Centre County Library & Historical Museum - John Blair Linn Photo Album

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  • Date = circa 1860's
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Photo album put together by John Blair Linn (1831 – 1899) consisting of 72 B&W images of his immediate family, his extended family, and his friends from his days in Lewisburg, PA and Bellefonte, PA.
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B&W Photograph of Margaret Henderson Linn Wilson
B&W Photograph of Margaret Henderson Linn Wilson
John Blair Linn; Immediate Family
Margaret 'Mard' Henderson Linn Wilson, John Blair Linn's sister-in-law, in her 30's; born in Pennsylvania in 1830; daughter of Reverend James Linn (1783 – 1868) (no relation to John Blair Linn) and Isabella Henderson Linn (1794 – 1871); married William Potter Wilson in 1856; sister-in-law of Mary E. D. Wilson Linn, second wife of John Blair Linn; had no children; died in Bellefonte, PA in 1917; buried in Union Cemetery (Bellefonte, PA); printed text below image of 'J. W. Moore, Bellefonte, PA.'
B&W Photograph of Reverend Henry H. Harbaugh
B&W Photograph of Reverend Henry H. Harbaugh
John Blair Linn; Immediate Family
Reverend Henry H. Harbaugh, John Blair Linn's brother-in-law, in his 50's; born near Waynesboro, PA in 1817; theologian, hymn writer, poet and publisher; in 1843 he was ordained in the German Reformed Church and spent 20 years at pastorates in Lewisburg, Lancaster and Lebanon, all in PA; Professor of Theology at Mercersburg Academy; he published several books, and hymns; second marriage to Maria Louisa Linn (1827 – 1897) (Lewisburg, PA), sister of John Blair Linn; died in 1867; buried in Trinity United Church of Christ Churchyard (Mercersburg, PA)
B&W Photograph of William Potter Wilson
B&W Photograph of William Potter Wilson
John Blair Linn; Immediate Family
William Potter Wilson, John Blair Linn's brother-in-law, perhaps in his late thirties; born in Centre County, PA in 1825; son of Samuel Hunter Wilson (1793 – 1841) and Mary H. Roberts Benner Wilson (1795 – 1850); married Margaret Henderson Linn (1830 – 1917) in 1856; brother of Mary E. D. Wilson Linn (1834 - 1907), second wife of John Blair Linn; went to Bellefonte Academy and Dartmouth College; studied law at McCartney’s Law School in Easton, PA; admitted to the Centre County, PA bar in 1849; had the title of Colonel due to his serving as aide on the military staff of Governor William Bigler (1814 - 1880) of Pennsylvania; served as treasurer and secretary of the Bald Eagle Valley Railroad Company; served as treasurer and manager of the Centre and Kishocoquillas Turnpike Road Company; bought and sold real estate; died in Bellefonte, Centre County, PA in 1878 ; buried in Union Cemetery (Bellefonte, PA); printed text below image of 'J. W. Moore, Bellefonte, PA.'