Linn, John Blair, 1831-1899

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John Blair Linn was born on October 16, 1831, in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Linn attended the Lewisburg Academy and Marshall College in Mercersburg and graduated in 1846. He practiced law in Union and Sullivan counties before he moved his practice to Centre County in 1871. Linn became interested in preserving the history of his home and the surrounding area. In 1883, Linn published the first of his historical compilations, Annals of Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania, 1755-1855. His History of Centre and Clinton Counties (1883) remains an important source text for local historians and genealogists. Linn was elected District Attorney during his short stay in Sullivan County and was later appointed Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1873. He died in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, in January 1899.

From the description of John Blair Linn family papers, 1776-1912. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 502458291
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