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THE HISTORY OF OHIO - The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925
Volume III, page 38

        GEORGE WARD LINN. Collecting stamps is a hobby that strikes nearly
every normal boy and frequently remains an absorbing avocation in later
years. Many interesting and famous persons all over the world have become
well informed philatelists, as those who pursue the science of stamp
collecting are known.
        An internationally known dealer in rare stamps and stamp collector
lived at Columbus, in the person of George Ward Linn. Mr. Linn began
collecting when about ten years of age, and continued it for a number of
years as an amateur and gradually developed it into an important business.
        Mr. Linn was born at Greenville, in Darke County, Ohio, in 1884,
son of William McMilan and Belle (Radabaugh) Linn. On his mother's side he
is descended from the Ward family. The Wards were among the first settlers
of Darke County, and had to protect their pioneering efforts of home making
against hostile Indians. William M. Linn, his father, was born at
Greenfield, in Highland County, Ohio, and for a number of years was a
prominent Ohio journalist. He was editor and publisher of papers at
Versailles, Greenville, Wapakoneta and Hamilton, from where he went to
Dayton and conducted a general printing business. From Dayton he moved to
Columbus in 1893. For thirty years he has been prominently identified with
the printing business of the city. This business is now conducted as W.M.
Linn & Sons Company. His two active associates are his sons, William J. and
Edward R. Linn. The Linn plant is famous for its fine quality of artistic
printing. In the Linn family printing is revered as an art as well as a
practical business.
        George Ward Linn learned printing under his father. Samples of very
beautiful and artistic books he produced for his stamp business show high
skill in the printing art. While earning his living as a printer Mr. Linn
became more and more interested in stamp collection, and gradually built up
a small business as a dealer until finally he left printing to concentrate
his entire attention upon his specialty. His business is known as the
George W. Linn Company, and has been conducted under that name since 1904.
        In the sale and collection of old and rare stamps his business runs
into thousands of dollars annually. He makes purchases and receives orders
for stamps from practically every country where stamps are used in any way.
Some of his specimens have been among the rarest and most highly valued
among philatelists, and have brought large prices. He ransacks all corners
of the earth for specimens of old, rare and obsolete issues, some of them
of much historic interest. He is an active member of the American
Philatelic Society, the New York Collectors Club and other national and
local Philatelic societies.
        Mr. Linn married Mayme Julia Phyllis, and they have one daughter
and one son, Hazel Phyllis and Ward Roy Linn.


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