Tombstone Tuesday-Jacob Jr & Elizabeth Linn

Jacob & Elizabeth Linn, UCC Cemetery, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio.

This is the tombstone of Jacob Linn Jr and Elizabeth Garman, located in row 5 of St. Paul UCC Cemetery, Liberty Township Mercer County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:

Jacob
1865-1927
Elizabeth
1872-1943
LINN

Jacob Linn Jr was born June 1865 in Bavaria, the son of Jacob Linn Sr and Katharina Mueller. Jacob Jr, age 7, arrived in America with his parents and two brothers, Philip, 4, Henry, 9 months, on 28 May 1872, sailing on the ship Hanover. [1] The family settled in Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio, where Jacob Jr and his five brothers grew up. Jacob Jr’s mother was the sister of my great-grandfather Jacob Mueller/Miller.

Jacob Linn Jr married Elizabeth G. (aka Lizzie) Garman on 2 April 1891 in Mercer County, Ohio, married by Rev. Karl Moeller. [2] Elizabeth was born in December 1871. [3]

Elizabeth’s name was written as Germann on her marriage record but Find A Grave.com and other records indicate that her name was most likely Garman. The 1900 census indicates she was born December 1871 in Germany and immigrated in 1888. There was a Jacob German, born in Germany in 1876, and his aunt, Hermelia (Mrs. Peter) Alt, and both lived in Liberty Township in the early 1900s. I do not know if Elizabeth was related to these two individuals or not.

By 1900, Jacob Linn Jr, 34, and his wife Elizabeth, 28, had four children, Peter [sic] (per the 1900 census; was actually Otto), 6; Louise, 4; Caroline, 2; and Peter, 2 mo. This enumeration indicates that Jacob Jr and Lizzie had been married 9 years and that 4 of their 6 children were living. Both parents were born in Germany and their children were born in Ohio. Jacob Jr immigrated in 1872 and Lizzie in 1888. Jacob was a farmer. [3]

By 1910, Jacob and Elizabeth had five children. The Jacob Linn Jr family in 1910: Jacob, 44; Elizabeth, 37; Otto, 16; Lucy, 14; Caroline, 12; Peter, 10; Philip, 3 mo. The couple had been married 19 years and 5 of their 10 children were living, according to his enumeration. If this information was correct, they lost three more children between 1900-1910. [4]

Elizabeth Linn was admitted to the Toledo State Hospital for a year and a half in January 1905 and again in September 1913. [5] 

The 1916 Mercer County Directory shows the following: Jacob Linn Jr, wife Elizabeth, 5 children, farmer, owned 120 acres, 8 horses, and 18 cows, lived at Route 1 Celina, Liberty 48, Indiana telephone. [6]

Jacob Linn, 54, and his children in 1920: Jacob, 54, daughters Louisa, 25, and Caroline, 22, and sons Peter, 19, and Philip, 9. [7] Elizabeth Linn, married, born in Germany, was again a patient at Toledo State Hospital, as shown in the 1920 and 1930 censuses. [8] [9]  

Jacob Linn died in 1927.

By 1940 Elizabeth was back in Mercer County, living with her son Otto Linn and his family: Otto, 46; Norah G, 44; Ethel L, 21; Herman R, 15; Gene G, 13; Alice J, 11; Janet, 9; Paul K, 6; Robert G, 2; Philip Linn, 30, brother; and Elizabeth Linn, 80, mother.

Elizabeth Linn died 25 April 1943 in Mercer County.

Jacob Linn Jr and Elizabeth (Germann/Garman) had the following children:
Infant son (1891-1891)
Otto Linn (1893-1960), married Norah Gladys Stover
Infant son (1894-1894)
Catharine Louisa Linn (1895-1974), married Theodore Arndts
Caroline Linn (1897-1983), not married
Peter Linn (1900-1976), married Iola Ione Kanorr 
Philip Linn (1910-1994), never married

[1] Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, 1820-1897, Records of the U.S. Customs Service, RG: 36, National Archives, Washington DC, NAID: M237, Ship Hanover, 28 May 1872; Ancestry.com.

[2] Ohio U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Mercer, Vol. 1887-1904, p.260, Jacob Linn & Lizzie Germann, 2 Apr 1891; Ancestry.com.

[3] 1900 U.S. Census, Ohio, Mercer, Liberty, ED 85, p.8, dwelling 149, family 154, Jacob J Sinn [sic]; Ancestry.com.

[4] 1910 U.S. Census, Ohio, Mercer, Liberty, ED 119, p.16a, dwelling 349, family 310, Jacob Linn; Ancestry.com.

[5] The Celina Democrat, Celina, Ohio, 19 Sep 1913; NewspaperArchive.com.

[6] The Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Mercer County, 1916, Wilmer Atkinson Co, Philadelphia: 1915, p.108.

[7] 1920 U.S. Census, Ohio, Mercer, Liberty, ED 140, p4B. dwelling, 83, family 86, Jacob Linn; Ancestry.com.

[8] 1920 U.S. Census, Ohio, Lucas, Toledo Ward 13, ED 139, p.17A, line 35, Elizabeth Linn; Ancestry.com.

[9] 1930 U.S. Census, Ohio, Lucas, Toledo, Ed 116, p.23A, line 20, Elizabeth Linn; Ancestry.com.

[10] 1940 U.S. Census, Ohio, Mercer, Black Creek, ED 54-1, p.7A, household 146, Otto Linn; Ancestry.com.

[11] Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, Mercer, p.980, Elizabeth G Linn, 25 Apr 1943; FamilySearch.org.

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