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Linn Burial Grounds October 2002
 
In October 2002, I had the opportunity to take a Genealogy Trip of a lifetime.  I took 3 weeks off of work and drove to Illinois and back. I drove through 18 states total and picked up genealogy on the way.   Some sites of America included driving along the Oregon Trail and to make this trip so worth while for me, I was able to set foot in the Linn Burial Grounds in Buckhorn Illinois.  I felt so at home when I arrived in Illinois. 
 
Our Linn Burial Grounds (this is what is what the cemetery is referred to now) is in dire need of restoration.  According to the Schuylar/Brown Counties Cemetery Book there are 33 burials there.  The cemetery book missed one though; I found a tombstone of a neighbor of Philip Linn and John McDannald, which is in better and visible state than some tombstones of the late 1800s.  The tombstone I found is dated 1852, with the name of Michael Baker.
 
Folks this is our heritage, something we need to sit down and really think about helping restore.  The man, who owns the property where the Linn Burial Grounds are located is Tom McNeff.   Tom has given me a gentleman's handshake to restore the cemetery.  He let me know about another family cemetery on his property that he also given permission to those folks to restore their family cemetery. This is my personal and proposed goal to the family.   I feel better looking fence would be ideal  In addition markers along with the existing tombstones to acknowledge those buried there would be great too.
 
I took lots of pictures and will displaying them at the reunion.  Hope to see you there.
Rusty Brown

Linn Burial Grounds October 2002
Saving Graves 
This information copied from the saving graves Website
Linn Burial Ground
Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois
Cemetery: Linn Burial Ground         Other:     Sign: No
Street: Tom McNeff Farms
City: Mount Sterling, about 4 miles south west
Township: Buckhorn Township
County: Brown County
State: Illinois                                   Nation: United States
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Status: Abandoned                          Size: Medium                    Type: Road-public  
Location: Rural                                Terrain: Level                    Watersource: Yes
Features: trees, brush                    Property: Private              Access: Permission-required 
Enclosure: Fence-Broken              Gate: none                         Established: unknown  
Gravestones: 33                             Oldest: 1849                    Newest: May 1912 
Removed: Unknown             Relocated: No                                  Repairs: Yes
Methods: Other                 Restoration: Yes                                Association: Unsure  
Records: Yes                      Inventory: Unsure         Availability: Schuyler and Brown County Genealogy Society
Landscaping: Yes                            Paths: Yes                         Trees: Yes4    
Crypts: No                                       Fencing: No                       Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No                                  Sculpture: No                      Fountains: No  
 Roads: No                                       Buildings: No                     Cement: Yes
Granite: No                                     Marble: No                         Native: Unsure
Slate: Yes                                       Others: Unsure                   Wood: No
Materials: Yes                                Architectural: No                  Angels: No 
Draperies: No                                 Fraternal: No                      Hands: Yes
Lambs: No                                      Monograms: No                  Plants: No 
Photos: No                                      Religious: No                     Scrollwork: No
Urns: No                                         Carvings: Yes          Condition: Cemetery neglected 
Unmarked: Yes                               Broken: Yes                        Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes                          Buried: Yes                         Weather: Yes 
 Pollution: No         Vandalized: No                  Report: Yes
Overgrowth4: Gravestones-Damaging     GroundCover: Yes           Moss: Yes
Vines: Yes                                     Drainage: Good                      Owner: Private  
 Use: Agricultural                             Bordering: Agricultural          Change: Same
Reason: Agriculture                        Visited: Rarely                      Archeology: Unknown  
 Habitat: Unknown                           Contacted: no one                       
Surnames:

Linn, Boen aka Bowen, Johnson, Long, Stinson, Myers, Shankland, Baker, Stoops, Bullard, Upchurch

Other Information:

I visited this Family grave site in October 2002. It has been a life long goal of mine to be able to get back and actually set foot on the ground the my ancestors once owned and where my family lived before heading out west to Oregon. Upon viewing the cemetery, I felt it is of much importance to my family to restore that cemetery. The plan is to make the proper agreements to have the time to restore this Cemetery to one of one my family can be proud to have in our heritage. The plan is to come back next year, 2004 to complete this feat.

Submitted by:
Name: Rusty Brown

Date: May 21, 2003
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News about Lawn Mower Fund Raising at
Estacada Cemetery Maintenance district.

Dear Linn Family
 
Jerry Griggs is the Maintenance man for Odd fellows and P. E. Linn Pioneer Cemetery which are located together in Estacada, when I spoke with Jerry about the Fundraising for a new lawnmower he let me know they were only about half way to the goal.  We need about $3000.00 more to reach the goal.
 
The current lawnmowers has exceed the average lifespan of 15000 thousand hours of  use.  Jerry has spent many hours doing major and minor repairs to keep Cemetery Lawn mower in good working condition.  This lawn mower is reaching the end of its lifecycle and the County has budgeted $700.00 for maintenance for the year of 2003.  This is why the Estacada Cemetery Maintenance District is seeking donations for a new lawnmower.
 
As a family member I would like to urge all of the P.E. Linn family members to make a personal donation to the Cemetery District.  I will be donating the cost of a Lawn mowing job for my yard as a local teen would ask for.  If all the active members of our family donated about $20.00 this goal would quickly be reached.
 
I Urge you to send your Donations made out to:
 
ESTACADA CEMETERY DISTRICT
PO Box 1390
Estacada, OR  97023
Sincerely
Carrie Wilcox
President P.E. Linn Familes