This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lynch Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3704 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, December 29, 1898 James Lynch perished in the Dixie mountains one day last week while hunting deer. The unfortunate man was found lying on his back in the snow with his arms folded peacefully on his breast, in which position he had succumbed to the decree of death. He was about 60 years of age and was overcome by fatigue and the intense cold prevailing in that region.