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Talk:Peter Olson

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*According to Dean, grandchildren moved to Richvale, California:
:Frank Olson and his wife, Ruth
::Donald, who was a World War II casualty in the early 1940's
:Louise (Olson) Warren and her husband Amon Warren
::Kathryn, Betty & Lois
:Hattie (Olson) Shlusser (sp.) and her husband, Elmer Shlusser.
::Louise; Art
:all members of Evangelical Free Church there in Richvale

*See book: Richvale : a legacy of courage, dedication, and perseverance / Richvale Writing Group with Teresa Ward

* Chico cemetery confirms:
:Lena: 9/29/1854 - 2/20/1936
:John: 4/12/1858 - 10/20/1928
:They were buried at Brusie Funeral (530-342-5642) which may have an obituary.
::called, they may have the records, but it would be some work to find them, I didn't push

Talk:Peter Olson

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Talk:Peter Olson

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FamilyTree:Community portal

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== Administrative To-Do ==

# Decide on on how marriage end dates should appear & revise those documented in other ways ([[Template talk:Marriage]])
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# Wiki bug: [http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/images/5/5c/George_Wilds_Linn.jpeg File] uploaded but [http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=File:George_Wilds_Linn.jpeg page] is empty...
# Wiki bug: [[Hugh Linn (1753)]]. <nowiki>{{Reflist}}</nowiki> doesn't display when using the googlemaps plugin?
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== New Feature Ideas ==

# Categories for place names (see people related to cities, states, countries) (e.g., [http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Category:Path_Valley,_Franklin_County,_Pennsylvania Category:Path_Valley,_Franklin_County,_Pennsylvania])
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== Things to Look Up at NYPL Next Time ==

# Can you find [[Mary Sarah Burnett]]'s relatives in census of Ohio Territory or NY or NJ around 1790-1810?
# Trace [[Matilda Swan Peterson]]'s relatives. Swan Peterson, and not Carl J. Peterson?
# Trace [[August J. Vaughn]]'s parents and relatives. What else can you find on John G Johnson?
# Is [[Peter Olson]] (1828-1909) the father of John Olson (1854-1936)? If Peter is really John's father, Peter would have immigrated with two sons, Eric and Peter, between 1858 and 1892.

Barbara Ruth Linn

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{{Infobox person
| name = Barbara Ruth Linn
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1950|3|28}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=linn&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=46890156&df=all&</ref>
| birth_place = [[Shelby, Iowa]], USA (?)
| death_date = {{dda|1950|11|16|1950|3|28}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=linn&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=46890156&df=all&</ref>
| resting_place = [[Shelby Township Cemetery]], Iowa<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=linn&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=46890156&df=all&</ref>
| spouse =
| children =
| parents = [[Leslie Leonard Linn]], [[Grace Kathryn Hoppe]]
| relatives = [[Patricia Kay Linn]] (sister) [[Dennis Leslie Linn]] (brother) [[Jill Marie Linn]] (sister) [[Phyllis Ann Linn]] (sister) [[Lora Lee Linn]] (sister)
}}

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

Barbary Ruth Linn

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Leslie Leonard Linn

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{{Infobox person
| image = Les linn.JPG
| name = Leslie Leonard Linn
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1913|8|26}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=linn&GSiman=1&GScid=431918&GRid=46890290&</ref>
| birth_place = [[Shelby, Iowa]], USA
| death_date = {{dda|2002|10|29|1913|8|26}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=linn&GSiman=1&GScid=431918&GRid=46890290&</ref>
| death_place = [[Omaha, Nebraska]], USA<ref>http://iagenweb.org/shelby/obit/obituary_04-02.htm</ref>
| resting_place = [[Shelby, Iowa Cemetery]]<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=linn&GSiman=1&GScid=431918&GRid=46890290&</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Grace Kathryn Hoppe]]|August 30, 1947|October 29, 2002}}
| children = [[Patricia Kay Linn]] [[Barbara Ruth Linn]] [[Dennis Leslie Linn]] [[Jill Marie Linn]] [[Phyllis Ann Linn]] [[Lora Lee Linn]]
| parents = [[Franklin Bryce Linn]] [[Hannah Elizabeth Walker]]
| relatives = [[Harry Deforest Linn]] (Brother) [[Dwight Russel Linn]] (Brother) [[Lily Gladys Linn]] (Sister) [[Laura Lavina Linn]] (Sister) [[Hugh Alva Linn]] (Brother) [[Jacob Bryce Linn]] (Brother) [[Mary Fern Linn]] (Sister) [[Franklin John Linn]] (Brother) [[Samuel Dale Linn]] (Brother) [[Everette Edward Linn]] (Brother)
}}

==[[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]] Entry==

<blockquote>Leslie Leonard Linn was born at Shelby, Iowa on 26 August 1913. Les lived on the home farm and farmed in partnership with his father until Franklin's death in 1946. Les married Grace Kathryn Hoppe on 30 August 1947 in Cushing, Iowa. Grace taught country school before their marriage. Les eventually bought the farm and lived there until retirement. The farm was sold in 1991 and Les and Grace moved into Shelby. They had six children.</blockquote>

==Photos==

{| style="text-align: center;"
| [[Image:Les and grace linn wedding.JPG|150px]]
|-
| Les and Grace's wedding photo
|}

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

Grace Kathryn Hoppe

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{{Infobox person
| image = Grace Kathryn Hoppe.jpg
| name = Grace Kathryn Hoppe
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1921|3|6}}
| birth_place = [[Correctionville, Iowa]], USA (?)
| death_date = {{dda|2009|8|17|1921|3|6}}
| death_place = [[Iowa Falls, Iowa]], USA
| resting_place = [[Shelby Township Cemetery]], Shelby, Iowa, USA
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Leslie Leonard Linn]]|August 30, 1947|October 29, 2002}}
| children = [[Patricia Kay Linn]] [[Barbara Ruth Linn]] [[Dennis Leslie Linn]] [[Jill Marie Linn]] [[Phyllis Ann Linn]] [[Lora Lee Linn]]
| parents = [[Fred Wilhelm Hoppe]] [[Bertha Sophia Volkert]]
| relatives = [[Margaret Baker]] (sister) [[Frank Hoppe]] (brother) [[Carol Buley]](sister)
}}

==Obituary==
<blockquote>Grace Kathryn Linn was born on March 6, 1921, to Fred and Bertha (Volkert) Hoppe in Corrrectionville, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Cushing. Grace graduated from Correctionville High School with the Class of 1938. She received her teaching certificate and returned to teach school at a country school in Correctionville, Iowa.

On August 30, 1947, Grace was united in marriage to Leslie Linn at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Cushing, Iowa. Six children were born to this union: Patricia, Barbara, Dennis, Jill, Phyllis, and Lora.

Grace was an excellent seamstress and baker. She was known for her cinnamon rolls and brownies and for making Christmas time special to shut-ins by delivering her baked goods to them. Her friends were special to her, whether they were church friends, knitting group, or someone she had helped. Grace kept up to date with current events but always had time to play with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She liked to tell jokes and to be teased. She was a great babysitter and was always there for others.

