Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

WILLIAM P. LYNN was born in Sangamon County, Ill., Feb. l7, 
1835, to William and Sarah Lynn.  He remained with his 
parents until he was twenty-two years old, attending the 
common schools of Cass County, and assisting in tilling the 
soil of his father's farm.  At the age of twenty-two years, 
he left home, and commenced farming on his own account, 
upon a farm he rented of his father, who left him at his 
death, ninety-three acres of land.  He has added to this, 
until he is now the owner of 166 acres.   On Feb. 25, 1858, 
he married, in Cass County, Nancy Clark, a native of Ross 
County, Ohio.  She died on Feb. 3, 1879, leaving four 
children, viz.: William, Curtis, Olletha, Robert, and 
Perry.  On April 25, 1882, be married Maria Worthington, a 
native of Ohio, near Chillicothe.  He is an active member 
of the A.F. & A.M., at Chandlerville.  Politically, he is a 
Republican.

Lynn Clark Worthington
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Sangamon-IL Ross-OH