John Edward Charles LINTON (1910-1911)

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John Edward Charles LINTON (1910-1911)

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John Edward Charles LINTON (1910-1911) was the son of Charles "Charlie" Edward LINTON (1890-1958) & Annie Lucretia CRONK (1888-1956). John was born on May 4, 1910, in the family farm house, in Fort Hunt, Mount Vernon District, Fairfax County, Virginia.¹ His nickname was Charles Jr.

According to his sister, Florence Avis LINTON Beavers, "Charles Jr., pulled a table cloth down off of the kitchen table with a hot coffee pot and died of scolded burns in the farm house of Charles and Annie Linton". ² He died on April 15, 1911 and was buried in April 1911 in the Linton Plot, Union Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia, on top of his grandfather John Edward LINTON (1838-1901). ³

Sources:

1. Beavers' Family Bible, The Holy Bible, King James Version, Beavers' Family Bible, The Holy Bible, King James Version (Hand written, by Florence Avis LINTON Beavers, dates of births, deaths, marriages and much more. Now in the procession of Pamela "Pam" Marie BEAVERS Cooper.), Family Birth Register.

2. Source, (Interview with Florence Avis LINTON Beavers, December 25, 1981).

3. Annie Lucretia CRONK Linton, "Annie's Journal" (Vernon Blank Book Journal, hand written, Mount Vernon District, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1909-1955); privately held by Terry Louis Linton, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1956 to present.

John Edward Charles LINTON (1910-1911) and his mother Annie Lucretia CRONK Linton (1888-1956) photo taken in 1911, in Alexandria, Virginia.

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