Grace was admitted to the Scenic Manor nursing home in November of 2007, and it was there that she died on August, 17, 2009, having attained the age of eighty-eight years, five months, and eleven days.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her infant daughter Barbara, and her sister Margaret.

Grace is survived by her children: Patricia and her husband Larry Phipps of Iowa Falls, Iowa, Dennis Linn and his wife Regina of Pella, Iowa, Jill Lindstrom of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Phyllis Baldwin of Loveland, Colorado, and Lora Dosen of Omaha, Nebraska; ten grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; her sister Carol and her husband LaVerne Buley of Council Bluffs, Iowa, brother Frank Hoppe and his wife Connie of Kingsley, Iowa; other family members and friends.

Pastor Duane Anunson officiated the 10:30 AM funeral service on Thursday, August 20, 2009, at the United Lutheran Church in Shelby, Iowa. Serving as casket bearers were Jenny Lindstrom, Travis Bingham, Jim Lindstrom, Sophia Bingham, Eric Lindstrom, Angela Herter, Heather Phipps, Nash Baldwin, Amber Reese, Brittany Dosen, Jason Herter, Hannah Linn, Chris Phipps, Adam Dosen, Bobby Reese, and Jesse Linn. Interment was held at the Shelby Cemetery in Shelby, Iowa.<ref>http://www.pauleyjones.com/ObituaryPages/L.htm</ref></blockquote>

==Photos==

{| style="text-align: center;"
| [[Image:Les and grace linn wedding.JPG|150px]]
|-
| Les and Grace's wedding photo
|}

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

Thomas Alvin Linn

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{{Infobox person
| image = IMAG0253.jpg
| name = Thomas ("Tom") Alvin Linn
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1944|12|30}}<ref>[[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]], p564</ref>
| birth_place = Gilmore City, Iowa, USA
| death_date = {{dda|2006|4|30|1944|12|30}}
| death_place = Gilmore City, Iowa, USA
| resting_place = [[Shelby Township Cemetery]], Shelby, Iowa, USA
| residence =
| spouse = [[Mary Louise Harrington]], divorced c. 1974
| children = [[Adam Edmund Linn]]
| parents = [[Hugh Alva Linn]] [[Edith Lucille Nelson]]
| relatives = [[Hugh Roy Linn]] (brother) [[Harry Lee Linn]] (brother) [[Bruce Lee Linn]] (brother) [[Richard Dale Linn]] (brother)
}}

After returning from his service in the Army, Tom's older brother [[Harry Lee Linn|Harry]] helped Tom get a teaching position at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_McCallie_School The McCallie School], a boys' boarding school outside Chattanooga, Tennessee. After a short time, Tom moved with his wife for New Orleans. Shortly thereafter, Tom and his wife moved to San Francisco to stay near Tom's other brother, [[Hugh Roy Linn|Hugh]]. Tom and Mary Louise had Adam in San Francisco. Thereafter, Tom moved back, alone, to his hometown, Gilmore City, to live out his remaining years with his mother, and acquired a goose.

Tom was a photographer, and was employed for a summer as the Artist in Residence of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa. In half honor, half jest, Tom's brothers had his tombstone inscribed: "ARTIST IN RESIDENCE."

==[[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]] Entry==
<blockquote>Thomas Alvin Linn was born on 30 December 1944. He earned a degree in English from the University of Northern Iowa. He was an English teacher and wrestling coach near Chaattanooga, Tennesee. Tom was in the U.S. Army for four years; he was a specialist first class stationed in Germany. Tom married Mary Louise Harrington in Basil, Switzerland while he was stationed in Germany. They had one son.<ref>[[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]], p564</ref></blockquote>

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

Thomas Alvin Linn

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{{Infobox person
| image = IMAG0253.jpg
| name = Thomas ("Tom") Alvin Linn
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1944|12|30}}<ref>[[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]], p564</ref>
| birth_place = Gilmore City, Iowa, USA
| death_date = {{dda|2006|4|30|1944|12|30}}
| death_place = Gilmore City, Iowa, USA
| resting_place = [[Shelby Township Cemetery]], Shelby, Iowa, USA
| residence =
| spouse = [[Mary Louise Harrington]], divorced c. 1975
| children = [[Adam Edmund Linn]]
| parents = [[Hugh Alva Linn]] [[Edith Lucille Nelson]]
| relatives = [[Hugh Roy Linn]] (brother) [[Harry Lee Linn]] (brother) [[Bruce Lee Linn]] (brother) [[Richard Dale Linn]] (brother)
}}

After returning from his service in the Army, Tom's older brother [[Harry Lee Linn|Harry]] helped Tom get a teaching position at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_McCallie_School The McCallie School], a boys' boarding school outside Chattanooga, Tennessee. After a short time, Tom moved with his wife for New Orleans. Shortly thereafter, Tom and his wife moved to San Francisco to stay near Tom's other brother, [[Hugh Roy Linn|Hugh]]. Tom and Mary Louise had Adam in San Francisco. Thereafter, Tom moved back, alone, to his hometown, Gilmore City, to live out his remaining years with his mother, and acquired a goose.

Tom was a photographer, and was employed for a summer as the Artist in Residence of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa. In half honor, half jest, Tom's brothers had his tombstone inscribed: "ARTIST IN RESIDENCE."

==[[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]] Entry==
<blockquote>Thomas Alvin Linn was born on 30 December 1944. He earned a degree in English from the University of Northern Iowa. He was an English teacher and wrestling coach near Chaattanooga, Tennesee. Tom was in the U.S. Army for four years; he was a specialist first class stationed in Germany. Tom married Mary Louise Harrington in Basil, Switzerland while he was stationed in Germany. They had one son.<ref>[[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]], p564</ref></blockquote>

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

Franklin Bryce Linn

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{{Infobox person
| name = Franklin Bryce Linn
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1873|7|16}}
| birth_place = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]], USA
| death_date = 1946
| resting_place = [[Shelby Township Cemetery]]<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=186750</ref>, Shelby, Iowa, USA
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Hannah Elizabeth Walker]]|December 7, 1898}}
| children = [[Harry Deforest Linn]] [[Dwight Russel Linn]] [[Lily Gladys Linn]] [[Laura Lavina Linn]] [[Hugh Alva Linn]] [[Jacob Bryce Linn]] [[Mary Fern Linn]] [[Franklin John Linn]] [[Leslie Leonard Linn]] [[Samuel Dale Linn]] [[Everette Edward Linn]]
| parents = [[Jacob Booher Linn]] [[Hester Ann Chilcoat]]
| relatives = [[Ambrose Burnside Linn]] (brother) [[McKendree Linn]] (brother) [[Monroe Linn]] (brother) [[Anna Laura Linn]] (sister) [[Walter McKnight Linn]] (brother) [[Willie Linn]] (brother) [[Hugh Harrison Linn]] (brother)
}}

==Reference in [[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]]==
<blockquote>
Franklin Bryce Linn (h776), son of Jacob B. Linn and Hester Chilcoat, was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania on 16 July 1873. When Frank was less than one year of age his father, Jacob Linn, moved his family to a one hundred twenty acre farm northwest of Shelby, Iowa. This farm, purchased for fifteen dollars per acre, remained in the Linn family for nearly one hundred twenty years, selling in 1991, then a full quarter section, for fifteen hundred dollars per acre! 

