Charles W. Lynde
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Charles W. Lynde (1790 in Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts – 1860 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
[edit]He was the son of John Lynde (1745–1817) and Sarah (Warner) Lynde (1753–1829). He removed to Sherburne, Chenango County, New York, and was there in business with his brother Tilly Lynde for some time. He married Cynthia Thompson, a daughter of Judge Joel Thompson (1760–1843), and later they removed to Homer, Cortland County.
Lynde was Surrogate of Cortland County from 1828 to 1832.
He was an Anti-Masonic member of the New York State Senate (6th D.) from 1831 to 1834, sitting in the 54th, 55th, 56th and 57th New York State Legislatures.
In 1838, he removed to Brooklyn and practiced law there.
Congressman William Pitt Lynde (1817–1885) was his nephew.
Sources
[edit]- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 128ff, 143 and 413; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- Charles Rollin Lynde, his son's obit in NYT on July 28, 1894
- Sherburne Cennial Celebration transcribed at RootsWeb
- Lynde genealogy at RootsWeb
- 1790 births
- 1860 deaths
- People from Brookfield, Massachusetts
- People from Sherburne, New York
- People from Cortland County, New York
- Politicians from Brooklyn
- New York (state) state senators
- Anti-Masonic Party politicians from New York (state)
- 19th-century American legislators
- New York (state) state court judges
- 19th-century American judges
- 19th-century New York (state) politicians