Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

George LYNN, manufacturer of boots and shoes, Lockport; was born in Leicestershire, Eng., in 
the early part of February, 1822; in 1832, he came with his family to America, his father 
settling first at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; in the fall of 1836, the family moved to Schuylkill 
Co., Penn., whither George followed in the spring of 1837; in the Fall of 1844, he returned 
to Poughkeepsie, and in the summer of 1852, came West and located in Lockport, where he has 
since lived. At the age of 14, he went to Pottsville, Penn., to learn the iron-molder's trade; 
followed it one year, when he met with an accident that disabled him from prosecuting the work 
further; he next engaged in boating for two or three summers and finally began the trade of 
shoemaking, though be never served an apprenticeship. He was married Dec. 28, 1843, to Ann 
ALLISON, a native of England; has eight children - Elizabeth A., Louisa F., Kate A., Emma L., 
Elmira E., William H., Loyd G. and George H. While Mr. LYNN is not a man of finished education, 
yet from a course of extensive reading and research he has accumulated a vast amount of 
valuable information, and writes many and very acceptable articles for the county papers.