Philip Linn, UCC Cemetery, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio. (2024 photo by Karen)
This is the tombstone of Philip Linn, located in row 7 of St. Paul UCC Cemetery, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio. His marker is inscribed:
Philip
LINN
February 12, 1910
September 29, 1994
Philip Linn was born in Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio, on 12 February 1910, the youngest child of Jacob Linn Jr (1865-1927) and Elizabeth (1872-1943) Garman/Germann. Philips’s parents were both born in Germany.
Philip Linn, at age 3 months, was enumerated in the 1910 census with his parents and four siblings: Jacob Linn Jr, 44; Elizabeth, 37; Otto, 16; Lucy, 14; Caroline, 12; Peter, 10; and Philip, 3 mo. [1]
From the 1916 Mercer County Directory: Jacob Linn Jr, wife Elizabeth, 5 children, farmer, owned 120 acres, Liberty [Twp] 48, Route 1 Celina, 8 horses, 18 cows, with an Indiana telephone. [2]
In 1920 Philip Linn, 9, resided with his father and 3 siblings: Jacob Linn Jr, 54; Louisa, 25; Caroline, 22; Peter, 19; and Philip, 9. [3]
From 1930-1950 Philip Linn resided with his brother Otto and his family in Black Creek Township, helping on the farm. [4] [5] [6]
Philip Linn died in the Mercer County Hospital, Coldwater, on 29 September 1994, at age 84.
Philip Linn had the following siblings:
Infant brother (1891-1891)
Otto Linn (1893-1960), married Norah Gladys Stover
Infant brother (1894-1894)
Catharine Louisa Linn (1895-1974), married Theodore Arndts
Caroline Linn (1897-1983), never married
Peter Linn (1900-1976), married Iola Ione Kanorr
[1] 1910 U.S. Census, Ohio, Mercer, Liberty, ED 119, p.16a, dwelling 349, family 310, Jacob Linn; Ancestry.com.
[2] The Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Mercer County, 1916, Wilmer Atkinson Co, Philadelphia: 1915, p.108.
[3] 1920 U.S. Census, Ohio, Mercer, Liberty, ED 140, p4B. dwelling, 83, family 86, Jacob Linn; Ancestry.com.
[4] 1930 U.S. Census, Ohio, Mercer, Black Creek, ED 54-1, p.8B, dwelling & family 184, Otto Linn; Ancestry.com.
[5] 1940 U.S. Census, Ohio, Mercer, Black Creek, ED 54-1, p.7A, household 146, Otto Linn; Ancestry.com.
[6] 1950 U.S. Census, Ohio, Mercer, ED 54-1, p.8, line 28, Philip Linn, Ancestry.com.
