John Chapman Linton is the adopted son of William Richard Linton and Sarah Jane Hinton. He was born 9 Dec 1876 in Grant County, Wisconsin and died there on 28 Jun 1931 at age 54. He is buried at Prairie Cemetery, Fennimore, Grant, Wisconsin.

On 12 Dec 1900, he married Nancy Jane Graham in Grant County, Wisconsin. She is the daughter of Charles M. Graham and Emma J. Mathews. She was born 12 Jun 1881 in Grant County, Wisconsin and died 20 Feb 1940 at age 58 in Boscobel, Grant, Wisconsin. She is buried at Prairie Cemetery, Fennimore, Grant, Wisconsin.

Children of John Chapman Linton and Nancy Jane Graham:

1. William Charles Linton was born 18 Oct 1909 in North Lancaster, Grant, Wisconsin.
2. Hazel M. Linton was born about Nov 1915 in Wisconsin. She died in 1920 at about age 4. She is buried at Prairie Cemetery, Fennimore, Grant, Wisconsin.
3. Harry Edward Linton was born about Nov 1917 in Wisconsin.

Sources

John:

• Birth from WWI Draft Registration Card.
• Marriage from Wisconsin Marriages [Name: JOHN C. LINTON; Spouse: NANCY J. GRAHAM; Marriage Date: 12 Dec 1900; County: Grant; State: WI].
• Birth, Death and Burial from his grave marker, which erroneously lists the birth as 1877.

Nancy: Birth, Death and Burial from her grave marker

Hazel: Birth, Death and Burial from her grave marker

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• John: 1880 Census. Little Grant, Grant, Wisconsin. Page 230.
• 1910 Census. North Lancaster, Grant, WI. p. 2.
• 1920 Census. Fennimore, Grant, WI p.17.
• 1930 Census. Fennimore, Grant, WI. p. 8.