Enlisted in Company C, Iowa 6th Infantry Regiment on 17 Jul 1861.Mustered out on 18 Jul 1864 at Davenport, IA.
James Lawrence Linn was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Fisher Linn. He was born in Tazewell county, Illinois and later the family moved to Hardin county, Iowa where he enlisted in Company C, Iowa 6th Infantry Regiment on 17 Jul 1861. He fought in the Civil War battles at Pittsburg Landing and the battle of Jackson, Mississippi where he was captured, July 16, 1863 and confined in Belle Isle and Libby prisons until December 27th, when he was paroled and proceeded to Annapolis, Maryland where he was in the hospital until March of 1864, then transferred to St. Louis, Missouri in May of 1864 where an exchange took place, and he was among the number. James was mustered out on August 23, 1964 at Davenport, Iowa, returning to his home. Shortly after his marriage to Martha E. Oviatt, in 1870 they came to Pawnee county and got a homestead two miles west of Table Rock. Later going into the mercantile business in Table Rock, including livery, later grain, stock, lumber and coal. Linn & Cooper were in the lumber and milling business. In 1882 this firm built the first flouring mill and lumber and grain business in Humboldt, Nebraska. Later James took over the lumber business and Cooper the milling.
Hon. James L. Linn served one term in the 1881 Sixteenth Nebraska State Legislature from Pawnee county, and later State Senator in the 1887 Twentieth Legislature of his district serving two terms. He was a Republican.
His son Claude started working in the lumber company and eventually took over the management of this enterprise
James was married to Martha E. Oviatt and they were the parents of six children: Eugenia, Fred R., Claude, Florence, Ray L. and Georgia.
James died on Sept. 2, 1892 and his wife moved to California in 1910 to be near her children.
James Lawrence Linn was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Fisher Linn. He was born in Tazewell county, Illinois and later the family moved to Hardin county, Iowa where he enlisted in Company C, Iowa 6th Infantry Regiment on 17 Jul 1861. He fought in the Civil War battles at Pittsburg Landing and the battle of Jackson, Mississippi where he was captured, July 16, 1863 and confined in Belle Isle and Libby prisons until December 27th, when he was paroled and proceeded to Annapolis, Maryland where he was in the hospital until March of 1864, then transferred to St. Louis, Missouri in May of 1864 where an exchange took place, and he was among the number. James was mustered out on August 23, 1964 at Davenport, Iowa, returning to his home. Shortly after his marriage to Martha E. Oviatt, in 1870 they came to Pawnee county and got a homestead two miles west of Table Rock. Later going into the mercantile business in Table Rock, including livery, later grain, stock, lumber and coal. Linn & Cooper were in the lumber and milling business. In 1882 this firm built the first flouring mill and lumber and grain business in Humboldt, Nebraska. Later James took over the lumber business and Cooper the milling.
Hon. James L. Linn served one term in the 1881 Sixteenth Nebraska State Legislature from Pawnee county, and later State Senator in the 1887 Twentieth Legislature of his district serving two terms. He was a Republican.
His son Claude started working in the lumber company and eventually took over the management of this enterprise
James was married to Martha E. Oviatt and they were the parents of six children: Eugenia, Fred R., Claude, Florence, Ray L. and Georgia.
James died on Sept. 2, 1892 and his wife moved to California in 1910 to be near her children.
Enlisted in Company C, Iowa 6th Infantry Regiment on 17 Jul 1861.Mustered out on 18 Jul 1864 at Davenport, IA.
James Lawrence Linn was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Fisher Linn. He was born in Tazewell county, Illinois and later the family moved to Hardin county, Iowa where he enlisted in Company C, Iowa 6th Infantry Regiment on 17 Jul 1861. He fought in the Civil War battles at Pittsburg Landing and the battle of Jackson, Mississippi where he was captured, July 16, 1863 and confined in Belle Isle and Libby prisons until December 27th, when he was paroled and proceeded to Annapolis, Maryland where he was in the hospital until March of 1864, then transferred to St. Louis, Missouri in May of 1864 where an exchange took place, and he was among the number. James was mustered out on August 23, 1964 at Davenport, Iowa, returning to his home. Shortly after his marriage to Martha E. Oviatt, in 1870 they came to Pawnee county and got a homestead two miles west of Table Rock. Later going into the mercantile business in Table Rock, including livery, later grain, stock, lumber and coal. Linn & Cooper were in the lumber and milling business. In 1882 this firm built the first flouring mill and lumber and grain business in Humboldt, Nebraska. Later James took over the lumber business and Cooper the milling.
Hon. James L. Linn served one term in the 1881 Sixteenth Nebraska State Legislature from Pawnee county, and later State Senator in the 1887 Twentieth Legislature of his district serving two terms. He was a Republican.
His son Claude started working in the lumber company and eventually took over the management of this enterprise
James was married to Martha E. Oviatt and they were the parents of six children: Eugenia, Fred R., Claude, Florence, Ray L. and Georgia.
James died on Sept. 2, 1892 and his wife moved to California in 1910 to be near her children.
James Lawrence Linn was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Fisher Linn. He was born in Tazewell county, Illinois and later the family moved to Hardin county, Iowa where he enlisted in Company C, Iowa 6th Infantry Regiment on 17 Jul 1861. He fought in the Civil War battles at Pittsburg Landing and the battle of Jackson, Mississippi where he was captured, July 16, 1863 and confined in Belle Isle and Libby prisons until December 27th, when he was paroled and proceeded to Annapolis, Maryland where he was in the hospital until March of 1864, then transferred to St. Louis, Missouri in May of 1864 where an exchange took place, and he was among the number. James was mustered out on August 23, 1964 at Davenport, Iowa, returning to his home. Shortly after his marriage to Martha E. Oviatt, in 1870 they came to Pawnee county and got a homestead two miles west of Table Rock. Later going into the mercantile business in Table Rock, including livery, later grain, stock, lumber and coal. Linn & Cooper were in the lumber and milling business. In 1882 this firm built the first flouring mill and lumber and grain business in Humboldt, Nebraska. Later James took over the lumber business and Cooper the milling.
Hon. James L. Linn served one term in the 1881 Sixteenth Nebraska State Legislature from Pawnee county, and later State Senator in the 1887 Twentieth Legislature of his district serving two terms. He was a Republican.
His son Claude started working in the lumber company and eventually took over the management of this enterprise
James was married to Martha E. Oviatt and they were the parents of six children: Eugenia, Fred R., Claude, Florence, Ray L. and Georgia.
James died on Sept. 2, 1892 and his wife moved to California in 1910 to be near her children.
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