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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
of
Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania
Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens of the Counties,
Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the
Presidents of the United States.
Published Chicago:
Chapman Publishing Co.
1894.
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MILTON B. LYNN
is the largest and most successful contact painter in Bethlehem,
having occupied this field for twenty-four years. He makes
a specialty of decorative work and hardwood finishing, taking
contracts for the finest private and public houses. Mr.
Lynn was born in Saucon Township, Schriemersville,
Northampton County, Jan. 1, 1851. For several generations
the Lynn family were farmers in that district, his
father, John W., and his grandfather, John,
passing their lives on the farm in South Saucon Township.
The father was a fine carpenter and engaged in contracting and
building in the Lehigh Valley. In 1864 he became a
resident of Bethlehem, working at his trade until over eighty
years of age. He is still living, though in his ninetieth
year, being still interested in the Reformed Church and the
Democratic party, which he has always supported. His wife,
formerly Matilda Bachman, was also a native of Saucon, being a
daughter of Solomon Bachman, as agriculturist of that
township. Her death occurred in 1887, when she had
attained the age of eighty-one years.
Milton B. Lynn is the youngest of eight
children, six of whom are living. One of his brothers,
Elias B., who resides at Wilkes Barre, was a member of a
Pennsylvania Regiment and was wounded while in the service.
Our subject was reared in Schriemersville, in his boyhood
attending the common schools. At the age of fourteen he
entered the employ of a woolen manufacture, where he remained
until nineteen years of age, thence coming to Bethlehem.
The date of his arrival in this city was 1870, and for three
years thereafter he served an apprenticeship as a painter with
John F. Walp. On the expiration of that time he
still continued with his employer, with whom he remained until
1882, when he decided to engage in business for himself.
For two years he was in partnership with his brother-in-law,
Joseph H. Moyer. The partnership was then dissolved
and Mr. Lynn located where he now is, No. 130 Broad
Street, and having built up a large trade, afforded steady
employment to from sixteen to twenty-four men during the season.
Many of the elegant residences and public buildings of this city
show evidence of his skill as a decorator and interior finisher,
and among these are Christ Reformed Church, the Eagle Hotel, the
Wiley Building and the homes of Mrs. Meyers, Mrs. Weiss,
and Dr. J. P. Scholl.
In this city, in 1876, Milton Lyon
and Miss Clementine Missimer were united in marriage.
The lady was born in Quakertown, Bucks County, and by her
marriage has become the mother of two children, Eva M.
and Irene M. The pleasant home of the family is
located at No. 120 North High Street. Mr. Lynn is a
member of Christ Reformed Church, in which he has been an active
worker, and fraternally he belongs to the Royal Arcanum. A
Democrat in politics he is nevertheless not a politician and
prefers to devote his time to his business interests rather than
to serve in official capacities.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Lehigh,
Northampton and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania - Publ. Chicago:
Chapman Publishing Co. - 1894 - Page 673 |
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