Many times I have mentioned Captain John Linton, my 5th great-grandfather, captain of the Loudoun Militia during the Revolutionary War.  In 1818, at the age of 68 he moved from Virginia to Washington County, Kentucky.  All of his children moved to Kentucky, most stayed in Washington County, but one went a little further west.

Son Benjamin Franklin Linton – I suppose there is absolutely no doubt from whom the middle name came – the famous man of the revolution.  He was also named for his grandfather, Benjamin Mason, whose daughter, Ann (also called Nancy) married John Linton in 1771.  Benjamin Linton took his family to Logan County, Kentucky.  He and his wife Lucy Crewdson, who were married in Fluvanna County, Virginia, had twelve children!  About half the children stayed in Logan County, the other half moved on to such distant places as St. Louis, Garnavillo, Iowa, and California.

Today I want to talk about John Warder Linton, a great-grandson of Benjamin and Lucy, and a great-great grandson of the captain.  John Warder Linton was a son of John Wesley Linton, a Civil War veteran of the Confederate Army, and Emma Adelaide Proctor.  John Wesley was a young 18-year-old when he entered the war.  He married Emma in 1869 in Logan County.  It is said most of the men in his unit did not make it home.  He planted a line of trees on his property, in memory of his fallen comrades.  John Wesley and Emma had 5 children:  Benjamin Proctor, John Warder, James Thomas, Lucy N. and Hugh Walter Linton.  Daughter Lucy died at the young age of 23.  The four boys died in the early 40’s – with the younger three all dying in 1945.

John Warder Linton married Eugenia Bell Howard, a daughter of S. B. Howard and Martha Bell.  They had two daughters, Martha Elizabeth and Eugenia Howard Linton. Martha married Henry Dockins Hopson, Sr.  Eugenia never married.

John Warder was an attorney, as well as two of his brothers.  A copy of his World War I draft registration card gives his description as tall and slender, with gray eyes and brown hair.  He lived in the city of Russellville in Logan County.

Eugenia Linton died March 1, 1937.  The next year John Warder married Mary Stevenson.  They had no children.  John Warder was active in the community until his death, November 27, 1945.  He was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, in Russellville, beside Eugenia.  Other members of the Linton are also buried there.