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Kit Carson County Pioneers:

Edgar A. and Cora (Lynn), 7 South 51 West



Edgar claimed a quarter in section 7, 7S 51W in 1914.


EDGAR'S FAMILY

In 1860 Hillsboro, Bad Ax County, Wisconsin, Doncarlas "Bary" is 47, Eliza 46, John 22, Ellen 16, Agnus and Alice both 12, Edagar and Edwin both 6.


In 1870 Wonewoc, Juneau County, Wisconsin, Dan C. "Burry" is 58, "Elija" 55, with Edgar A. and Edwin H., both 17.

In 1880 O'Brien County, Iowa, Don C. is 67, Eliza 69, and Edgar 26.


CORA'S FAMILY

In 1875 Onondaga County, Isaac Lynn is 58, Mary E. 46, Jessa D. 15, Ida J. 10, and Cora A. 7.


Cora was in Onondaga County, New York in 1880, 13, with widowed mother Mary Lynn 54, siblings Henry C. 24, Jesse D. 20, and Ida 14.

Ida Lynn, 19, born in Onondago County to Isaac Lynn and Mary Cornell, married Milton MacCaber on Nov 1, 1883 in Cherokee County, Iowa.
Ida Jane Maccabee 68, died June 8, 1934 in Clay County, Iowa.
She's buried in TriMello Cemetery # 44935650.
So is Milton Maccabee 1862-1942 # 44935680.

Her grandparents could be buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Onondaga County
" Cornell, Henry – 1813 – 1895
Cornell, Jane Elliott (wo Henry) – 1818 – 1910
Cornell, Loren – 1847 – 1852"

CORA AND EDGAR

Edgar A. Barry, son of Don C. Barry and Eliza Spoor, married Cora A. Lynn, , daughter of Isaac Lynn and Mary E. Carroll, on January 1, 1884 in O'Brien County, Iowa.

In 1900 Clay County, Iowa, Edgar is a retired farmber, born Oct 1853 in Wisconsin, with Cora A. May 1867 New York - She ahs nothad any children.

In 1910 Spokane, Washington, Edgar is a carpenter, 51, with Clara 41 and his mother-in-law Mary E. Evans 65, widowed born in New York. Cora's mother Mary Lynn was 54 in 1880, so she would have been 84 in 1910.


Edgar claimed a quarter in section 7, 7S 51W in 1914.


Cora, age 50, daughter of Isaac and Mary Lynn, died in Spokane on August 2, 1916.
She's buried in Oakesdale, Whitman County, Washington 1867-1916 # 115888551.

Edgar is widowed in 1930 Lyon County, Minnesota, uncle of Leonora M. Tracy 49 and her son Donald E. Tracy 24.
(Leonora M. Barry and George D. Tracy had a son Addison B. Tracy in 1902 in Clay County Iowa. She was the daughter of Edwin Barry)

He's living in Des Moines, Iowa in 1940, 86, widowed, living with John G. 66 and Edith Cook 54, both born in Iowa. Their son Robert J. Cook 26 and his wife Catherine 19 were also born in Iowa.

John G. Cook and Edith L. Jordan married in Kit Carson County on November 9, 1910.
Edith's father James Jordan had lived near Edgar in Kit Carson County.

Edgar 1853-1944 is buried in Clay County # 75307861.


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