Husband Samuel McCord Linn 1
Born: 18 Nov 1822 - Perry Co, PA 1
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Father: Andrew Linn (1794-1860) 2 3
Mother: Mary Ann McCord ( - ) 2 3
Marriage: 10 Jan 1849 4
Wife Martha Jane Brown 4 5
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Father: Stephen O. Brown (1782-1860) 5 6
Mother: Margaret Brewster ( -1872) 4 5
Children
1 F Margaret Brewster Linn 4
Born: 1851 4
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Died: 8 Apr 1879 4
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2 F Mary Ann McCord Linn 4
Born: 1857 4
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Died: 23 Jan 1893 4
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General Notes: Husband - Samuel McCord Linn
He was educated in the public schools, but at the age of fifteen became a clerk in a store at Landisburg, Pennsylvania, and afterward at Carlisle and Harrisburg. He was engaged as a merchant at Landisburg, 1845-49, and then went to Philadelphia as a salesman. He came to Franklin County in 1851, and was engaged in merchandising at St. Thomas, 1852-63. In the latter year he came to Chambersburg and engaged in the forwarding and commission business with David Oaks, the firm being Oaks & Linn. He bought Mr. Oaks' interest in 1866, and in 1868, he received R. E. Coyle as a partner in the business. This partnership lasted until 1890. Their business as dealers in grain became very extensive, and they had branch warehouses at Marion, Lemaster, Richmond and Fayetteville. At that time they were among the largest dealers in the valley. He retired from the business in 1890. In 1889 he was elected president of the National Bank of Chambersburg, of which he became a director in 1858. He was president of the Chambersburg Gas Company, and was also president of the Franklin Fire Insurance Company, beginning in 1879. He was one of the leading business men of the county for more than half a century, and was a self-made man, attributing his success to close attention to business. In politics as a young man he was a Whig, and upon the organization of the Republican party he joined its ranks, voting for John C. Fremont in 1856. He was always an advocate of the temperance cause, and was a candidate for the Legislature on the Prohibition ticket. He was a member and trustee of Falling Spring Presbyterian Church.