WILLIAM R. LINTON, farmer and blacksmith, Sec. 3; P. O. Mt. Hope; was born in 1848 in Franklin Co., Ohio; was a son of Dutton and Elizabeth Linton; he was raised on farm and lived with his father until 20 years of age; when 7 years of age, his father moved to Wisconsin and located at Mt. Hope, in Grant Co., where he lived until he was of age; he then moved to Little Grant, where he has since lived. He was married in 1875 to Sarah J. Hinton, a daughter of Christopher and Sarah Hinton; is farming in company with his brother; they are the owners of 120 acres of land and a good blacksmith shop.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.