Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Linn, Clarissa Pangborn ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com May 13, 2006, 6:52 pm Author: History of Grundy County, 1914 LINN, Clarissa (PANGBORN) - Of old and distinguished family and of long residence in Grundy County, Mrs. Clarissa LINN is highly deserving of place in this connection. She was born in Syracuse, N. Y., December 13, 1835, a daughter of Moses and Catherine (SITTERLEY) PANGBORN, both of Albany County, N. Y. Prior to her marriage to Peter BRADT, she lived with her parents, but later went to Wauponsee Township, Grundy County, where her husband, though a contractor and builder by trade, commenced farming. The history of the BRADT family in America dates back to 1650, when Andrew BRADT left Holland to make his home in the wilderness of the newly organized New York Colony. After some forty years of successful struggle against the adversities of pioneering, he lost his life in the great Schenectady massacre, and his infant son, who was saved by his mother's forethought in wrapping him in a shawl and hiding him under a hedge fence, was left as the sole survivor of the family. He later grew to manhood and from him the name has been handed down. Peter BRADT added materially to the stock of family history and traditions, when, during the Civil War, he fought, first with Company C, Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, later with Company G, Thirty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was wounded, twice made prisoner, the last time in Libby Prison, and was finally honorably discharged after rendering most useful service for the cause. Peter BRADT died in December, 1873, leaving behind him two sons, Benjamin and James, who died at the age of seventeen and four respectively. His widow was subsequently married on the 13th of December, 1874, to Alexander LINN, born in Washington County, Penn., a son of Moses and Nancy (SPEAR) LINN, likewise natives of Washington County. His mother was an own cousin of President James BUCHANAN. His father was extensively engaged in farming in Pennsylvania. Alexander LINN came to Illinois in 1868, and secured a splendid farming property in Wauponsee Township, where he engaged in stock raising very profitably. In September, 1881, he died, and, his only son, Alexander, Jr., had not lived beyond his fourth year, his wife was left alone, owning the handsome estate. Mrs. LINN still lives on the old homestead, her nephews operating the farm, and the proceeds provide for her more than an ample sustenance. She is indeed a very admirable woman, and her friends, who are many in number, unite in wishing for her the very ripest of silver years. Martin BRADT has now in his possession the family Coat of Arms, which was brought to this country by Andrew BRADT, and which is a very highly treasured heirloom. page 853 Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. Publishers; 1914 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/linn880nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb