Brief Life History of William A.
When William A. Linn was born on 28 October 1814, in Monroe, Ohio, United States, his father, Joshua Thomas Linn, was 23 and his mother, Rachel Warford Hess, was 20. He married Malinda Brock in 1835, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Harrison Township, Wells, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 25 March 1862, in Wells, Indiana, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Bluffton, Harrison Township, Wells, Indiana, United States.
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- William Lynn, "United States Census, 1860"
- William M. Linn, "Find A Grave Index"
- William Lynn, "United States Census, 1850"
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1816
Indiana is the 19th state.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Lynn .
German: habitational name from a place called Linn, named with lin ‘swamp, bog, marsh’.
German: from an ancient Germanic personal name, Linto, formed with Old High German lind(i) ‘soft’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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