Lyman, W. D. "An Illustrated History of Walla Walla County, State of
Washington."  W. H. Lever, Publisher, 1901.  p. 437.
 
EATHAN A. LINN

     deceased, a pioneer of May, 1862, was born in Somerset, Ohio, August 25,
1832. He resided in the town of his birth until nine years old, then accompanied
his parents to New London, Iowa, where he completed his education and grew to
early manhood. In 1852 his ambitious and venturesome spirit led him to undertake
the long journey across the plains, though the route was beset with dangers and
had to be traveled with ox-teams. He went to Salem, Oregon, and thence south to
California, where for-ten years he followed mining with varying fortunes. In
1862 he visited Walla Walla oh his way to the mines of Florence, Idaho, and in
the fall he returned to this city. The next spring he decided to try his fortune
in Boise basin, so went into that section and spent a year or two there, mining
and packing. He returned to Walla Walla in 1864.
    The next year Mr. Linn and his brother Homer came to Old Wallula for the
purpose of starting in the livery business and in draying. They met with
excellent success in this undertaking, and followed it continuously for a fifth
of a century. Mr. Linn then moved to his present place of abode, built two steam
ferry boats on the Columbia river and established himself in the transportation
industry at that point. He also followed stock raising for a number of years,
but some time before his death he retired from active business and enjoyed a
quiet evening of life.
    Mr. Linn always took a lively interest in all matters of local concern, and
was ever an active worker in political campaigns, his party affiliations, being
with the Republicans. He was a member of Walla Walla Lodge, No. 7, F. & A. M. In
Walla Walla valley, on July 4, 1870, our subject married Caroline James, a
native of Kansas, and an old pioneer of the coast. They became parents of six
children: John E., manager of the warehouse at Wallula; Elizabeth, wife of W. F.
Burger, of Dayton; William H., deceased; and three that died in infancy. Mrs.
Linn passed away in 1882, and her remains lie buried in the Masonic cemetery.
Mr. Linn's death occurred at his residence in Wallula on December 4, 1900. His
demise was very sudden, his last illness being of but one hour's duration.



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