Alonzo LINN

LINN, RICHARDSON, HOSKIN

Posted By: Karen A. Flick (email)
Date: 4/1/2003 at 17:00:20

Dated July 8, 1912

Former Cantril Resident Dies. A. LINN passes away at Fowler, Colorado after a long illness.

After making a valiant fight against an attack of Bright's disease for several months A. LINN died Monday afternoon at his home in Fowler, Colorado in the presence of his family. Death occurred about 4:40 o'clock. Several times during the week his death was expected, and it was surprising the strength Mr. Linn brought to bear in his struggles to get well from a disease which is generally considered fatal.

Alonzo LINN was born in the state of Pennsylvania on March 31, 1843, and was 69 years of age at his last birthday anniversary. At that time there was a family reunion in his honor and shortly thereafter Mr. Linn's condition became serious. From that time on his health has been anything but good, and as time passed he had grown gradually weaker.

From Pennsylvania Mr. Linn moved with his parents to West Point, Lee County, Iowa when the subject of this sketch was but two years of age. On August 4, 1870, Mr. Linn was married in Fort Madison, Iowa, to Miss Keren H. RICHARDSON. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Scotland County, Missouri where they lived for four years, and then returned to Van Buren County, Iowa. Here they lived for 28 years on the old homestead, which had been the home of Mr. Linn's parents for many years. Just prior to Christmas day in the year 1905, Mr. and Mrs. Linn and family went to Colorado and located in Rocky Ford, where they lived for one year before moving to Fowler. Mr. Linn was a tiller of soil until he went to Colorado, since which time he led a retired life.

Mr. Linn was one of a family of five children, and of this number one brother and one sister are living. They are MIlton A. LINN and Miss Amelia LINN of Cantril, Iowa.

To Mr. and Mrs. Linn were born nine children of whom seven are living. One died in infancy, and Bessie E. LINN of Cantril died at the age of 19. The living children are: Mrs. Dora M. HOSKIN of Rocky Ford, Co., Howard M. LINN of Fort Dodge, Ia., Herman J. LINN of Mt. Sterling, Ia., Fred N. LINN of Benonine, Texas, Ralph W. LINN of Cantril, Ia., Roy T. LINN of Las Animas, Co., and Lewis C. LINN of Rocky Ford, Co.

Mr. Linn was a member of the Presbyterian church until the family moved to Fowler from Rocky Ford. There being no Presbyterian church there, he united with the Methodist church of Fowler. He came from a family of Pennsylvania Presbyterians and had for years been a consistent church member.

Mr. Linn was well known among the residents of not only this city, but of the surrounding country as well, and held the good will and esteem of all.

Alonzo LINN and Keren H. RICHARDSON LINN were my great grandparents. Keren Linn died in 1917 and both she and Alonzo are buried in Fowler, Co. My grandfather was Lewis Charles LINN and he married Annie Gertrude GOVREAU in Rocky Ford, Co., in 1910. Lewis died in 1955 and Annie died in 1982. Both are buried in Westminster Memorial Park in Westminster, Ca.