Benjamin Lynds

Family

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1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 11 Oct 1893 (vol. 45 iss. 68), society/wedding column: "Another pretty wedding which will take place this evening is that of Miss Emma May Lynds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lynds of [Finney avenue], to Mr. Arthur S. Partridge of this city. The ceremony will take place at 6 o'clock this evening at the Second Baptist Church ..." Explicit daughter-of. Matches emma-lynds-partridge: (1) husband Arthur S. Partridge (arthur-s-partridge, St. Louis); (2) maiden name Lynds ("the former Emma Lynds", 1950 obit of Arthur S. Partridge); (3) St. Louis.

   St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 11 Oct 1893 (vol. 45 iss. 68), society/wedding column: "Another pretty wedding which will take place this evening is that of Miss Emma May Lynds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lynds of [Finney avenue], to Mr. Arthur S. Partridge of this city. The ceremony will take place at 6 o'clock this evening at the Second Baptist Church ..." Explicit daughter-of. Matches emma-lynds-partridge: (1) husband Arthur S. Partridge (arthur-s-partridge, St. Louis); (2) maiden name Lynds ("the former Emma Lynds", 1950 obit of Arthur S. Partridge); (3) St. Louis.

2. Missouri death certificate, St. Louis, file no. 34428 (MO State Archives image 1912_00034599): Benjamin Lynds, male, white, widower, born Nov. 26, 1832, Nova Scotia, Canada; building contractor; died Oct. 11, 1912, St. Louis (Deaconess Hospital), age 79 y 10 m 15 d; father "don't know" Lynds, b. Nova Scotia; mother "don't know", b. Nova Scotia; informant Mrs. Arthur S. Partridge; burial Bellefontaine, Oct. 13, 1912. Widower status matches wife Mary E. Lynds d. 1907; informant Mrs. Arthur S. Partridge = daughter Emma.

   Missouri death certificate, St. Louis, file no. 34428 (MO State Archives image 1912_00034599): Benjamin Lynds, male, white, widower, born Nov. 26, 1832, Nova Scotia, Canada; building contractor; died Oct. 11, 1912, St. Louis (Deaconess Hospital), age 79 y 10 m 15 d; father "don't know" Lynds, b. Nova Scotia; mother "don't know", b. Nova Scotia; informant Mrs. Arthur S. Partridge; burial Bellefontaine, Oct. 13, 1912. Widower status matches wife Mary E. Lynds d. 1907; informant Mrs. Arthur S. Partridge = daughter Emma.

3. The Eastern Star (Indianapolis), vol. 4, 1891, biography "BENJAMIN LYNDS, M. W. Grand Patron of the General Grand Chapter Order Eastern Star": "He was born some fifty-eight years ago in the city of Truro, Nova Scotia, his parents being natives of that province and descended directly from an English family. In young manhood Bro. Lynds ... settled in Boston, where he studied drawing and architecture, and acquired the trade of a builder ... drew him to Chicago when about twenty-four years of age ... came to St. Louis in 1860." Matches benjamin-lynds-bsb: (1) Most Worthy Grand Patron OES (1907 PD obit of wife Mary E.); (2) builder/contractor (1912 death cert); (3) b. ~1833 Nova Scotia (cert: 1832-11-26 Nova Scotia); (4) St. Louis. Parents not named.

   The Eastern Star (Indianapolis), vol. 4, 1891, biography "BENJAMIN LYNDS, M. W. Grand Patron of the General Grand Chapter Order Eastern Star": "He was born some fifty-eight years ago in the city of Truro, Nova Scotia, his parents being natives of that province and descended directly from an English family. In young manhood Bro. Lynds ... settled in Boston, where he studied drawing and architecture, and acquired the trade of a builder ... drew him to Chicago when about twenty-four years of age ... came to St. Louis in 1860." Matches benjamin-lynds-bsb: (1) Most Worthy Grand Patron OES (1907 PD obit of wife Mary E.); (2) builder/contractor (1912 death cert); (3) b. ~1833 Nova Scotia (cert: 1832-11-26 Nova Scotia); (4) St. Louis. Parents not named.

4. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 11 Oct 1893 (vol. 45 iss. 68), society/wedding column: "Another pretty wedding which will take place this evening is that of Miss Emma May Lynds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lynds of [Finney avenue], to Mr. Arthur S. Partridge of this city. The ceremony will take place at 6 o'clock this evening at the Second Baptist Church ..." Explicit daughter-of. Matches emma-lynds-partridge: (1) husband Arthur S. Partridge (arthur-s-partridge, St. Louis); (2) maiden name Lynds ("the former Emma Lynds", 1950 obit of Arthur S. Partridge); (3) St. Louis.

