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James Weber Linn

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James Weber Linn

Birth
Death
16 Jul 1939 (aged 63)
Illinois, USA
Burial
Cedarville, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Front right section - Row 9 - Lot 5
Memorial ID
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Author, James Weber Linn was the nephew of Jane Addams.
"One of the finest--and most complete--biographies of Jane Addams (Nobel Prize for Peace, 1931) ever written"

Freeport Journal-Standard 7-18-1939 pg 12
Funeral services for James Weber Linn, Chicago, Illinois legislator, author and educator, were held in Cedarville cemetery this afternoon. Rev. Sidney Snow of Meadville House, Chicago, officiating. The body was interred in the Linn family lot. A committee of six members represented the Illinois legislature at the rites, and University of Chicago was represented by Dr. Frederic C. Woodward. The funeral party included the widow, and daughters and sons-in-law, and Eri Hulbert, nephew of Chicago, and Miss Mary Hulbert, niece, of Freeport. There were also a large number of friends of Mr. Linn from Chicago and from the east.
Author, James Weber Linn was the nephew of Jane Addams.
"One of the finest--and most complete--biographies of Jane Addams (Nobel Prize for Peace, 1931) ever written"

Freeport Journal-Standard 7-18-1939 pg 12
Funeral services for James Weber Linn, Chicago, Illinois legislator, author and educator, were held in Cedarville cemetery this afternoon. Rev. Sidney Snow of Meadville House, Chicago, officiating. The body was interred in the Linn family lot. A committee of six members represented the Illinois legislature at the rites, and University of Chicago was represented by Dr. Frederic C. Woodward. The funeral party included the widow, and daughters and sons-in-law, and Eri Hulbert, nephew of Chicago, and Miss Mary Hulbert, niece, of Freeport. There were also a large number of friends of Mr. Linn from Chicago and from the east.


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  • Created by: Ann in NH
  • Added: Dec 6, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81630057/james_weber-linn: accessed ), memorial page for James Weber Linn (11 May 1876–16 Jul 1939), Find a Grave Memorial ID 81630057, citing Cedarville Cemetery, Cedarville, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Ann in NH (contributor 46841782).