In 1881, Jacob Linn and several of his sons homesteaded land in Hand County, South Dakota. Much shuttling back and forth between Iowa and South Dakota took place during the 1880's and early 90's. Frank eventually became operator of the Shelby farm, while his brothers: Ambrose, Kenny, and Roy became permanent residents of South Dakota. Frank had also taken a homestead in South Dakota, which he held until April 1906, selling the quarter section for a profit of eleven hundred fifty dollars! Frank married Hannah Elizabeth (Libbie) Walker on 7 December 1898. Libbie Walker was born on 10 January 1875. She was the granddaughter of Samuel Walker and Elizabeth Stover Walker, early settlers of Johnson County, Iowa. 

In the early days Frank took several trips across the prairie from Shelby to western South Dakota in a covered wagon. These trips made an indelible impression upon him. He clearly remembered the wagon trails; late in his life when he returned by automobile over modern, improved roads he could still point out places of interest and identify old wagon trails as he crossed them. 

One of his special interests in life was the collection of rocks and fossils which he accumulated over the years. The rocks, along with his collection of Indian relics and artifacts, made a display which filled three large glass display cases in the living room! He was a firm believer in education, encouraging everyone to become as educated as possible. Each year Frank invited a Shelby High School class to his home to discuss the origin of his relics and led discussions on rock formations, Indian history, and the winning of the west. As a young man he was a public school teacher, and he later served many years as a director of the local country school. After consolidation of the Shelby School District, Frank was a member of the school board; he was board president when the present school building was erected. Frank was also instrumental in the construction of the Methodist church which still stands in Shelby. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church and the Republican Party. 

One day Frank drove his horses to Shelby and left them standing on Main Street while he attended to his business. When Frank returned to the street a few moments later, the team was no place to be seen! Immediately Frank and several friends began to search frantically for the lost team and wagon. They were soon found placidly standing in front of the Methodist Church several blocks away; the horses were so accustomed to being driven to the church that they automatically went there without being so ordered. And no wonder; he was active in church events. At various times he was superintendent of the Shelby Sunday School, Sunday School teacher, steward, and a long-time member of the official board. 

Frank especially enjoyed growing things. Many plants and tress still thriving in the [[Shelby Township Cemetery|Shelby cemetery]] and Methodist Church grounds were planted by Frank Linn. He was a director of the Shelby Cemetery for many years. He built a small pond at the cemetery, using many rocks and minerals from his own collection. The colorful display still draws interest after seventy-five years in existence. Frank died at age seventy-two, while still very active in family and community affairs. Frank and Elizabeth had eleven children.
</blockquote>

== 1915 Biography of Frank<ref>http://iagenweb.org/shelby/1915bio/1915bio15.htm</ref> ==
A worthy citizen of Shelby county, Iowa, is Franklin B. Linn, who has met with definite success in his agricultural career. He came to this county forty years ago, when he was a babe in arms, and consequently has been identified with the history of the county for a long time. He is a man of splendid education and is a wide reader of everything which pertains to his own chosen profession, and thus keeps in close touch with the latest advances in agriculture. He is a man who is deeply interested in the welfare of his community, and by his upright conduct and correct principles of life he has endeared himself to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

Franklin B. Linn, the son of Jacob B. and Hester Ann (Chilcoat) Linn, was born, in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, July i6, 1873. His father was born in the same county on March 16, 1839, and his mother was born on December 15, 1835, and was a native also of Huntington county. They were married on October 7, 1864, immediately after his father's return from the Civil War. Jacob B. Linn was attending school in his home county when the war broke out in 1861. Jacob B. Linn enlisted on April 23, 1861, in response to President Lincoln's call for fifty thousand volunteers, in Company F, Eighth Pennsylvania Reserve. He served for three years. He fought at Gainesville and in the Seven Days' Peninsular Cam paign battles, was taken prisoner June 27, 1861, and was sent to Libby prison. He spent sixty days here and at Belle Isle, experiencing all the horrors of these terrible prisons. After his exchange he was unfit for duty and. was sent to the United States Hospital in New jersey, but escaped from the hospital and joined his regiment at Sharpsburg, Maryland. Other battles participated in by Mr. Linn were Sharpsburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Battle of the Wilderness, and Seven Days' Battle before Richmond.

He returned to his father's farm in Huntington County, Pennsylvania, married and lived in his native county until 1874, in which year he came to Shelby county, Iowa, and bought one hundred and twenty acres of unimproved land in Shelby township. His first home was a rude cabin, fourteen by sixteen feet, and a barn of still smaller dimensions. That he succeeded is shown by the fact that when he died, in 1893, he was the owner of seven hundred and sixty acres of well-improved land in Shelby county and South Dakota. There were eight children born to Jacob B. Linn and wife, Ambrose B., Kenny, Anna Laura (Best), Roy S., Walter, Franklin B. and Dr. Hugh H. Of these children two are deceased, Anna Laura (Best) and Walter. Dr. Hugh H. Linn is a physician and minister in the southern part of India, where he is serving as a physician and missionary for the Methodist Episcopal church. The mother of these children is now living with her son, Franklin B.

The education of Franklin B. Linn was received in the district schools and in the high school at Shelby. He has always remained on the farm and managed a part of his father's estate from the time of his marriage, in 1899, until 1908. In that year he bought one hundred arid sixty acres of his father's farm and at once erected a beautiful country home and a large and commodious barn. He has placed other improvements upon the farm and has brought it to a high state of cultivation and productivity. He keeps only the best grades of horses, cattle and hogs, and is known throughout the county as one of its most progressive farmers.

Mr. Linn was married on December 7, 1899 to Elizabeth Walker, who was born in Johnson county, Iowa, on January 10, 1875. She was the daughter of John Walker, who was born in Johnson county, Iowa, in 1851, and Sarah Woodruff, who was born in Ohio in 1855. To this union have been born nine children, Harry, Dwight, Gladys, Laura, Hugh, Jacob, Fern, Frank and Leslie. All of these children are still living and at home with the exception of Laura, who is deceased. Mrs. Linn's parents came to Shelby county in 1890 and located on a farm in Shelby township. John Walker removed to Oklahoma in 1894, where Mrs. Walker died in 1905. They were the parents of four children, Sherman (in Oklahoma), Mrs. Elizabeth Linn; Samuel (Oklahoma), and Mrs. Hattie Egnew (Oklahoma).

Politically, Mr. Linn is allied with the Republican party and has been one of his party's leaders for many years. He is now the able incumbent of the office of trustee in his township and has held this position for the past four years. He and his family are loyal and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church and give it their hearty support at all times. Mr. Linn is a man of genial personality and is highly respected by everyone with whom he is associated.

