Nancy (Gant) Linn (1809 - 1904)

Born 9 Mar 1809 in Indiana [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 4 May 1904 at age 95 in Columbus, Adams County, Illinois

Biography

The Quincy Daily Journal (Quincy, Illinois), Thursday, May 5, 1904 (Page 7)

CAMP POINT'S OLDEST RESIDENT IS DEAD

CAMP POINT, Ill., May 5.—Mrs. Nancy Linn, aged 95, a pioneer of the county, died yesterday at her home here of old age. Deceased was born in Indiana, March 9, 1809, and had lived there until 1839, when the family moved to Illinois, settling in Columbus, in 1842. September 9, 1828, she was married to John Linn, who died Nov. 17, 1880, and in 1884, Mrs. Linn moved to Camp Point, and lived with her niece, Mrs. Mary Leech. Eight children survive her, and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren number 121.

Nancy (Gant) Linn is enumerated in the 1850 census with her husband and ten eldest children, as follows ...

1850 Census, Town of Columbus, Adams Co., IL, p. 53, 30 Sep

John Linn, age 46, b. in PA, Carpenter

Nancy Linn, age 42, b. in SC

William Linn, age 21, b. in IN, Carpenter

Abigail Linn, age 18, b. in IN

George Linn, age 16, b. in IN, Farmer

Daniel Linn, age 15, b. in IN

Amos Linn, age 13, b. in IN

John Linn, age 11, b. in IN

Albert Linn, age 10, b. in IN

Mary Linn, age 6, b. in IL

Flora A. Linn, age 4, b. in IL

Charles W. Linn, age 7/12, b. in IL^[1]

Nancy lived to the age of 95; died on 4 May 1904 in Cass County, Illinois; and was buried in Columbus Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census, Town of Columbus, Adams Co., IL, p. 53, 30 Sep

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14532929/nancy-linn : accessed 01 January 2022), memorial page for Nancy Gant Linn (9 Mar 1809–4 May 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14532929, citing Columbus Cemetery, Columbus Township, Adams County, Illinois, USA.