Mary Carney ^{1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14}

  General Notes:

Mrs. J. C. Linn, Mrs. A. D. Linn, and daughter, Millie, of Wilmot, S. Dak., and Mrs. Lightfoot of Muscatine, took dinner with Mrs. Geo. Linn, Tuesday.

(Source: West Branch Times, West Branch, Iowa, 9 Sep 1909, page 1, "Of Local Interest")
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  Death Notes:

Name: Mary Linn
Titles and Terms: Mrs
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 08 Aug 1940
Event Place: Tipton Township, Hardin, Iowa, United States
Event Place (Original): Tipton
Gender: Female
Age: 88
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852
Father's Name: Thomas Carney
Mother's Name: Isebell Williams
Spouse's Name: James Linn
Certificate Number: 1680

Citing this Record
"Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24D-LC2S : 18 March 2018), James Linn in entry for Mary Linn, 08 Aug 1940, Tipton Township, Hardin, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #1680, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101821082.
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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 #50759906
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1870 US Census, 23 August 1870, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁸ 1870 US Census
Page 1, Family 6
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Mary Linn..18..OH..Keeping House

(Living with husband.)

NOTE - Living next door to James' parents.

2. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 169A, Roll 0331
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Mary Linn..Wife..28..OH..Keeping House

(Living with husband and son.)

3. 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, Iowa
Township 79, Range 3, Section 10, NW Quarter of the NW Quarter
Mary Linn..32..OH

(Living with husband and 2 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 13 Aug 1851, then her age should have been 33 instead of 32.

4. 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, Iowa
Mary Linn..42..OH

(Living with husband and 2 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 13 Aug 1851, then her age should have been 43 instead of 42.

5. 1900 US Census, 27 June 1900, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁹ 1900 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 31, Family 159
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 30 years
Mary Linn..Wife..Aug 1851..48..OH..2/2

(Living with husband, daughter, and father.)

6. 1905 Iowa State Census, 1905, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹⁰ 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.

7. 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
Mary Linn..Wife..58..OH..3/2

(Living with husband.)

8. 1920 US Census, 14 January 1920, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁷ 1920 US Census
Page 3A, District 38, Household 52, Roll 482
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Mary Linn..Wife..68..OH

(Living with husband.)

9. 1930 US Census, 9 April 1930, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹¹ 1930 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 2, Household 271, Roll 646
Tipton, Cedar, Iowa
Charles H. Elwood..Head..63..IA
Bert R. Elwood..Brother..61..IA
Mary Linn..79..OH..Widowed..Housekeeper

(Mary was widowed and living with two other elderly men.)

10. 1940 US Census, 12 April 1940, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ¹² 1940 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 16-15, Family 49, Roll 1145
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Same House
House rented, $10
Mary Linn..Mother..88..IA..Widowed

(Widowed and living with married son, George, and his wife.)

NOTE - Her birth location should have been Ohio instead of Iowa.

Mary married James Cleveland Linn, son of Moses Linn and Hannah Darner, on 26 January 1868 in Cedar, Iowa, United States.^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7} (James Cleveland Linn was born on 10 October 1844 in Muskingum, Ohio, United States,^{3 4 6 7 15 16 17 18} died on 22 March 1922 in Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States ^{18 19} and was buried on 24 March 1922 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. ¹⁰ 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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