Lynch, P. I.

P. I. LYNCH, Manager and Treasurer of Corry City Iron Works, was born in Greenock, Scotland, August 15, 1845; was reared there, and educated at the high schools. He is a son of Peter and Ann (McCormick) Lynch; the former, a cutler, died while our subject was an infant. P. I. Lynch is a boiler-maker and iron-ship builder by trade, commencing at fifteen years of age. In 1847, he came to New York City, working there and in Hoboken. From there he moved to Titusville and to the oil regions; thence, in 1876, to Butler County. Here he engaged in boiler-making with his brother for two years; then for himself until 1880, in which year he came to Corry, where for one year he was a member of the firm of Lynch & Gilbert; then one year as P. I. Lynch, and subsequently in the Corry City Iron Works. This latter enterprise employs from fifty to seventy-five men. Mr. Lynch was also engaged in the boiler department of Washington navy-yard in 1874—75. Our subject married, in Syracuse, N.Y., Margaret Dunn, born in Syracuse in 1851, daughter of Patrick and Bridget Dunn. By this union three children have been born— Morgan Peter, Francis Patrick and Charles Henry. Mr. Lynch and his family are members of the Roman Catholic Church. He is a member of the C.M.B.A.