Matthew Pollock Linn (b. 22 Nov 1837, d. 05 Nov 1910)
Matthew Pollock Linn (son of James Linn and Jane Pollock) was born 22 Nov 1837 in N. Srabane, Washington,PA, and died 05 Nov 1910 in Washington Co, , Pennsylvania, USA. He married (1) Henrietta Harter on 1863. He married (2) Annie Thomas on Abt. 1888.
Notes for Matthew Pollock Linn: Twelfth Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment "The companies which marched from Washington borough and Monongahela City to join the Twelfth Regiment, ... were raised for three months' service, a term which at that time was thought to be ample for the suppression of the Rebellion. After the filling of the first quotas the War Department changed its policy and ceased to accept three months' men, the term of service required being three years or during the war, with some exceptions of two years' regiments.The Twelfth was one of the earliest regiments to enter the field. The field officers had all received a military training. The two Washington County companies of the Twelfth were designated in the regimental organization as "E" and "G" companies. Lists of their officers and enlisted men are given below: (Unit mustered in to service April 25, 1861)"
Company E Recruited at Washington
Privates John W. Acheson, Henry H. Alter, James Barr, Edward W. Bausman, Peter Blonberg, Hugh P. Boon, John V. Brobst, John A. Byers, John L. Cook, Henry M. Dougan, Horace B. Durant, Tertius A. Durant, Henry Erdman, Hardman Gantz, John L. Gettys, James Grier, John M. Griffith, Charles Hallam, William T. Hamilton, Alexander C. Hamilton, William Hart, Eli Hess (died), William H. Horn, Robert P. Hughes, Andrew J. Hyde, James B. Kennedy, John Kendall, Phillip P. Kuntz, John Lawton, Joseph Lane, Matthew P. Linn, Charles L. Linton, John Loughman, Taylor McFarland, Thomas M. McKeever, John McKeever, Caleb I. McNulty, James W. Montford, William M. Morrison, Henry C. Odenbaugh, George A. Perrett, Rollin O. Phillips, Henry A. Purviance, Alexander Rankin, George W. Reed, Samuel B. Rickey (died), John B. Ritner, Alexander W. Scott, Cephas D. Sharp, David Shepherd, James Stocking, Andrew J. Swart, John R. Sweeny, Samuel M. Templeton, Joseph H. Templeton, Robert Thompson, Robert L. Thompson, William H. Underwood, Isaac Vance, George I. Walker, Andrew W. Wilson, James B. Wilson, Roobert T. Wishart, Wesley Wolf
Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment of Militia "On the 4th of September Governor Curtin issued a proclamation calling on the people to arm and prepare for defense....In September, 1862, two companies of men from Washington (many of them past the military age) marched to the front, and as a part of the Sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania militia, encamped at a point about two miles west of Chambersburg, PA., awaiting orders to move against the Confederate army, which had crossed the Potomac into Maryland with the evident intention of invading Pennsylvania. "
"Of the field and staff officers of the Sixth Regiment, Col. James Armstrong, Quartermaster David Aiken, and Chaplain William P. Aldrich were residents of Washington. The rolls of the two Washington County companies are here given, viz:
Mustered into service on the 13th of September, and mustered out on the 29th of September; in defense of the State of Pennsylvania."
Company A Officers Capt. Norton McGiffin (Washington); 1st lieut. Samuel M. Templeton Washington); 2nd lieut. Henry H. Alter (Washington); 1st sergt. James B. Wilson (Washington); sergts., Charles B. McCollum, David Brady, John W. Wolf, James C Acheson (Washington); corps., Joseph M. Spriggs, Harvery B. McCollum (Washington), John Steck (Greenburg), John Wiley, Thomas G. Wolf, James R. Thompson, Henry M. Aiken, John W. Dinsmore (Washington); musician, Charles White, Washington
Privates (all from Washington, unless otherwise noted) Henry H. Arnold, John C. Alrich, William Allen, Isaac N. Bane, John B. Beatty, William S. Beatty, Norton Braddock, William Burke, Samuel Cooke, John L. Cooke, Samuel A. Clarke, George W. Driver, George L. Gow, William Greer, Charles Glaun, John Hainer, John N. Hainer, George Hammond, John B. Hallam, George O. Jones. Thomas C. Kerr, Joseph C. Keiser, Aexander Litle, George O. Lindsey, Gustavus A. Loukert, Jeremiah Marshall, George W. Murphy, William McClane, James McCreary, John E. McCullough, Jacob B. McKennan (Brownsville), Archibald B. McAllister, William Paul, Samuel H. Rial, James Goodrich Ruple, George Rods, John P. Reimund, Anthony D. Rickey, James Seaman, John W. Seaman, Robert F. Strean, John H. Scott, Alex. M. Todd, Theodore Turner, Robert L. Thompson, Dan. C. Vallentine, William C. Vance, Ferdinand J. P. Varro, Thomas M. Wiley, John W. Wiley, Francis J. L. Wiley, John C. S. Weills, David T. Watson, John G. Windworth, Samuel K. Weirich, James S. Wolf, Frederick F. Wotring
Company F Officers Capt. John H. Ewing (Washington), 1st lieut., Alfred Creigh (Washington); 2nd lieut., Samuel O. Williams (Washington); 1st sergt., James M. Byers (Washington); sergts., William F. Fleming, William Hart, Thomas D. O'Hara, George W. Reed (Washington); corps., Samuel W. Griffith, James Brown, Robert Baird Patterson, James R. Ruth, Matthew P. Linn, William Phillips, William W. Smith, Frank Gabby (Washington)
More About Matthew Pollock Linn: Date born 2: 1838, Pennsylvania.49 Residence: 1880, South Strabane, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.49
More About Matthew Pollock Linn and Henrietta Harter: Marriage: 1863
More About Matthew Pollock Linn and Annie Thomas: Marriage: Abt. 1888
Children of Matthew Pollock Linn and Henrietta Harter are:
Lida Harter Linn, b. 1867, Washington,Washington Co, Pennsylvania, USA, d. 25 Nov 1963, Washington Co, , Pennsylvania, USA.
Matthew Pollock Linn (b. 22 Nov 1837, d. 05 Nov 1910)
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