Saraphine Lynn

Brief Life History of Saraphine

When Saraphine Lynn was born on 26 January 1856, in Massac, Illinois, United States, her father, Pitts Lynn, was 34 and her mother, Mary Polly S Miles, was 35. She married Thomas Gilford Throgmorton on 5 October 1873, in Pope, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Jefferson Number 4 Precinct, Pope, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 1, Ballard, Kentucky, United States in 1910. She died on 31 October 1938, in Ballard, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Needmore, Ballard, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Gilford Throgmorton
1853–1935
Saraphine Lynn
1856–1938
Marriage: 5 October 1873
Arthur Throgmorton
1876–1888
John Oscar Throgmorton
1880–1966
Otis Thomas Throgmorton
1882–1971
Maude Throgmartin
1885–1959
James Sylvester Throgmorton
1887–1962
Wilford Spencer Throgmorton
1890–1979
Jesse Orville Thogmorton
1893–1992
Clarence Lynn Throgmorton
1896–1981
Mabel Jane Throgmorton
1900–1967

Sources (26)

  • Phine Throgmorton in household of Thomas Throgmorton, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Phine Lynn - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Sarah Phine Lynn
  • Sarah F Lyn, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

before 1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1877

Historical Boundaries - 1877: Ballard, Kentucky, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhloinn and Ó Fhloinn (see Flynn ).

Scottish: variant of Lyne 3.

English: habitational name from any of several places so called in Norfolk, in particular King's Lynn, an important center of the medieval wool trade. The placename is probably from an Old Welsh word cognate with Gaelic linn ‘pool, stream’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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