DARKE COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: LINTON, JAMES WALKER (published 1887)
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - Page 309

        JAMES WALKER LINTON, general farmer, residing on section 18,
Jefferson Township, is a native of Darke County, Ohio, born September 17,
1836, a son of Samuel and Margaret (Walker) Linton, old settlers of Adams
County. He was brought by his parents to Adams County in 1838, and here he
grew to manhood, receiving his education in the common schools of his
neighborhood. He remained on the home farm with his parents until his
marriage December 26, 1858, to Miss Mary Ann Wheeler. She was born in
Pickaway County, Ohio, September 21, 1836, a daughter of Amos and Rebecca
(Hedge) Wheeler. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania. He came to
Indiana when a young man, and helped clear the land where Indianapolis now
stands. He subsequently went to Ohio, where he was married. He came to
Adams County, Indiana, with his family and settled in Wabash Township in
1839, entering land on section 30, on which he lived till his death. He
died in the spring of 1877, aged about eighty-five years. His wife died in
the fall of 1876, aged seventy-five years. They were the parents of nine
children, five sons and four daughters. Eight children have been born to
Mr. and Mrs. Linton -Rebecca J., born February 3, 1861, died October 3,
1867; Charles Sylvester, born February 24, 1863; Samuel R., born March 18,
1866; Mary E., born January 18, 1868; John W., born April 2, 1870; James
E., born March 24, 1872; Amos W., born December 13, 1873, and Joseph M.,
born June 29, 1878. Mr. Linton enlisted in the late war February 11, 1865,
and was assigned to Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-third Indiana
Infantry. He was taken sick with measles at Camp Carrington, at
Indianapolis, and was discharged there May 23, 1865. After his marriage Mr.
Linton engaged in farming on section 33, Wabash Township. Since that time
he has owned and lived on several different farms, and in 1881 purchased
the farm in Jefferson where he now resides, where he has seventy-two acres
of choice land. Mr. Linton is a member of the German Baptist church. In
politics he was formerly a Republican, but is now a Prohibitionist, and has
held several local offices with credit to himself and satisfaction to this
constituents.


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