William
James
Linn
Born in Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Son of John Linn
and Eliza Jane Rouse
Brother of
Alexander Maclay Linn, Rachel Jane (Linn) Seilhammer, John Robinson Linn, Charles W. Linn, George W. Linn, Amos J. Linn, David A. Linn, Laura Belle (Linn) Potts, Samuel Riley Lynn and Isaac McKendree Linn
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 74
in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
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Biography
William James Linn, son of John and Eliza (Rouse) Linn, is found in the 1860 and 1870 census, at the ages of 4 and 14 respectively, living with his parents in Dublin Township of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. [1][2] He married Laura Prudence Yocum about 1876 and became the father of nine sons and four daughters.[3] ...
- Earl Roy Linn b. 27 Nov 1877
- Eva Leota Linn b. 15 Feb 1879
- John Orville Linn b. 3 Jan 1881
- Benjamin Oscar Linn b. 13 Sep 1882
- Samuel Alexander Linn b. 18 Mar 1884
- Della Jane Linn b. 23 Jan 1886
- Viola May Linn b. 26 Jan 1888
- Franklin Marvel Linn b. 3 Jan 1892
- Bertha Belle Linn b. 26 Sep 1894
- James Paul Linn b. 16 Jun 1896
- William Dewey Linn b. 5 Apr 1898
- Robert Ray Linn b. 25 Feb 1900
- Ralph Sylvester Linn b. 16 Mar 1902
Sources
- ↑ "US Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX5M-237 : 13 Dec 2017)
- ↑ "US Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZPC-MBG : 12 April 2016); citing p. 21, family 158, NARA microfilm publication M593; FHL microfilm 552,848
- ↑ https://archive.org/stream/ahistoryafragme00linngoog?ref=ol#page/n120/mode/1up/search/Rouse : Linn, Dr. George Wilds : "A History of a Fragment of the Clan Linn" (1905), p. 113
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