When Lawrence Tracy Linkous was born in 1931, his father, John Lacy Linkous, was 21 and his mother, Fanny Sue Graham, was 23. He married Thelma Louise Hight on 22 December 1951, in Radford, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 24 July 1965, at the age of 34, and was buried in Montgomery, Montgomery, Virginia, United States.
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Americanized form of German Linkhorst, unexplained. This surname is most common in VA.
History: The American family of this name is descended from Henry Linkous (alias Johannes Heinricus Linckorst), who came from Germany to North America in 1776 as a Hessian mercenary fighting for the British in the Revolutionary War. He settled in Blacksburg, VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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