   St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 11 Oct 1893 (vol. 45 iss. 68), society/wedding column: "Another pretty wedding which will take place this evening is that of Miss Emma May Lynds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lynds of [Finney avenue], to Mr. Arthur S. Partridge of this city. The ceremony will take place at 6 o'clock this evening at the Second Baptist Church ..." Explicit daughter-of. Matches emma-lynds-partridge: (1) husband Arthur S. Partridge (arthur-s-partridge, St. Louis); (2) maiden name Lynds ("the former Emma Lynds", 1950 obit of Arthur S. Partridge); (3) St. Louis.

5. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 21 Jan 1907 (vol. 59 iss. 153), re-read 2026-10-12: news item "Woman Lodge Officer Dies. The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Lynds, wife of Benjamin Lynds, and most worthy grand matron of the Order of the Eastern Star ... Besides her husband, she left a son, [Ed]win M. Lynds, and a daughter, [Mrs.] Arthur S. Partridge." Death notice same issue: "LYNDS-Entered into rest eternal, Sunday, Jan. 20, 1907, at 2:20 a.m., Mary E. Lynds, aged 73 years, beloved wife of Benjamin Lynds, and mother of Edward M. Lynds and Mrs. Arthur S. Partridge." Match: (1) mother Mary E. Lynds and (2) father Benjamin Lynds (both locked), (3) sister Mrs. Arthur S. Partridge = emma-lynds-partridge (locked), St. Louis. News item OCR reads 'Edwin', death notice reads 'Edward'.

   St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 21 Jan 1907 (vol. 59 iss. 153): "Woman Lodge Officer Dies. The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Lynds, wife of Benjamin Lynds, and most worthy grand matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, will take place Tuesday afternoon from her home ... Services will be held in the Third Baptist Church, and the interment will be in Bellefontaine Cemetery ... Mrs. Lynds was 73 years old. She and her husband had been residents of St. Louis for 43 years. Besides her husband, she left a son, Edwin [Edward] M. Lynds, and a daughter, Mrs. Arthur S. Partridge." Death notice same issue: "LYNDS—Entered into rest eternal, Sunday, Jan. 20, 1907, at 2:20 a.m., Mary E. Lynds, aged 73 years, beloved wife of Benjamin Lynds, and mother of Edward M. Lynds and Mrs. Arthur S. Partridge." Explicit mother-of Mrs. Arthur S. Partridge (= Emma, wife of arthur-s-partridge); Bellefontaine burial matches Emma's and Arthur's Bellefontaine burials.

6. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 21 Jan 1907 (vol. 59 iss. 153), re-read 2026-10-12: news item "Woman Lodge Officer Dies. The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Lynds, wife of Benjamin Lynds, and most worthy grand matron of the Order of the Eastern Star ... Besides her husband, she left a son, [Ed]win M. Lynds, and a daughter, [Mrs.] Arthur S. Partridge." Death notice same issue: "LYNDS-Entered into rest eternal, Sunday, Jan. 20, 1907, at 2:20 a.m., Mary E. Lynds, aged 73 years, beloved wife of Benjamin Lynds, and mother of Edward M. Lynds and Mrs. Arthur S. Partridge." Match: (1) mother Mary E. Lynds and (2) father Benjamin Lynds (both locked), (3) sister Mrs. Arthur S. Partridge = emma-lynds-partridge (locked), St. Louis. News item OCR reads 'Edwin', death notice reads 'Edward'.

   St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 21 Jan 1907 (vol. 59 iss. 153), re-read 2026-10-12: news item "Woman Lodge Officer Dies. The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Lynds, wife of Benjamin Lynds, and most worthy grand matron of the Order of the Eastern Star ... Besides her husband, she left a son, [Ed]win M. Lynds, and a daughter, [Mrs.] Arthur S. Partridge." Death notice same issue: "LYNDS-Entered into rest eternal, Sunday, Jan. 20, 1907, at 2:20 a.m., Mary E. Lynds, aged 73 years, beloved wife of Benjamin Lynds, and mother of Edward M. Lynds and Mrs. Arthur S. Partridge." Match: (1) mother Mary E. Lynds and (2) father Benjamin Lynds (both locked), (3) sister Mrs. Arthur S. Partridge = emma-lynds-partridge (locked), St. Louis. News item OCR reads 'Edwin', death notice reads 'Edward'.