Person:William Linn (3)

He married cousin Elvira Maservy (1856- ), daughter of Alpheus Maservy and Elmira Linn, and married Nancy Hoskins (1863- ) about 1888.

 In the 1880 census for Maine Prairie, Stearns Co., Minnesota, James E. Lynn is 24 farmer born IL; with children William H. 5; Francis 3; Benjamin F. 1; mother Susan A. Lynn 63 [listed as single], and [brother?] William 22 IL 'farm laborer'. Nephew (by Robert) George Lynn 26 farmer from IL is next door with wife Hattie and son Benjamin, as well as Philip (Moon?) 30 and William Moore 35, merchants from Ireland. Francis is also in Maine Prairie with family.
 In the 1900 census for Pulaski, Morrison Co., Minnesota, William Lynn is 44, b. May 1856 IL (KY, KY), farmer, married 12 years; with wife Nancy E. 36 IL and children Gertie M. 12; Edna A. 10; Freddy W. 7; and Dorothy A. 3.
 In the 1910 census for Richardson, Morrison Co., Minnesota, William A. Linn is 53 IL (KY, KY), married twice, this time for 23 years; with wife Nancy E. 45 IL, married once, with 4 of 4 children living; children are Edna A. 20; Freddy W. 16; and Dorothy 13 -- all born MN.
 He and Nancy are listed in 1920 in Richardson with Fred and Dorothy.