B&W Photograph of John Blair Linn (front)

John Blair Linn

John Blair Linn at the age of 35 years; born in Lewisburg, PA in 1831; graduated from Marshall College in 1848; admitted to the Union County, PA bar after reading law in his father’s office; practiced law in Sullivan County, PA from 1852 – 1853 until elected to district attorney; returned to Lewisburg, PA to practice law until moving to Centre County, PA in April 1871; mustered on Sept. 29, 1862 as 1st Lieutenant in Company K, 51st PA Regiment but resigned on March 9, 1863; in April 1878 he was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under Matthew Stanley Quay (1833 - 1904) and became Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in May 1878 upon the resignation of Matthew Stanley Quay up to the inauguration of Governor Henry M. Hoyt (1830 - 1892) in 1879; co-editor of the Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series; published ‘Annals of Buffalo Valley’ in 1879 and ‘History of Centre and Clinton Counties’ in 1882; married to Julia J. Pollock (1831 - 1862) from Oct. 1857 to her death in July 1862, and Mary E. D. Wilson (1834 - 1907) from Nov. 1867 to his death; father of Sarah Pollock Linn (1859 - 1933), Bessie Wilmot Linn (1860 - 1933), Mary Hunter Linn (1869 - 1954) and Henry Sage Linn (1873 - 1946); died in Bellefonte, PA in 1899; buried in Union Cemetery (Bellefonte, PA)

Ginter, William M. (Photographer, Lewisburg, PA)

1867-03-01

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Date of photograph assumed to be that written on back 'March 1, 1867'.