James Cleveland Linn ^{1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13}

  General Notes:

If James Cleveland Linn who supposedly helped to build or actually built the Springdale Methodist church and possibly had a part in building the Rochester Methodist church, I would say he and his wife were probably Methodists.
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  Death Notes:

Name: James C Linn
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 22 Mar 1922
Event Place: Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 77
Birth Year (Estimated): 1845
Father's Name: Moses Linn
Mother's Name: Havara Darner
Spouse's Name: Mary Linn
Certificate Number: 16321

Citing this Record
"Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Z-P2K1 : 8 November 2017), Mary Linn in entry for James C Linn, 22 Mar 1922, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #16321, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101768577.
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  Burial Notes:

James and his wife, Mary, share one large monument marker of polished gray granite. The inscription reads "James C. Linn, Oct. 10, 1844-Mar. 22, 1922; Mary Linn, Aug. 13, 1851-Aug. 8, 1940".

Find A Grave Memorial 50759888
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1850 US Census, 1 October 1850, Union Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States. ⁸ 1850 US Census
Page 434B, Dwelling 1107, Family 1117
Union Township, Muskingum, Ohio
James C. Linn..5..OH

(Living with parents.)

2. 1856 Iowa State Census, March 1856, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁹ 1856 Iowa State Census
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
James Cleaver Linn..11..OH

(Living with parents.)

3. 1860 US Census, June 1860, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹⁰ 1860 US Census
Page 150, Family 1041
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
James C. Linn..15..OH

(Living with parents.)

4. 1870 US Census, 23 August 1870, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹¹ 1870 US Census
Page 1, Dwelling 6, Family 6
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
James Linn..35..OH..Carpenter

(Living with wife.)

NOTE - Living next door to James' parents. If his birth date was 10 Oct 1844, then his age should have been 25 instead of 35.

5. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 169A, Roll 0331
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
James C. Linn..Self..30..OH..Carpenter

(Living with wife and son.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 10 Oct 1844, then his age should have been 35 instead of 30.

6. 1885 Iowa State Census, March 1885, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ³ 1885 Iowa State Census
Page 389, Line 2, Dwelling 119, Family 128
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Township 79, Range 3, Section 10, NW Quarter of the NW Quarter
James C. Linn..40..OH..Carpenter

(Living with wife and 2 children.)

7. 1895 Iowa State Census, January 1895, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁴ 1895 Iowa State Census
Page 482, Dwelling 143, Family 148, Line 19
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
James C. Linn..50..OH..Carpenter

(Living with wife and 2 children.)

8. 1900 US Census, 27 June 1900, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹² 1900 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 31, Dwelling 158, Family 159
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 30 years
J. C. Linn..Head..Oct 1843..56..OH..Carpenter

(Living with wife, daughter, and father-in-law.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 10 Oct 1844, then his age should have been 55 instead of 56.

9. 1910 US Census, 23 April 1910, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁶ 1910 US Census
Sheet 3B, Roll 408, District 34, Household 58
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
married 42 years
Farm owned, no mortgage
James C. Linn..Head..65..OH..Carpenter, General Building

(Living with wife.)

10. 1920 US Census, 14 January 1920, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁷ 1920 US Census
Sheet 3A, Roll 482, District 38, Household 52
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
James C. Linn..Self..75..OH..Farmer, General Farm

(Living with wife.)

NOTE - His brother, Andrew, and his family were living next door.

James married Mary Carney, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Carney and Isabel Williams, on 26 January 1868 in Cedar, Iowa, United States.^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7} (Mary Carney was born on 13 August 1851 in Muskingum, Ohio, United States,^{2 6 7 11 12 15 16 17 18 19} died on 8 August 1940 in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States ^{18 19} and was buried on 10 August 1940 in West Bethel Cemetery, Cedar, Iowa, United States ^{18 19}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage Image, 26 January 1868, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹

2. 1870 US Census, 23 August 1870, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ²⁰ 1870 US Census
Page 1, Family 6
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
James Linn..35..OH..Carpenter
Mary Linn..18..OH..Keeping House

NOTE - Living next door to James' parents.

3. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 169A, Roll 0331
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
James C. Linn..Self..30..OH..Carpenter
Mary Linn..Wife..28..OH..Keeping House
George Linn..Son..3..IA

4. 1885 Iowa State Census, March 1885, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ³ 1885 Iowa State Census
Page 389, Line 2, Family 128
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Township 79, Range 3, Section 10, NW Quarter of the NW Quarter
James C. Linn..40..OH..Carpenter
Mary Linn..32..OH
George Linn..8..IA
May Linn..4..IA

5. 1895 Iowa State Census, January 1895, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁴ 1895 Iowa State Census
Page 482, Line 19, Family 148
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
James C. Linn..50..OH..Carpenter
Mary Linn..42..OH
George Linn..18..Cedar County, IA..Methodist
Mary Linn..14..Cedar County, IA

NOTE - The handwriting on this census form is somewhat sloppy and as a result the age of James was indexed as 30 instead of 50 and the name of the daughter was indexed as Mary instead of Mae.

6. 1900 US Census, 27 June 1900, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁵ 1900 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 31, Family 159
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 30 years
J. C. Linn..Head..Oct 1843..56..OH..Carpenter
Mary Linn..Wife..Aug 1851..48..OH..2/2
May Linn..Daughter..Feb 1881..9..IA..Servant
T. J. Carney..Father-in-Law..Aug 1831..68..NJ

NOTE - Lived next door to his brother, Andrew Linn, and his wife, Kate Wymer.

7. 1905 Iowa State Census, 1905, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹⁵ 1905 Iowa State Census
, Cedar County, Iowa
Mary Linn..53..OH..Card A305

NOTE - For some reason, the name of her husband, James Linn, does not appear in the index to the census.

8. 1910 US Census, April 1910, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁶ 1910 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 34, Household 58, Roll 408
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
James C. Linn..Head..65..OH
Mary Linn..Wife..58..OH

9. 1920 US Census, January 1920, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁷ 1920 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 38, Household 52, Roll 482
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
James C. Linn..Self..75..OH
Mary Linn..Wife..68..OH

  Marriage Notes:

"Carney Family History 1748-1993", Published by Tony Posten, 1993, page 74

"James was a carpenter, he built the Springdale and Rochester Methodist Churches, out of native pine wood. Today these churches are still very active. He also built the Linn family home in/about 1860/1870's. Many family members were married, gave birth and passed away there. It still is standing today with little remodeling on the inside. The barn is still standing, when it was built there was no nails used. Legend has it that James was very careful with his money, and (not to) drop a staple or nail on the ground, he spent more time looking for it then we would have. Many of the barns he built are still standing in the Springdale, Iowa community. James is spoke of to this day. James died 22 March 1922 on the Linn farm. Not long before his death he told a friend he was not afraid to go because he had always tried to do what is right. The funeral services were held in the Bethel Church and interment made in the Bethel Cemetery. Mary stayed at the house for a while after James passed on. She made beautiful hand sewn linen table cloth's, did a lot of mending and sewing of clothes. Mary became bored and went to work at the County Jail house as a cook, she would say they were tilted when the prisoner's were brought for drinking too much. She was best always thought of wearing patched overalls, even when she would go visiting family. I've been told she made the best sugar cookie's, that she kept in an old churn jug with a wooden lid on it. Mary had blue eyes and blonde hair. She passed away on 8 Aug 1940 and is laid to rest with James in (West) Bethel Cemetery."
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