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Linn was the first born child of George and Hannah Sheckler. .. In 1903, Linn was 22, when the 1st Airplane was flown. At the same time, Linn's father, George, was a lecturer and traveled to many states in the U.S. .. Around the 1903-1905 Linn met Ada Grace SNYDER d/o Ethel Grace BENNET & Levi SNYDER and they married 31 Aug. 1904 in Colon, Michigan. His brother, Harold also married a "Snyder Girl", Olie.  By 1914, when World War One broke out. Linn & Ada had 3 children, he was 33 years old. As trucks were his life blood, Linn may have driven a truck like the 1919 Nash > right. .. In 1919 Ada died giving birth to their 5th child who also died. See CHILDREN Story Two
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 .. Linn and Ada at about their time of marriage .. Linn was born in Warsaw, Indiana while his parents, of Union County, PA., were on tour in Indiana and during the presidential term of Chester A. Arthur who had taken office Sept. 19th after James A. Garfield died from a gun shot. Linn lived throught the terms of 14 Presidents, dying Jan. 24, 1957 under Dwight D. Eisenhower ..  Ethel G. BARNETT LICKLEY .. ....  .. Ada
Grace Sheckler
died 31 July. 1919 Ethel G.
Sheckler
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