Hoar, Lynch, O'Connor/Connor, Colson, Anderson, Johnson, Himert, Campbell In summary, (Mary) Ellen Lynch of Ireland first married James/Patrick O'Connor who died in Peru, Illinois. They had three children, the last of which was born in the same month she married the widowed James Hoar of Ireland who had a son of his own, an epileptic. Together they had a son and a daughter. The daughter, Ellen, married George Emil Colson, son of Augustus Colson and Christine Anderson/Johnson from Sweden. The Himert and Campbell connections come through the descendants James Connor, son of Ellen Lynch and her first husband. -kathleen