John Michael "Jack" Lynch was the son of Cornelius Lynch and Bridget Harris Lynch, immigrants from Ballyduff, Waterford, Ireland. Five months before his birth, his older brother Michael, just six years old, fell to his death off a cliff in Ishpeming, Michigan. Another brother, Timothy, was killed by a train in Butte, Montana in 1908. His brothers Dan, Will, Dick and Pat formed the Lynch Brothers Diamond Drilling Co. of Seattle and did the initial core drilling for virtually every dam in the Pacific Northwest, including the Grand Coulee. Jack also had a brother named Cornelius and two sisters, Mary and Bridget.
Jack was married to Josephine "Phenie" Bartlett and had one son, John Harris Lynch. Jack & Phenie operated a store in Loretto, Michigan before moving to Great Falls. Jack slipped into depression when a similar store failed in Montana. He worked for a time at the Great Northern Express Office before taking a job at a mine in Barker (now a ghost town).
On December 20, 1913, while staying in Great Falls' Keystone Hotel, Jack ended his life by swallowing carbolic acid, a common, but very painful form of suicide in the day.
Jack was married to Josephine "Phenie" Bartlett and had one son, John Harris Lynch. Jack & Phenie operated a store in Loretto, Michigan before moving to Great Falls. Jack slipped into depression when a similar store failed in Montana. He worked for a time at the Great Northern Express Office before taking a job at a mine in Barker (now a ghost town).
On December 20, 1913, while staying in Great Falls' Keystone Hotel, Jack ended his life by swallowing carbolic acid, a common, but very painful form of suicide in the day.
John Michael "Jack" Lynch was the son of Cornelius Lynch and Bridget Harris Lynch, immigrants from Ballyduff, Waterford, Ireland. Five months before his birth, his older brother Michael, just six years old, fell to his death off a cliff in Ishpeming, Michigan. Another brother, Timothy, was killed by a train in Butte, Montana in 1908. His brothers Dan, Will, Dick and Pat formed the Lynch Brothers Diamond Drilling Co. of Seattle and did the initial core drilling for virtually every dam in the Pacific Northwest, including the Grand Coulee. Jack also had a brother named Cornelius and two sisters, Mary and Bridget.
Jack was married to Josephine "Phenie" Bartlett and had one son, John Harris Lynch. Jack & Phenie operated a store in Loretto, Michigan before moving to Great Falls. Jack slipped into depression when a similar store failed in Montana. He worked for a time at the Great Northern Express Office before taking a job at a mine in Barker (now a ghost town).
On December 20, 1913, while staying in Great Falls' Keystone Hotel, Jack ended his life by swallowing carbolic acid, a common, but very painful form of suicide in the day.
Jack was married to Josephine "Phenie" Bartlett and had one son, John Harris Lynch. Jack & Phenie operated a store in Loretto, Michigan before moving to Great Falls. Jack slipped into depression when a similar store failed in Montana. He worked for a time at the Great Northern Express Office before taking a job at a mine in Barker (now a ghost town).
On December 20, 1913, while staying in Great Falls' Keystone Hotel, Jack ended his life by swallowing carbolic acid, a common, but very painful form of suicide in the day.
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