TOM LYNCH, Hornellsville, New York.
Prominent as a citizen and politician, Tom Lynch is also numbered among the best of the Erie's engineers. He was born in Mobile, South Carolina, on November 14, 1844, and left school at 17 to enter the service of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad in Virginia, working as a fireman for one year. In 1862 he secured a position on the Erie, firing on the old Western and Susquehanna Division for three years. In 1866 he was promoted to engineer, and has been running trains 95 and 96 for the past twenty-six years. He could have had other and better runs, but this allows him to be at home every night and Sunday, and that is a first consideration with him.

Mr. Lynch is a Democrat, was an Alderman for two years, and is a strong influence in the party locally. He was married in 1865 to Miss Julia Healey, and they have one daughter living. Mr. Lynch has been second engineer of Lodge 47, B. of L.E. He's a member of the Catholic Church, and a man of high impulse and good deeds.

Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition," H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.

From the September, 1916 issue of the Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Journal, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers:
Hornell, NY, July 22, 1916, Brother Thomas Lynch, member of Div. 641, died from heart trouble at age 73. He was admitted into the Brotherhood on Mar. 19, 1884. A $3,000 insurance policy from the Brotherhood was paid to Florence D. Lynch, daughter.