The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 190 JOHN H. LYNCH. While John H. Lynch is known as an able member of the Yakima bar, his connection with the city covers a still broader scope, for he has contributed to its material and moral development in many ways during the long period of his residence here and is today an honored member of the Pioneers Association. He is a native son of Washington, his birth having occurred at Chehalis on the 6th of October, 1876, his parents being Timothy J. and Julia (McCarthy) Lynch, who were natives of Ireland and came to the United States in early life. They were married in 1862 and lived for some time in New York and in Boston. The father was engaged in shipbuilding for the government during the period of the Civil war and was stationed at San Francisco and at New Orleans. He removed his family to San Francisco after the cessation of hostilities between the north and the south and continued to follow the shipbuilding trade there until 1870, when he made his way northward to Washington, taking up his abode on the Newaukum river, near what is now Chehalis. There he entered government land and began the development of his claim, upon which not a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made. He resided upon that property for eight years and then became a resident of Yakima county, where he took up government land in the Ahtanum valley, where he continued to reside until 1896. At that date he established his home in the city of Yakima, where his remaining days were passed, his death occurring in 1910. He is survived by his widow, who now makes her home in Yakima. John H. Lynch has spent the greater part of his life in the city which is still his place of residence and he supplemented his early education, acquired in the public schools, by study in the Washington State Normal School at Ellensburg. Still later he became a student in the School of Expression in Boston, Massachusetts, and in preparation for the bar pursued a course in law in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated with the class of 1903. Returning to Yakima, he opened an office and has since engaged in practice. His increasing ability has brought to him a liberal clientage that has connected him with much important litigation heard in the courts of the district. His success in a professional way affords the best evidence of his capabilities in this line. He is a strong advocate %with the jury and concise in his appeals before the court, and his present prominence has come to him as the reward of earnest endeavor and fidelity to trust. for his devotion to his clients' interests has become proverbial. In 1908 Mr. Lynch was united in marriage to Kiss Rosalia McNamara, who died July 6. 1910. In 1914 he was again married, his second union being with Grace McCafferty, a native of Yakima and a daughter of J. P. McCafferty. His children are two in number, John Robert and Eleanor, the former two years of age. The parents are members of St. Paul's Catholic church and Mr. Lynch is much interested in the Catholic history of the valley. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus in which he has filled all of the offices, and he is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His political allegiance is given to the republican party. He belongs to the County and State Bar Associations and to the Pioneers Association and the Yakima Columbian Association, serving as secretary of the last two. Forty-two years' connection with the state has made him largely familiar with its history and his mind bears the impress of many of its most important historical events. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.