Person:Hugh Linn (3)

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Hugh E. Linn
b.19 Apr 1835 Perry, Pennsylvania, United States
d.Bef 8 May 1891 Pennsylvania, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 30 Sep 1824
  1. John S. Linn1825 - 1856
  2. Susanna Linn1827 - 1870
  3. Catherine Linn1829 - 1897
  4. Simon Peter Linn1832 - 1891
  5. Hugh E. Linn1835 - Bef 1891
  6. Henry Linn1838 - 1893
  7. Amos Moss Smith Linn1840 - 1913
  8. Martha A. Linn1843 - 1913
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 Nov 1858
  1. Martha Jane Linn1859 - 1925
  2. George B. Linn1862 -
  3. Unknown Linn1864 - 1864
  4. James Harry Linn1866 -
  5. Mary Gertrude Linn1871 - 1937
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][7][8][9] Hugh E. Linn
Gender Male
Birth[1][7][8][9] 19 Apr 1835 Perry, Pennsylvania, United States
Census[3] 1850 Bethel, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States15y, Labourer, with parents Charles and Martha and 5 siblings. Attended school that year.
Marriage 11 Nov 1858 Clearville, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United Statesto Catherine Von Stein
Census[4] 1860 Monroe, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States25 y with wife Catherine 20y, and child Martha 1y. Lived next door to Hugh’s uncle Hugh. E., his wife Anne and their 11 children.
Military[2][6] From 1862 to 1863 Camp Curtin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United StatesPrivate, 171st Pennsylvania Infantry (Drafted Militia) Regiment, Company I.
Census[5] 1880 Monroe, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States45y Farmer, with wife Catherine R. 41y and children Jennie M. 20y, George Mc Linn 17y, James H. 13y and Mary G. 9y.
Occupation[6] Monroe, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United StatesWorked in tanneries and was a farmer.
Death[1][6][9][10] Bef 8 May 1891 Pennsylvania, United Statesprobably Huntingdon County; death date estimated by widow's pension application date
Burial[10] probably Huntingdon County
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Military Service

Hugh E. Linn was drafted into a Pennsylvania regiment and served nine months in the Civil War, 171st Pennsylvania Infantry (Drafted Militia) Regiment, Company I.S2 [The biography for Jesse Fletcher Means (husband of Hugh’s eldest daughter Jennie) stated Hugh had volunteered and served eighteen monthsS6, however the record shows he was instead drafted, and served nine. One source lists Hugh’s company as E, when in fact the company is I.S2 He was mustered in 2 Nov 1862 and mustered out with his company on 8 Aug 1863.

Hugh and (after his death) widow Catherine applied for and evidently received pensions. The Pension Index card lists him as "Hugh Lynn," 171st PA Infantry. The widow is listed as "Catharine R. Lynn." Soldier's pension number: 496929. Widow's pension number: 342116.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ancestral file : Original submission sheets.

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bates, Samuel P. 171st Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster Vol. 4.

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  3. ↑ Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

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  4. ↑ Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

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  5. ↑ Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

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  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Jessie Fletcher Means biography, in History of Cherokee County, Iowa, Vol. II.

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  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).

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  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Linn, George Wilds. The Clan Linn: A history of a fragment of the clan Linn and a genealogy of the Linn and related families. (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: G.W. Linn, 1905 (Lebanon, Pa. : Report Print.)).
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Layman, Loretta. Loretta Layman tree.

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  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 76021528, in Find A Grave.

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