Individual Details

Edward was listed as age 10 in 1860 but he had not appeared in the 1850 census. In 1870 he was age 19, so I feel sure he was born in 1851.

Edward is in the Flinn Cemetery in Morgan Co. A note online said that he had hung himself at the Oak Hill Home for the Insane.
Listed in the Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre 1916; online at the Illinois Archives
Flin, Edmund M. Died 10 Jun 1878 at Oak Lawn Retreat. He was 28 years, 1 month old. Morgan Co. His brother Hezekiah also died at the Hospital for the Insane at age 57.

Birth	1851	Illinois
Death	9 Jun 1878

Father	Zadock Wright Flynn (1795 - 1868)
Mother	Elizabeth Hill (1803 - 1889)
Sibling	Mary Jane Flynn (1824 - )
Sibling	Nancy Helen Flynn (1825 - 1841)
Sibling	Miriam Amanda Flynn (1827 - 1897)
Sibling	Elizabeth Marian Flynn (1831 - 1861)
Sibling	Almarinda F. Flynn (1833 - )
Sibling	Lavista Ann Flynn (1835 - )
Sibling	Hezekiah W. Flynn (1837 - 1894)
Sibling	Joseph Flynn (1838 - 1839)
Sibling	Franklin M. Flynn (1841 - 1901)
Sibling	Marietta F. Flynn (1845 - 1863)
Sibling	Quintilla H. Flynn (1847 - 1914)