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 1876 - 1953 (76 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Lynn Townsend White was born on 14 Jul 1876 in Cleveland, TN (son of William Orlando White and Letitia Dalton Lynn); died on 15 Mar 1953 in Marin County, Cal.. Notes:
[Broderbund WFT Vol. 14, Ed. 1, Tree #3264]
Lynn and Clarence were 18 months apart. Lynn older. William was quite a
few years older.
Grew up in Knoxville, Tenn. Went to U. of TN, Knoxville. Played on
the football team, and had a band.
Went from Louisville, Kentucky to Fall River Mills, CA to be an assistant
minister.
Went to Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York.
Taught at San Francisco Theological Seminary in Marin County, just north
of San Francisco, in San Anselmo
Before that, he has been the minister of the Pres. church in San Rafael.
Chair endowed in 'Christian Social Ethics' at SF Theological Seminary by
shipping magnate Robert Dollar, the richest man in the parish.
Lynn and Clarence were 18 months apart. Lynn older. William was quite a
few years older.
Lynn married Mary Ann Tarrant on 31 Dec 1903 in Chicago. Mary was born on 30 Dec 1875 in Macon, MS; died on 12 Oct 1961 in Los Angeles. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Jr. Lynn Townsend White
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Generation: 2
| 2. | William Orlando White was born on 14 Mar 1843 in Cleveland, TN; died in 1881/1934 in Knoxville (?), TN. Notes:
[Broderbund WFT Vol. 14, Ed. 1, Tree #3264]
Fought in Civil War for the Tennessee Volunteer's (Northern) at about the
age of 17.
He went down the river as a teenager, seeing a slave-market in New
Orleans, and was horrified. Vowed if he could do anything about it, he
would.
Tennessee was a Confederate State.
William heard a bird-call, the call to slip down to the creek, to join
the other volunteers. His mother and sister were having tea with
good Southern women, and therefore, could not say goodbye to William.
Sister Adelaide discovered that the meeting point was known by the
Confederate Army, and rode down on her horse to warn the boys. The boys
made it out safely.
His sister Ella Adelaide refused to Reading or Rutland, VT during the
Civil War, to stay with her mother's sisters and brother and attend
school. At school she wrote a remarkable essay (copy exists) about how
she warned the Union Volunteers of the Cleveland region (including her
older brother William Orlando White) and thus prevented their capture by
the Confederates.
William was made a Captain of the union army while still a teenager.
William and Grandfather Samuel Tarrant fought against each other at The
Battle of Missionary Ridge. Both survived.
As a perk for doing well during the Civil War, William White was made a
'revenuer' for Tennessee. This was much more dangerous than the war.
I now have his revolver. William White has a gun as well.
Financier. Dealt in wholesale pharmaceuticals and other enterprises.
Fortunes shifted regularly.
It seems unlikely that both he and his future wife were born on the same
day.
William married Letitia Dalton Lynn on 22 Dec 1870. Letitia (daughter of Joseph Lynn and Elizabeth Moore Gaines) was born on 14 Mar 1843 in Tennessee; died in 1881/1938. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Letitia Dalton Lynn was born on 14 Mar 1843 in Tennessee (daughter of Joseph Lynn and Elizabeth Moore Gaines); died in 1881/1938. Notes:
[Broderbund WFT Vol. 14, Ed. 1, Tree #3264]
Caroline Townsend: (NOT Leticia Lynn)
Born in Vermont,
Came to Tennessee as a Schoolteacher. She didn't get along with her
stepmother.
Although we don't believe either Townsend, MA or Lynn, MA is related to
us, the Townsend's landed in Lynn, MA.
Leticia Lynn:
Lynn from Virginia.
Had six children, all sons, three of whom died in infancy
May have come from Lund, Sweden, as part of the Viking invasion to
Northern Ireland. (probably apocryphal)
A Lynd, Presbyterian in Northern Ireland rebelled against the English
(early 19th century) when their property rights revokes, children declared
bastards. Was supposed to be deported to Australia, but got a deal to be
sold as an indentured servant (fixed period) to Virginia - already part
of the U.S. After working off his indentureship, he (name unknown) sent
for his family -- they settled in Tennessee. Name in Virginia changed to
Lynn, because no one could pronounce Lynd.
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
| 14. | John Strother Gaines was born on 28 Feb 1794 in Patrick County, VA (son of James Strother Gaines and Judith Easley); died on 31 Aug 1879 in Edens Ridge, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1860, Sullivan County, TN
John married Letitia Dalton Moore on 23 Jun 1814 in Edens Ridge, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN. Letitia was born on 23 May 1797 in Sullivan County, TN; died on 23 Dec 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 15. | Letitia Dalton Moore was born on 23 May 1797 in Sullivan County, TN; died on 23 Dec 1885. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1860, Sullivan County, TN
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