Ann Erwin Widney (1785 - 1865)

Born 22 Dec 1785 in Concord, Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Hugh Linn II — married 1808 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 25 Apr 1865 at age 79 in Concord, Franklin County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Ann Erwin Widney was the grandmother of Dr. George Wilds Linn, who authored the 1905 account of the Linn and Widney families. She was also a daughter of James Widney, brother of Sarah (Linn) Widney.

Ann was born the years after her parents emigrated from Ireland. Born and raised in the village of Concord, she married her cousin Hugh Linn II. The couple raised a family of ten children, including Dr. Alexander Erwin Linn. They lived out their days in the village of Concord, which Ann's father had helped to found, and were buried in the Concord Union Cemetery. Ann's gravestone is still legible and is inscribed, "Ann, Wife of Hugh Linn Died April 25th 1865 in the 80th Year of Her Age".

Sources

• "History of a Fragment of the Clan Linn", Dr. George Wilds Linn (1905), pp. 97, 125-132, 151-173.
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66534831 : Findagrave Memorial #66534831