Source: 1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa
Contributed by: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs

== Marketing for Frank's unsuccessful bid for US Congress ==
[[Image:FrankLinnCongress1.jpeg|400px]]
[[Image:FrankLinnCongress2.jpeg|400px]]

== Handwriting of Frank Linn ==
The following handwriting is an excerpt of speech prepared by Frank around 1920 as a commencement speech for a graduating Shelby high school class. [[Image:FrankLinnGraduationSpeech.jpeg|500px]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

Franklin Bryce Linn

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{{Infobox person
| name = Franklin Bryce Linn
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1873|7|16}}
| birth_place = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]], USA
| death_date = 1946
| resting_place = [[Shelby Township Cemetery]]<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=186750</ref>, Shelby, Iowa, USA
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Hannah Elizabeth Walker]]|December 7, 1898}}
| children = [[Harry Deforest Linn]] [[Dwight Russel Linn]] [[Lily Gladys Linn]] [[Laura Lavina Linn]] [[Hugh Alva Linn]] [[Jacob Bryce Linn]] [[Mary Fern Linn]] [[Franklin John Linn]] [[Leslie Leonard Linn]] [[Samuel Dale Linn]] [[Everette Edward Linn]]
| parents = [[Jacob Booher Linn]] [[Hester Ann Chilcoat]]
| relatives = [[Ambrose Burnside Linn]] (brother) [[McKendree Linn]] (brother) [[Monroe Linn]] (brother) [[Anna Laura Linn]] (sister) [[Walter McKnight Linn]] (brother) [[Willie Linn]] (brother) [[Hugh Harrison Linn]] (brother)
}}

==Reference in [[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]]==
<blockquote>
Franklin Bryce Linn (h776), son of Jacob B. Linn and Hester Chilcoat, was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania on 16 July 1873. When Frank was less than one year of age his father, Jacob Linn, moved his family to a one hundred twenty acre farm northwest of Shelby, Iowa. This farm, purchased for fifteen dollars per acre, remained in the Linn family for nearly one hundred twenty years, selling in 1991, then a full quarter section, for fifteen hundred dollars per acre! 

In 1881, Jacob Linn and several of his sons homesteaded land in Hand County, South Dakota. Much shuttling back and forth between Iowa and South Dakota took place during the 1880's and early 90's. Frank eventually became operator of the Shelby farm, while his brothers: Ambrose, Kenny, and Roy became permanent residents of South Dakota. Frank had also taken a homestead in South Dakota, which he held until April 1906, selling the quarter section for a profit of eleven hundred fifty dollars! Frank married Hannah Elizabeth (Libbie) Walker on 7 December 1898. Libbie Walker was born on 10 January 1875. She was the granddaughter of Samuel Walker and Elizabeth Stover Walker, early settlers of Johnson County, Iowa. 

In the early days Frank took several trips across the prairie from Shelby to western South Dakota in a covered wagon. These trips made an indelible impression upon him. He clearly remembered the wagon trails; late in his life when he returned by automobile over modern, improved roads he could still point out places of interest and identify old wagon trails as he crossed them. 

One of his special interests in life was the collection of rocks and fossils which he accumulated over the years. The rocks, along with his collection of Indian relics and artifacts, made a display which filled three large glass display cases in the living room! He was a firm believer in education, encouraging everyone to become as educated as possible. Each year Frank invited a Shelby High School class to his home to discuss the origin of his relics and led discussions on rock formations, Indian history, and the winning of the west. As a young man he was a public school teacher, and he later served many years as a director of the local country school. After consolidation of the Shelby School District, Frank was a member of the school board; he was board president when the present school building was erected. Frank was also instrumental in the construction of the Methodist church which still stands in Shelby. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church and the Republican Party. 

One day Frank drove his horses to Shelby and left them standing on Main Street while he attended to his business. When Frank returned to the street a few moments later, the team was no place to be seen! Immediately Frank and several friends began to search frantically for the lost team and wagon. They were soon found placidly standing in front of the Methodist Church several blocks away; the horses were so accustomed to being driven to the church that they automatically went there without being so ordered. And no wonder; he was active in church events. At various times he was superintendent of the Shelby Sunday School, Sunday School teacher, steward, and a long-time member of the official board. 

Frank especially enjoyed growing things. Many plants and tress still thriving in the [[Shelby Township Cemetery|Shelby cemetery]] and Methodist Church grounds were planted by Frank Linn. He was a director of the Shelby Cemetery for many years. He built a small pond at the cemetery, using many rocks and minerals from his own collection. The colorful display still draws interest after seventy-five years in existence. Frank died at age seventy-two, while still very active in family and community affairs. Frank and Elizabeth had eleven children.
</blockquote>

== Marketing for Frank's unsuccessful bid for US Congress ==
[[Image:FrankLinnCongress1.jpeg|400px]]
[[Image:FrankLinnCongress2.jpeg|400px]]

== Handwriting of Frank Linn ==
The following handwritten speech was prepared by Frank around 1920 as a commencement speech for a graduating high school class. [[Image:FrankLinnGraduationSpeech.jpeg|500px]]

== 1915 Biography of Frank<ref>http://iagenweb.org/shelby/1915bio/1915bio15.htm</ref> ==
A worthy citizen of Shelby county, Iowa, is Franklin B. Linn, who has met with definite success in his agricultural career. He came to this county forty years ago, when he was a babe in arms, and consequently has been identified with the history of the county for a long time. He is a man of splendid education and is a wide reader of everything which pertains to his own chosen profession, and thus keeps in close touch with the latest advances in agriculture. He is a man who is deeply interested in the welfare of his community, and by his upright conduct and correct principles of life he has endeared himself to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

Franklin B. Linn, the son of Jacob B. and Hester Ann (Chilcoat) Linn, was born, in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, July i6, 1873. His father was born in the same county on March 16, 1839, and his mother was born on December 15, 1835, and was a native also of Huntington county. They were married on October 7, 1864, immediately after his father's return from the Civil War. Jacob B. Linn was attending school in his home county when the war broke out in 1861. Jacob B. Linn enlisted on April 23, 1861, in response to President Lincoln's call for fifty thousand volunteers, in Company F, Eighth Pennsylvania Reserve. He served for three years. He fought at Gainesville and in the Seven Days' Peninsular Cam paign battles, was taken prisoner June 27, 1861, and was sent to Libby prison. He spent sixty days here and at Belle Isle, experiencing all the horrors of these terrible prisons. After his exchange he was unfit for duty and. was sent to the United States Hospital in New jersey, but escaped from the hospital and joined his regiment at Sharpsburg, Maryland. Other battles participated in by Mr. Linn were Sharpsburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Battle of the Wilderness, and Seven Days' Battle before Richmond.

He returned to his father's farm in Huntington County, Pennsylvania, married and lived in his native county until 1874, in which year he came to Shelby county, Iowa, and bought one hundred and twenty acres of unimproved land in Shelby township. His first home was a rude cabin, fourteen by sixteen feet, and a barn of still smaller dimensions. That he succeeded is shown by the fact that when he died, in 1893, he was the owner of seven hundred and sixty acres of well-improved land in Shelby county and South Dakota. There were eight children born to Jacob B. Linn and wife, Ambrose B., Kenny, Anna Laura (Best), Roy S., Walter, Franklin B. and Dr. Hugh H. Of these children two are deceased, Anna Laura (Best) and Walter. Dr. Hugh H. Linn is a physician and minister in the southern part of India, where he is serving as a physician and missionary for the Methodist Episcopal church. The mother of these children is now living with her son, Franklin B.

