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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

           [318]

           JOHN LINSEN, farmer, section 3, Winsor Township, was born Feb.
        8, 1824, in Wurtemberg, Germany, and is the son of MATTHEW and MARY
        (HOUCK) LINSEN. His parents have been dead since about 1850.
           In 1852 MR. LINSEN emigrated from his native country to the
        United States and settled in St. Clair Co., Mich. He was a tanner
        by trade, and obtained employment in that line of business, in
        which he continued two years. In 1854 he commenced with a farm,
        which he purchased, containing 60 acres. After retaining possession
        of it eight years, he sold it in 1862, with the intention of em-
        barking in the tanning business, which project he carried into
        effect at Marine City, St. Clair County, becoming associated with
        MORETZ MENJEL, with whom he continued to operate two and a half
        years, after which he became proprietor, by purchase, and afterwad
        he formed a partnership with JAMES HOEBEL. Six months after the
        establishment of the new firm, their tannery burned and he came to
        the German Colony at Ora Labor. He built a tannery, and in three
        years had lost his entire property. He next secured a claim of 160
        acres of land on section 15, in Winsor Township, on which he
        operated six years. He sold the place in April, 1875, and took
        possession of that which is now his homestead, and which he pur-
        chased before selling his property on section 15.
           MR. LINSEN is a Republican in political faith.  He has officiat-
        ed five years as Supervisor, and as Justice of the Peace four
        years.
           He was married in 1854 to ELIZABETH, daughter of GEORGE and
        ELIZABETH STEIN.  She was born March 29, 1829, in Saxony, Germany.
        Her mother died in 1877; her father lives on a farm located four
        miles from St. Clair.

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