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

Ann Linn Macbeth, John Blair Linn's aunt, at the age of 77 years; born in Northumberland, Northumberland County, PA in 1787; daughter of John Linn (1754 – 1809) and Ann Fleming Linn (1761 – 1841); married Andrew MacBeth (1777 – 1854) in 1817; died on Oct. 13, 1873; buried in Forest Hill Cemetery (Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana); handwritten text at bottom of 'Mrs. Ann McBeth 77'.

Bessie Wilmot Linn, John Blair Linn's second child from his 1st marriage, at the age of approximately 7 years; born in Lewisburg, PA in 1860; daughter of John Blair Linn (1831 - 1899) and Julia Pollock Linn (1831 - 1862); after her mother's death she lived along with her sister, Sarah 'Sallie' Pollock Linn (1859 - 1933), with her mother's parents in Williamsport, PA; never married; died in Williamsport, PA in 1933, 10 months after her sister; buried in Wildwood Cemetery (Williamsport, PA)

Bessie Wilmot Linn, John Blair Linn's second child from his first marriage, at age of approximately 15 years; born in Lewisburg, PA in 1960; daughter of John Blair Linn (1831 - 1899) and Julia Pollock Linn (1831 - 1862); lived with her mother’s parents in Williamsport, PA after her mother’s death and then with her sister, Sarah 'Sallie' Pollock Linn (1859 – 1933) in Williamsport, PA; never married; died in Williamsport, PA in 1933; buried in Wildwood Cemetery (Williamsport, PA)

Elizabeth Brown Linn, John Blair Linn's sister-in-law, at the approximate age of 43 years; born in Union County, PA in 1827; daughter of Abraham Brown (1789 – 1869) and Anna Gundy Brown (1790 – 1832); married Wilson Irvin Linn (1829 – 1897) in 1849; children included – Edwin Brown Linn (1850 - 1924), James F. Linn (1852 - 1925), Anna B. Linn Sterner (1855 – 1882), Margaret Wilson Linn (1857 - 1896), Mary B. Linn Vanalstine (1860 - 1942), Merrill Reno Linn (1861 - 1918), Frank Sterner Linn (1864 - 1938), and Charles Ernest Linn (1866 - 1922); died in 1887; buried in Great Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery (Malvern, Chester County, PA)

Henry Sage Linn, John Blair Linn's second child from his 2nd marriage, at the age of 8 months; born in Bellefonte, PA in 1873; daughter of John Blair Linn (1831 - 1899) and Mary Elizabeth David Wilson Linn (1834 - 1907); never married; listed as proprietor of a china store in 1910 census; died in Bellefonte, PA in 1946; buried in Union Cemetery (Bellefonte, PA); printed text at bottom of photograph of 'J. W. Moore, Bellefonte, PA.'

James Merrill Linn (right) and Mary Ellen Billmeyer Linn (left), John Blair Linn's brother and sister-in-law, at the approximate ages of 37 years and 28 years, respectively; James Merrill Linn - born in Lewisburg, PA in 1833, son of James Fleming Linn (1802 – 1869) and Margaret Irvin Wilson Linn (1804 – 1868), married Mary Ellen Billmeyer (1842 – 1926) in 1867, lawyer, mustered in April 20, 1861 as 2nd Lieutenant in Company G, 4th Infantry, mustered out July 27, 1861, mustered in Nov. 16, 1861 as Captain and commander of Company H, 51st PA Regiment, resigned on April 14, 1864, and died in 1897; Mary Ellen Billmeyer - born in Lewisburg, PA in 1842, daughter of Philip Billmeyer (1814 – 1885) and Susannah Follmer Billmeyer (1821 – 1874), and died in 1926; the parents of Philip Billmeyer Linn (1869 - 1927); both buried in Lewisburg Cemetery (Lewisburg, PA)

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.'

Mary Elizabeth Davis Wilson Linn (right) and Mary Hunter Linn (left), John Blair Linn's 2nd wife and 3rd child, at the ages of 35 years and 6 months, respectively; Mary E. D. Wilson - born in Centre County, PA in 1834, daughter of Samuel Hunter Wilson (1793 - 1841) and Mary H. Roberts Benner Wilson (1795 - 1850), attended the Lawrenceville Female Seminary (Lawrenceville, NJ) from at least May 1851 - Sept. 1852 with support by her brother (William Potter Wilson (1825 - 1878)), mother of Mary Hunter Linn (July 26, 1869 - 1954) and Henry Sage Linn (1873 - 1946), died in Bellefonte, PA in 1907, and buried in Union Cemetery (Bellefonte, PA); handwritten text at bottom of 'Mary Hunter Linn, Feb. 5, 1870'

Mary Hunter Linn, John Blair Linn's daughter from his 2nd marriage, as a new born; born in Lewisburg, PA in 1869; daughter of John Blair Linn (1831 – 1899) and his second wife, Mary E. D. Wilson Linn (1834 – 1907); graduated from the Bellefonte Academy and Bryn Mawr College (1891); never married; historical student and writer; died in Bellefonte, PA in 1954; buried in Union Cemetery (Bellefonte, PA); handwritten text at bottom of 'Mary H. Linn 1869'.

Philip Benner Wilson, John Blair Linn's brother-in-law, perhaps in his late 40's; born in Chillisquaque Mills, Northumberland County, PA in 1822; son of Samuel Hunter Wilson (1793 – 1841) and Mary H. Roberts Benner Wilson (1795 – 1850); brother of Mary E. D. Wilson Linn, second wife of John Blair Linn; mustered in Aug. 18, 1861 at Harrisburg, PA as Captain of Company F, 59th Regiment, 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry for a 3-year term of service (Company F was recruited in Centre County, PA); promoted to Major of the regiment on Oct. 28, 1862; transferred to the 1st Provisional Cavalry (combination of the 2nd PA Cavalry and the 20th PA Cavalry) on June 17, 1865 with duty at Cloud’s Mills, VA; mustered out July 13, 1865; after war involved first with John Irwin, Jr. in the hardware business and then with Thomas Hicks (Wilson & Hicks), both businesses in Bellefonte, PA; Colonel of the 5th Regiment National Guard of Pennsylvania; unmarried; died in Bellefonte, Centre County, PA in 1878; buried in Union Cemetery (Bellefonte, PA)