Person:Elizabeth Stoops (2)

According to several sources, she married William Linn (or Lynn), previously married to Elizabeth Laird. His brother Timothy married her sister Nancy.

 Based on various sources, I believe she married William Linn abt 1811 and had surviving children Sarah 1815-1884 IL IL m. Isaac Bowen m2 Thomas McCabe; Susanna 1817-1901 NE m. (?) Linn; Alexander B. 1818-1854 IL m. Margaret Myers; Nancy B. 1820-1892 MN m. William Brooks Campbell; Martha H. 1821-1858 IL m. Peter M. Myers; Elmira (1824- aft 1900) m. Alpheus Maservy; Robert S. 1826-1904 WA m. Hannah Pleugh; Samuel T. 1830-1901 MN m. Mary Ann Pleugh; Mahala (1833- aft 1880) unmarried; and Benjamin Lexington/Franklin 1838.

 In the 1850 census for Nicholas Co., Kentucky, Elizabeth Lynn is 59 Pennsylvania 'farming'; with [children] Susan 34, Elmira 25, Samuel 20, Mahala 17; Benjamin 12; [grandson by Susan?] Thomas 7, and [grandson by Susan] Francis M. 1. {p. 460b, <http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/nicholas/census/1850/pg0458a.txt>} Son Robert 33 is next door with [wife?] Hannah 21, James S. 1; and [niece by Susan?] Almarinda 13. In district one are Sarah and husband Isaac Bowen and children. In township 2 are Philip Linn 38 and family, and A[lexander] B. Lynn 32 with wife Margaret. Martha H. and husband Peter Myers are still in Nicholas Co.

 In the 1860 census for Lee, Brown Co., Illinois, R[obert] S. Lynn, S[usan] A. Lynn, and T. S[amuel] Lynn are listed on the same page, all with families, together with Squire and Mrs. A[lmarinda?] Atkins. Also in Lee are B. F. Linn 22 KY listed with wife and child (Lincon?); and Sarah Bowen 45 listed with children.  Nancy B. and William B. Campbell are in Richmond, Cass Co. Illinois.
 In the 1870 census for Maine Prairie, 'Roberth Lyn' 44 is living with wife and children, and Francis and Henrietta Briggs, 17 and 15; 'S. T. Lyn' is living with wife and children.  Benjamin F. Linn is in Benton Co., Missouri with family.
 In the 1880 census for Maine Prairie, Stearns Co., MN, Mahala is living with nephew William Linn and family; Samuel is living with wife and family; Susan 63 is living with son James and family; and Almerand and Squire Atkins are listed with family.  Nancy B., husband William B. Campbell and children are in Forest Prairie, Meeker Co., Minnesota;
 In the 1900 census for Maine Prairie, Stearns Co., MN, Mahala 67 is living with brother Samuel T. Linn 69 and wife; Elmira is with husband Alpheus Messervey, Almarinda Atkins is with daughter Emma Pint in Morrison Co., Minnesota.