William A. Linn

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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Family Time Line

William A. Linn
1814–1862
Malinda Brock
1817–1892
Marriage: 1835
Rachel Ann Linn
1836–
Elizabeth Nancy Linn
1840–1870
Joshua H. Linn
1843–1870
Matilda Jane Linn
1846–1910
Isaac Brock Linn
1847–1878
Sarah Melissa Catherine Linn
1854–
Louisa M. Linn
1856–1860
William A. Linn
1861–1871

Sources (3)

  • William Lynn, "United States Census, 1860"
  • William M. Linn, "Find A Grave Index"
  • William Lynn, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

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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