Ray County, Missouri Biographies - Thomas Linvill (b. 1805)

Source: History of Ray County, Missouri 1881; p.712-713


THOMAS LINVILL

Thomas Linvill was born in Campbell county, Tennessee, September 9, 1805. His
parents were Aaron and Rebecca Linvill. They removed when Thomas was very young
to Howard county, Missouri, and located in ‘Sugar-tree bottom.’ There they
remained for some time, then came to Ray county. Our subject located on his
present farm at the age of twenty-four years, and has lived there ever since,
during more than half a century. He owns five hundred acres of land, section
twelve, township fifty-four, range twenty-eight, well improved and in an 
excellent condition of cultivation, well watered and stocked. About the first
of December 1834, Mr. Linvill was married to Miss Martha A. Stone, a native
of Kentucky, born October 13, 1818. Her parents were John and Sallie Stone.
Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Linvill, five of whom are yet living:
James A, born December 25, 1842; John E., born February 10, 1846; Bessie A,
born June 21, 1865; Eliza A., born February 15, 1836; Sallie A., born May 12,
1838. Mr. Linvill was engaged in the local war against the Mormons, and was
one of the party that captured Joseph Smith, the Mormon leader. Mr. Linvill
was much annoyed by the local strife during the civil war, and lost heavily
of his property. He has, however, entirely recuperated his losses, and is in
a very prosperous condition. He is a leading farmer and an influential and
prominent citizen.

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