BROWN COUNTY OHIO - BIO: LINN, Charles A. (published 1925)
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HISTORY OF OHIO - The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925
Volume V, page 266

        CHARLES A. LINN has the distinction of being the oldest practicing
attorney at the Brown County bar. The service he has rendered as a
professional man and public official covers a period of over fifty years.
        Mr. Linn was born at Otterberg, Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, August
31, 1849, son of Charles A. and Charlotte (Spindler) Linn. The family came
to America in 1849, and after two years spent at New York City located at
Ripley, Ohio, in 1851. His father was for many years a dealer in pork and
tobacco.
        Charles A. Linn, the attorney, was one and one-half years old when
he became a resident of Ripley, and he grew up there, he attended private
schools. He then entered the Cincinnati Law School, was graduated in 1869
and continuously since that date has been engaged in the practice of law at
Cincinnati and Ripley. He served as prosecuting attorney of Brown County
from 1870 to 1874. Mr. Linn is a staunch democrat, and in those early days
he rode over the county on horseback electioneering for votes. Until recent
years he was an active member of the Masonic Order, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the German Lutheran
Church. Mr. Linn married at Ripley, Miss Louise Weiand, daughter of of
Jacob and Salomine (Kettering) Weiand. They have a family of one daughter
and two sons. The daughter, Alice, now teaching in the Lincoln School at
Hamilton, ohio, is the widow of Lee A. Edwards, former mayor of Ripley, and
she has a daughter, Alice Lee, aged fifteen. The son Allen has become
prominent in business affairs, being a silk manufacturer and merchant at
Patterson, New Jersey, and New York City. He is married and has three
children, named Kenneth, Elisabeth and Helen. The other son, Robert Linn,
is the leading life insurance broker at Wheeling, West Virginia, and his
family consists of four sons, Robert, Jr., Charles A., Eugene and Francis X.


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