The education of Franklin B. Linn was received in the district schools and in the high school at Shelby. He has always remained on the farm and managed a part of his father's estate from the time of his marriage, in 1899, until 1908. In that year he bought one hundred arid sixty acres of his father's farm and at once erected a beautiful country home and a large and commodious barn. He has placed other improvements upon the farm and has brought it to a high state of cultivation and productivity. He keeps only the best grades of horses, cattle and hogs, and is known throughout the county as one of its most progressive farmers.

Mr. Linn was married on December 7, 1899 to Elizabeth Walker, who was born in Johnson county, Iowa, on January 10, 1875. She was the daughter of John Walker, who was born in Johnson county, Iowa, in 1851, and Sarah Woodruff, who was born in Ohio in 1855. To this union have been born nine children, Harry, Dwight, Gladys, Laura, Hugh, Jacob, Fern, Frank and Leslie. All of these children are still living and at home with the exception of Laura, who is deceased. Mrs. Linn's parents came to Shelby county in 1890 and located on a farm in Shelby township. John Walker removed to Oklahoma in 1894, where Mrs. Walker died in 1905. They were the parents of four children, Sherman (in Oklahoma), Mrs. Elizabeth Linn; Samuel (Oklahoma), and Mrs. Hattie Egnew (Oklahoma).

Politically, Mr. Linn is allied with the Republican party and has been one of his party's leaders for many years. He is now the able incumbent of the office of trustee in his township and has held this position for the past four years. He and his family are loyal and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church and give it their hearty support at all times. Mr. Linn is a man of genial personality and is highly respected by everyone with whom he is associated.

Source: 1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa
Contributed by: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

Franklin Bryce Linn

2010-10-12T03:43:04Z

71.198.129.101: /* Handwriting of Frank Linn */

{{Infobox person
| name = Franklin Bryce Linn
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1873|7|16}}
| birth_place = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]], USA
| death_date = 1946
| resting_place = [[Shelby Township Cemetery]]<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=186750</ref>, Shelby, Iowa, USA
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Hannah Elizabeth Walker]]|December 7, 1898}}
| children = [[Harry Deforest Linn]] [[Dwight Russel Linn]] [[Lily Gladys Linn]] [[Laura Lavina Linn]] [[Hugh Alva Linn]] [[Jacob Bryce Linn]] [[Mary Fern Linn]] [[Franklin John Linn]] [[Leslie Leonard Linn]] [[Samuel Dale Linn]] [[Everette Edward Linn]]
| parents = [[Jacob Booher Linn]] [[Hester Ann Chilcoat]]
| relatives = [[Ambrose Burnside Linn]] (brother) [[McKendree Linn]] (brother) [[Monroe Linn]] (brother) [[Anna Laura Linn]] (sister) [[Walter McKnight Linn]] (brother) [[Willie Linn]] (brother) [[Hugh Harrison Linn]] (brother)
}}

==Reference in [[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]]==
<blockquote>
Franklin Bryce Linn (h776), son of Jacob B. Linn and Hester Chilcoat, was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania on 16 July 1873. When Frank was less than one year of age his father, Jacob Linn, moved his family to a one hundred twenty acre farm northwest of Shelby, Iowa. This farm, purchased for fifteen dollars per acre, remained in the Linn family for nearly one hundred twenty years, selling in 1991, then a full quarter section, for fifteen hundred dollars per acre! 

In 1881, Jacob Linn and several of his sons homesteaded land in Hand County, South Dakota. Much shuttling back and forth between Iowa and South Dakota took place during the 1880's and early 90's. Frank eventually became operator of the Shelby farm, while his brothers: Ambrose, Kenny, and Roy became permanent residents of South Dakota. Frank had also taken a homestead in South Dakota, which he held until April 1906, selling the quarter section for a profit of eleven hundred fifty dollars! Frank married Hannah Elizabeth (Libbie) Walker on 7 December 1898. Libbie Walker was born on 10 January 1875. She was the granddaughter of Samuel Walker and Elizabeth Stover Walker, early settlers of Johnson County, Iowa. 

In the early days Frank took several trips across the prairie from Shelby to western South Dakota in a covered wagon. These trips made an indelible impression upon him. He clearly remembered the wagon trails; late in his life when he returned by automobile over modern, improved roads he could still point out places of interest and identify old wagon trails as he crossed them. 

One of his special interests in life was the collection of rocks and fossils which he accumulated over the years. The rocks, along with his collection of Indian relics and artifacts, made a display which filled three large glass display cases in the living room! He was a firm believer in education, encouraging everyone to become as educated as possible. Each year Frank invited a Shelby High School class to his home to discuss the origin of his relics and led discussions on rock formations, Indian history, and the winning of the west. As a young man he was a public school teacher, and he later served many years as a director of the local country school. After consolidation of the Shelby School District, Frank was a member of the school board; he was board president when the present school building was erected. Frank was also instrumental in the construction of the Methodist church which still stands in Shelby. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church and the Republican Party. 

One day Frank drove his horses to Shelby and left them standing on Main Street while he attended to his business. When Frank returned to the street a few moments later, the team was no place to be seen! Immediately Frank and several friends began to search frantically for the lost team and wagon. They were soon found placidly standing in front of the Methodist Church several blocks away; the horses were so accustomed to being driven to the church that they automatically went there without being so ordered. And no wonder; he was active in church events. At various times he was superintendent of the Shelby Sunday School, Sunday School teacher, steward, and a long-time member of the official board. 

Frank especially enjoyed growing things. Many plants and tress still thriving in the [[Shelby Township Cemetery|Shelby cemetery]] and Methodist Church grounds were planted by Frank Linn. He was a director of the Shelby Cemetery for many years. He built a small pond at the cemetery, using many rocks and minerals from his own collection. The colorful display still draws interest after seventy-five years in existence. Frank died at age seventy-two, while still very active in family and community affairs. Frank and Elizabeth had eleven children.
</blockquote>

== Marketing for Frank's unsuccessful bid for US Congress ==
[[Image:FrankLinnCongress1.jpeg|400px]]
[[Image:FrankLinnCongress2.jpeg|400px]]

== Handwriting of Frank Linn ==
The following handwritten speech was prepared by Frank around 1920 as a commencement speech for a graduating high school class. [[Image:FrankLinnGraduationSpeech.jpeg|500px]]

== 1915 Biography of Frank<ref>http://iagenweb.org/shelby/1915bio/1915bio15.htm</ref> ==
A worthy citizen of Shelby county, Iowa, is Franklin B. Linn, who has met with definite success in his agricultural career. He came to this county forty years ago, when he was a babe in arms, and consequently has been identified with the history of the county for a long time. He is a man of splendid education and is a wide reader of everything which pertains to his own chosen profession, and thus keeps in close touch with the latest ad- vances in agriculture. He is a man who is deeply interested in the welfare of his community, and by his upright conduct and correct principles of life he has endeared himself to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

