)

Mary French 30-40 1800-1810
(prob related to Nancy Jane French, wife of John Harrison Lynn, s/o Nancy Lynn)

-Name: Nancy Lynn (widow of James Lynn, d 1825)
Home in 1840 Union, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 1835-1840 (prob granddau;
she was widowed in 1825)
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 1821-1825 (prob mother of <5 dau)
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 1801-1810
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4

(3 residences)

Jno W. Lynn 20-30 1800-1810 (prob son 5 of John C and Jane Penny?)


Census:
1850 Union Co, Kentucky
J W Lynn 31
Lucy A Lynn 26
M O Lynn 7
Geo M Lynn 3
W A Lynn 2
E A Lynn 0
Lewis Storey 16

next:
Pleasant Belew (Below) 28
Sarah 24
W.G. 2 (female)

same page:
Sarah Belew (Below) 49
Sarah 16
Massa 14
Franklin 11

John married Mercy Massa Smith on 8 Jan 1795 in Kentucky. Mercy was born in 1779 in Spartanburg Co, South Carolina; died in 1850 in Union Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]