Franklin B. Linn, the son of Jacob B. and Hester Ann (Chilcoat) Linn, was born, in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, July i6, 1873. His father was born in the same county on March 16, 1839, and his mother was born on December 15, 1835, and was a native also of Huntington county. They were married on October 7, 1864, immediately after his father's return from the Civil War. Jacob B. Linn was attending school in his home county when the war broke out in i86i. Jacob B. Linn enlisted on April 23, 1861, in response to President Lincoln's call for fifty thousand volunteers, in Company F, Eighth Pennsylvania Reserve. He served for three years. He fought at Gainesville and in the Seven Days' Peninsular Cam paign battles, was taken prisoner June 27, 1861, and was sent to Libby prison. He spent sixty days here and at Belle Isle, experiencing all the horrors of these terrible prisons. After his exchange he was unfit for duty and. was sent to the United States Hospital in New jersey, but escaped from the hospital and joined his regiment at Sharpsburg, Maryland. Other battles participated in by Mr. Linn were Sharpsburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Battle of the Wilderness, and Seven Days' Battle before Richmond.

He returned to his father's farm in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, married and lived in his native county until 1874, in which year he came to Shelby county, Iowa, and bought one hundred and twenty acres of unimproved land in Shelby township. His first home was a rude cabin, fourteen by sixteen feet, and a barn of still smaller dimensions. That he succeeded is shown by the fact that when he died, in 1893, he was the owner of seven hundred and sixty acres of well-improved land in Shelby county and South Dakota. There were eight children born to Jacob B. Linn and wife, Ambrose B., Kenny, Anna Laura (Best), Roy S., Walter, Franklin B. and Dr. Hugh H. Of these children two are deceased, Anna Laura (Best) and Walter. Dr. Hugh H. Linn is a physician and minister in the southern part of India, where he is serving as a physician and missionary for the Methodist Episcopal church. The mother of these children is now living with her son, Franklin B.

The education of Franklin B. Linn was received in the district schools and in the high school at Shelby. He has always remained on the farm and managed a part of his father's estate from the time of his marriage, in 1899, until 1908. In that year he bought one hundred arid sixty acres of his father's farm and at once erected a beautiful country home and a large and commodious barn. He has placed other improvements upon the farm and has brought it to a high state of cultivation and productivity. He keeps only the best grades of horses, cattle and hogs, and is known throughout the county as one of its most progressive farmers.

Mr. Linn was married on December 7, 1899 to Elizabeth Walker, who was born in Johnson county, Iowa, on January 10, 1875. She was the daughter of John Walker, who was born in Johnson county, Iowa, in 1851, and Sarah Woodruff, who was born in Ohio in 1855. To this union have been born nine children, Harry, Dwight, Gladys, Laura, Hugh, Jacob, Fern, Frank and Leslie. All of these children are still living and at home with the exception of Laura, who is deceased. Mrs. Linn's parents came to Shelby county in 1890 and located on a farm in Shelby township. John Walker removed to Oklahoma in 1894, where Mrs. Walker died in 1905. They were the parents of four children, Sherman (in Oklahoma), Mrs. Elizabeth Linn; Samuel (Oklahoma), and Mrs. Hattie Egnew (Oklahoma).

Politically, Mr. Linn is allied with the Republican party and has been one of his party's leaders for many years. He is now the able incumbent of the office of trustee in his township and has held this position for the past four years. He and his family are loyal and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church and give it their hearty support at all times. Mr. Linn is a man of genial personality and is highly respected by everyone with whom he is associated.

Source: 1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa
Contributed by: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

Franklin Bryce Linn

2010-10-12T03:42:33Z

71.198.129.101:

{{Infobox person
| name = Franklin Bryce Linn
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1873|7|16}}
| birth_place = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]], USA
| death_date = 1946
| resting_place = [[Shelby Township Cemetery]]<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=186750</ref>, Shelby, Iowa, USA
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Hannah Elizabeth Walker]]|December 7, 1898}}
| children = [[Harry Deforest Linn]] [[Dwight Russel Linn]] [[Lily Gladys Linn]] [[Laura Lavina Linn]] [[Hugh Alva Linn]] [[Jacob Bryce Linn]] [[Mary Fern Linn]] [[Franklin John Linn]] [[Leslie Leonard Linn]] [[Samuel Dale Linn]] [[Everette Edward Linn]]
| parents = [[Jacob Booher Linn]] [[Hester Ann Chilcoat]]
| relatives = [[Ambrose Burnside Linn]] (brother) [[McKendree Linn]] (brother) [[Monroe Linn]] (brother) [[Anna Laura Linn]] (sister) [[Walter McKnight Linn]] (brother) [[Willie Linn]] (brother) [[Hugh Harrison Linn]] (brother)
}}

==Reference in [[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]]==
<blockquote>
Franklin Bryce Linn (h776), son of Jacob B. Linn and Hester Chilcoat, was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania on 16 July 1873. When Frank was less than one year of age his father, Jacob Linn, moved his family to a one hundred twenty acre farm northwest of Shelby, Iowa. This farm, purchased for fifteen dollars per acre, remained in the Linn family for nearly one hundred twenty years, selling in 1991, then a full quarter section, for fifteen hundred dollars per acre! 

In 1881, Jacob Linn and several of his sons homesteaded land in Hand County, South Dakota. Much shuttling back and forth between Iowa and South Dakota took place during the 1880's and early 90's. Frank eventually became operator of the Shelby farm, while his brothers: Ambrose, Kenny, and Roy became permanent residents of South Dakota. Frank had also taken a homestead in South Dakota, which he held until April 1906, selling the quarter section for a profit of eleven hundred fifty dollars! Frank married Hannah Elizabeth (Libbie) Walker on 7 December 1898. Libbie Walker was born on 10 January 1875. She was the granddaughter of Samuel Walker and Elizabeth Stover Walker, early settlers of Johnson County, Iowa. 

In the early days Frank took several trips across the prairie from Shelby to western South Dakota in a covered wagon. These trips made an indelible impression upon him. He clearly remembered the wagon trails; late in his life when he returned by automobile over modern, improved roads he could still point out places of interest and identify old wagon trails as he crossed them. 

One of his special interests in life was the collection of rocks and fossils which he accumulated over the years. The rocks, along with his collection of Indian relics and artifacts, made a display which filled three large glass display cases in the living room! He was a firm believer in education, encouraging everyone to become as educated as possible. Each year Frank invited a Shelby High School class to his home to discuss the origin of his relics and led discussions on rock formations, Indian history, and the winning of the west. As a young man he was a public school teacher, and he later served many years as a director of the local country school. After consolidation of the Shelby School District, Frank was a member of the school board; he was board president when the present school building was erected. Frank was also instrumental in the construction of the Methodist church which still stands in Shelby. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church and the Republican Party. 

One day Frank drove his horses to Shelby and left them standing on Main Street while he attended to his business. When Frank returned to the street a few moments later, the team was no place to be seen! Immediately Frank and several friends began to search frantically for the lost team and wagon. They were soon found placidly standing in front of the Methodist Church several blocks away; the horses were so accustomed to being driven to the church that they automatically went there without being so ordered. And no wonder; he was active in church events. At various times he was superintendent of the Shelby Sunday School, Sunday School teacher, steward, and a long-time member of the official board. 

Frank especially enjoyed growing things. Many plants and tress still thriving in the [[Shelby Township Cemetery|Shelby cemetery]] and Methodist Church grounds were planted by Frank Linn. He was a director of the Shelby Cemetery for many years. He built a small pond at the cemetery, using many rocks and minerals from his own collection. The colorful display still draws interest after seventy-five years in existence. Frank died at age seventy-two, while still very active in family and community affairs. Frank and Elizabeth had eleven children.
</blockquote>

== Marketing for Frank's unsuccessful bid for US Congress ==
[[Image:FrankLinnCongress1.jpeg|400px]]
[[Image:FrankLinnCongress2.jpeg|400px]]

== Handwriting of Frank Linn ==
The following handwritten speech was prepared by Frank around 1920 as a commencement speech for a graduating high school class.
[[Image:FrankLinnGraduationSpeech.jpeg|500px]]

== 1915 Biography of Frank<ref>http://iagenweb.org/shelby/1915bio/1915bio15.htm</ref> ==
A worthy citizen of Shelby county, Iowa, is Franklin B. Linn, who has met with definite success in his agricultural career. He came to this county forty years ago, when he was a babe in arms, and consequently has been identified with the history of the county for a long time. He is a man of splendid education and is a wide reader of everything which pertains to his own chosen profession, and thus keeps in close touch with the latest ad- vances in agriculture. He is a man who is deeply interested in the welfare of his community, and by his upright conduct and correct principles of life he has endeared himself to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

Franklin B. Linn, the son of Jacob B. and Hester Ann (Chilcoat) Linn, was born, in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, July i6, 1873. His father was born in the same county on March 16, 1839, and his mother was born on December 15, 1835, and was a native also of Huntington county. They were married on October 7, 1864, immediately after his father's return from the Civil War. Jacob B. Linn was attending school in his home county when the war broke out in i86i. Jacob B. Linn enlisted on April 23, 1861, in response to President Lincoln's call for fifty thousand volunteers, in Company F, Eighth Pennsylvania Reserve. He served for three years. He fought at Gainesville and in the Seven Days' Peninsular Cam paign battles, was taken prisoner June 27, 1861, and was sent to Libby prison. He spent sixty days here and at Belle Isle, experiencing all the horrors of these terrible prisons. After his exchange he was unfit for duty and. was sent to the United States Hospital in New jersey, but escaped from the hospital and joined his regiment at Sharpsburg, Maryland. Other battles participated in by Mr. Linn were Sharpsburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Battle of the Wilderness, and Seven Days' Battle before Richmond.

He returned to his father's farm in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, married and lived in his native county until 1874, in which year he came to Shelby county, Iowa, and bought one hundred and twenty acres of unimproved land in Shelby township. His first home was a rude cabin, fourteen by sixteen feet, and a barn of still smaller dimensions. That he succeeded is shown by the fact that when he died, in 1893, he was the owner of seven hundred and sixty acres of well-improved land in Shelby county and South Dakota. There were eight children born to Jacob B. Linn and wife, Ambrose B., Kenny, Anna Laura (Best), Roy S., Walter, Franklin B. and Dr. Hugh H. Of these children two are deceased, Anna Laura (Best) and Walter. Dr. Hugh H. Linn is a physician and minister in the southern part of India, where he is serving as a physician and missionary for the Methodist Episcopal church. The mother of these children is now living with her son, Franklin B.

The education of Franklin B. Linn was received in the district schools and in the high school at Shelby. He has always remained on the farm and managed a part of his father's estate from the time of his marriage, in 1899, until 1908. In that year he bought one hundred arid sixty acres of his father's farm and at once erected a beautiful country home and a large and commodious barn. He has placed other improvements upon the farm and has brought it to a high state of cultivation and productivity. He keeps only the best grades of horses, cattle and hogs, and is known throughout the county as one of its most progressive farmers.

Mr. Linn was married on December 7, 1899 to Elizabeth Walker, who was born in Johnson county, Iowa, on January 10, 1875. She was the daughter of John Walker, who was born in Johnson county, Iowa, in 1851, and Sarah Woodruff, who was born in Ohio in 1855. To this union have been born nine children, Harry, Dwight, Gladys, Laura, Hugh, Jacob, Fern, Frank and Leslie. All of these children are still living and at home with the exception of Laura, who is deceased. Mrs. Linn's parents came to Shelby county in 1890 and located on a farm in Shelby township. John Walker removed to Oklahoma in 1894, where Mrs. Walker died in 1905. They were the parents of four children, Sherman (in Oklahoma), Mrs. Elizabeth Linn; Samuel (Oklahoma), and Mrs. Hattie Egnew (Oklahoma).

Politically, Mr. Linn is allied with the Republican party and has been one of his party's leaders for many years. He is now the able incumbent of the office of trustee in his township and has held this position for the past four years. He and his family are loyal and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church and give it their hearty support at all times. Mr. Linn is a man of genial personality and is highly respected by everyone with whom he is associated.

Source: 1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa
Contributed by: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

Franklin Bryce Linn

2010-10-12T03:42:14Z

71.198.129.101:

{{Infobox person
| name = Franklin Bryce Linn
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1873|7|16}}
| birth_place = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]], USA
| death_date = 1946
| resting_place = [[Shelby Township Cemetery]]<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=186750</ref>, Shelby, Iowa, USA
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Hannah Elizabeth Walker]]|December 7, 1898}}
| children = [[Harry Deforest Linn]] [[Dwight Russel Linn]] [[Lily Gladys Linn]] [[Laura Lavina Linn]] [[Hugh Alva Linn]] [[Jacob Bryce Linn]] [[Mary Fern Linn]] [[Franklin John Linn]] [[Leslie Leonard Linn]] [[Samuel Dale Linn]] [[Everette Edward Linn]]
| parents = [[Jacob Booher Linn]] [[Hester Ann Chilcoat]]
| relatives = [[Ambrose Burnside Linn]] (brother) [[McKendree Linn]] (brother) [[Monroe Linn]] (brother) [[Anna Laura Linn]] (sister) [[Walter McKnight Linn]] (brother) [[Willie Linn]] (brother) [[Hugh Harrison Linn]] (brother)
}}

==Reference in [[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]]==
<blockquote>
Franklin Byce Linn (h776), son of Jacob B. Linn and Hester Chilcoat, was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania on 16 July 1873. When Frank was less than one year of age his father, Jacob Linn, moved his family to a one hundred twenty acre farm northwest of Shelby, Iowa. This farm, purchased for fifteen dollars per acre, remained in the Linn family for nearly one hundred twenty years, selling in 1991, then a full quarter section, for fifteen hundred dollars per acre! 

In 1881, Jacob Linn and several of his sons homesteaded land in Hand County, South Dakota. Much shuttling back and forth between Iowa and South Dakota took place during the 1880's and early 90's. Frank eventually became operator of the Shelby farm, while his brothers: Ambrose, Kenny, and Roy became permanent residents of South Dakota. Frank had also taken a homestead in South Dakota, which he held until April 1906, selling the quarter section for a profit of eleven hundred fifty dollars! Frank married Hannah Elizabeth (Libbie) Walker on 7 December 1898. Libbie Walker was born on 10 January 1875. She was the granddaughter of Samuel Walker and Elizabeth Stover Walker, early settlers of Johnson County, Iowa. 

In the early days Frank took several trips across the prairie from Shelby to western South Dakota in a covered wagon. These trips made an indelible impression upon him. He clearly remembered the wagon trails; late in his life when he returned by automobile over modern, improved roads he could still point out places of interest and identify old wagon trails as he crossed them. 

One of his special interests in life was the collection of rocks and fossils which he accumulated over the years. The rocks, along with his collection of Indian relics and artifacts, made a display which filled three large glass display cases in the living room! He was a firm believer in education, encouraging everyone to become as educated as possible. Each year Frank invited a Shelby High School class to his home to discuss the origin of his relics and led discussions on rock formations, Indian history, and the winning of the west. As a young man he was a public school teacher, and he later served many years as a director of the local country school. After consolidation of the Shelby School District, Frank was a member of the school board; he was board president when the present school building was erected. Frank was also instrumental in the construction of the Methodist church which still stands in Shelby. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church and the Republican Party. 

One day Frank drove his horses to Shelby and left them standing on Main Street while he attended to his business. When Frank returned to the street a few moments later, the team was no place to be seen! Immediately Frank and several friends began to search frantically for the lost team and wagon. They were soon found placidly standing in front of the Methodist Church several blocks away; the horses were so accustomed to being driven to the church that they automatically went there without being so ordered. And no wonder; he was active in church events. At various times he was superintendent of the Shelby Sunday School, Sunday School teacher, steward, and a long-time member of the official board. 

Frank especially enjoyed growing things. Many plants and tress still thriving in the [[Shelby Township Cemetery|Shelby cemetery]] and Methodist Church grounds were planted by Frank Linn. He was a director of the Shelby Cemetery for many years. He built a small pond at the cemetery, using many rocks and minerals from his own collection. The colorful display still draws interest after seventy-five years in existence. Frank died at age seventy-two, while still very active in family and community affairs. Frank and Elizabeth had eleven children.
</blockquote>

== Marketing for Frank's unsuccessful bid for US Congress ==
[[Image:FrankLinnCongress1.jpeg|400px]]
[[Image:FrankLinnCongress2.jpeg|400px]]

== Handwriting of Frank Linn ==
The following handwritten speech was prepared by Frank around 1920 as a commencement speech for a graduating high school class.
[[Image:FrankLinnGraduationSpeech.jpeg|500px]]

== 1915 Biography of Frank<ref>http://iagenweb.org/shelby/1915bio/1915bio15.htm</ref> ==
A worthy citizen of Shelby county, Iowa, is Franklin B. Linn, who has met with definite success in his agricultural career. He came to this county forty years ago, when he was a babe in arms, and consequently has been identified with the history of the county for a long time. He is a man of splendid education and is a wide reader of everything which pertains to his own chosen profession, and thus keeps in close touch with the latest ad- vances in agriculture. He is a man who is deeply interested in the welfare of his community, and by his upright conduct and correct principles of life he has endeared himself to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

Franklin B. Linn, the son of Jacob B. and Hester Ann (Chilcoat) Linn, was born, in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, July i6, 1873. His father was born in the same county on March 16, 1839, and his mother was born on December 15, 1835, and was a native also of Huntington county. They were married on October 7, 1864, immediately after his father's return from the Civil War. Jacob B. Linn was attending school in his home county when the war broke out in i86i. Jacob B. Linn enlisted on April 23, 1861, in response to President Lincoln's call for fifty thousand volunteers, in Company F, Eighth Pennsylvania Reserve. He served for three years. He fought at Gainesville and in the Seven Days' Peninsular Cam paign battles, was taken prisoner June 27, 1861, and was sent to Libby prison. He spent sixty days here and at Belle Isle, experiencing all the horrors of these terrible prisons. After his exchange he was unfit for duty and. was sent to the United States Hospital in New jersey, but escaped from the hospital and joined his regiment at Sharpsburg, Maryland. Other battles participated in by Mr. Linn were Sharpsburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Battle of the Wilderness, and Seven Days' Battle before Richmond.

He returned to his father's farm in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, married and lived in his native county until 1874, in which year he came to Shelby county, Iowa, and bought one hundred and twenty acres of unimproved land in Shelby township. His first home was a rude cabin, fourteen by sixteen feet, and a barn of still smaller dimensions. That he succeeded is shown by the fact that when he died, in 1893, he was the owner of seven hundred and sixty acres of well-improved land in Shelby county and South Dakota. There were eight children born to Jacob B. Linn and wife, Ambrose B., Kenny, Anna Laura (Best), Roy S., Walter, Franklin B. and Dr. Hugh H. Of these children two are deceased, Anna Laura (Best) and Walter. Dr. Hugh H. Linn is a physician and minister in the southern part of India, where he is serving as a physician and missionary for the Methodist Episcopal church. The mother of these children is now living with her son, Franklin B.

The education of Franklin B. Linn was received in the district schools and in the high school at Shelby. He has always remained on the farm and managed a part of his father's estate from the time of his marriage, in 1899, until 1908. In that year he bought one hundred arid sixty acres of his father's farm and at once erected a beautiful country home and a large and commodious barn. He has placed other improvements upon the farm and has brought it to a high state of cultivation and productivity. He keeps only the best grades of horses, cattle and hogs, and is known throughout the county as one of its most progressive farmers.

Mr. Linn was married on December 7, 1899 to Elizabeth Walker, who was born in Johnson county, Iowa, on January 10, 1875. She was the daughter of John Walker, who was born in Johnson county, Iowa, in 1851, and Sarah Woodruff, who was born in Ohio in 1855. To this union have been born nine children, Harry, Dwight, Gladys, Laura, Hugh, Jacob, Fern, Frank and Leslie. All of these children are still living and at home with the exception of Laura, who is deceased. Mrs. Linn's parents came to Shelby county in 1890 and located on a farm in Shelby township. John Walker removed to Oklahoma in 1894, where Mrs. Walker died in 1905. They were the parents of four children, Sherman (in Oklahoma), Mrs. Elizabeth Linn; Samuel (Oklahoma), and Mrs. Hattie Egnew (Oklahoma).

Politically, Mr. Linn is allied with the Republican party and has been one of his party's leaders for many years. He is now the able incumbent of the office of trustee in his township and has held this position for the past four years. He and his family are loyal and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church and give it their hearty support at all times. Mr. Linn is a man of genial personality and is highly respected by everyone with whom he is associated.

Source: 1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa
Contributed by: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs

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