The son of James & Eleanor (Linn) Milligan, in 1860 he was a minister - no profession is listed in that census - living with his mother in Saville Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Ickesburg, Perry County, June 29, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Harrisburg July 6 as captain of Co. I, 36th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1863. He is in the muster roll as "John L. Milligan."
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-six in Harrisburg September 25, 1863, mustered into federal service near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, November 6 as chaplain for the 140th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with the regiment May 31, 1865. He is in the company register as "J. Lynn Milligan."
After the war, he served as chaplain at Pittsburgh's Western Penitentiary and the 18th Regiment Pennsylvania National Guard and was a G.A.R. member, although which post is as yet unknown. On January 17, 1909, he collapsed from an apparent stroke during a religious service at Western Penitentiary and never recovered.
His death certificate spells his middle name "Lynn."
Obituary - Source not yet identified
Rev. John Linn Milligan, L.L.D., for forty years chaplain of the Western Penitentiary at Pittsburg, died Monday evening at the residence of his brother in-law, J. Holmes Irwin, in Newport, after an illness of six months, following a stroke of paralysis which he sustained while in the pulpit.
Rev. Milligan was a son of the late James and Elenor (Linn) Milligan, residents of Ickesburg, this county. He was born in 1837 and began his studies for the Presbyterian ministry when a young man. He served as chaplain of the One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Civil War. Shortly after the close of the war he was appointed chaplain of the Western Penitentiary, which position he held until stricken with his last illness. For thirty years he was stated clerk of the Allegheny Presbytery. During President Arthur's administration he was appointed to represent the United States government at the International Prison Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, and for eighteen years was secretary of the National Prison Congress and President of the same in 1908.
The deceased was never married. He is survived by one brother and two sisters, namely, Thomas H. Milligan, and Mrs. J.H. Irwin and Mrs. H.O. Orris, of Newport. Ex-Senator James W. McKee, of this place is a nephew.
The funeral was held July 15th at 2:30 o'clock; interment is in the Newport Cemetery.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Ickesburg, Perry County, June 29, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Harrisburg July 6 as captain of Co. I, 36th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1863. He is in the muster roll as "John L. Milligan."
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-six in Harrisburg September 25, 1863, mustered into federal service near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, November 6 as chaplain for the 140th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with the regiment May 31, 1865. He is in the company register as "J. Lynn Milligan."
After the war, he served as chaplain at Pittsburgh's Western Penitentiary and the 18th Regiment Pennsylvania National Guard and was a G.A.R. member, although which post is as yet unknown. On January 17, 1909, he collapsed from an apparent stroke during a religious service at Western Penitentiary and never recovered.
His death certificate spells his middle name "Lynn."
Obituary - Source not yet identified
Rev. John Linn Milligan, L.L.D., for forty years chaplain of the Western Penitentiary at Pittsburg, died Monday evening at the residence of his brother in-law, J. Holmes Irwin, in Newport, after an illness of six months, following a stroke of paralysis which he sustained while in the pulpit.
Rev. Milligan was a son of the late James and Elenor (Linn) Milligan, residents of Ickesburg, this county. He was born in 1837 and began his studies for the Presbyterian ministry when a young man. He served as chaplain of the One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Civil War. Shortly after the close of the war he was appointed chaplain of the Western Penitentiary, which position he held until stricken with his last illness. For thirty years he was stated clerk of the Allegheny Presbytery. During President Arthur's administration he was appointed to represent the United States government at the International Prison Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, and for eighteen years was secretary of the National Prison Congress and President of the same in 1908.
The deceased was never married. He is survived by one brother and two sisters, namely, Thomas H. Milligan, and Mrs. J.H. Irwin and Mrs. H.O. Orris, of Newport. Ex-Senator James W. McKee, of this place is a nephew.
The funeral was held July 15th at 2:30 o'clock; interment is in the Newport Cemetery.
The son of James & Eleanor (Linn) Milligan, in 1860 he was a minister - no profession is listed in that census - living with his mother in Saville Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Ickesburg, Perry County, June 29, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Harrisburg July 6 as captain of Co. I, 36th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1863. He is in the muster roll as "John L. Milligan."
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-six in Harrisburg September 25, 1863, mustered into federal service near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, November 6 as chaplain for the 140th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with the regiment May 31, 1865. He is in the company register as "J. Lynn Milligan."
After the war, he served as chaplain at Pittsburgh's Western Penitentiary and the 18th Regiment Pennsylvania National Guard and was a G.A.R. member, although which post is as yet unknown. On January 17, 1909, he collapsed from an apparent stroke during a religious service at Western Penitentiary and never recovered.
His death certificate spells his middle name "Lynn."
Obituary - Source not yet identified
Rev. John Linn Milligan, L.L.D., for forty years chaplain of the Western Penitentiary at Pittsburg, died Monday evening at the residence of his brother in-law, J. Holmes Irwin, in Newport, after an illness of six months, following a stroke of paralysis which he sustained while in the pulpit.
Rev. Milligan was a son of the late James and Elenor (Linn) Milligan, residents of Ickesburg, this county. He was born in 1837 and began his studies for the Presbyterian ministry when a young man. He served as chaplain of the One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Civil War. Shortly after the close of the war he was appointed chaplain of the Western Penitentiary, which position he held until stricken with his last illness. For thirty years he was stated clerk of the Allegheny Presbytery. During President Arthur's administration he was appointed to represent the United States government at the International Prison Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, and for eighteen years was secretary of the National Prison Congress and President of the same in 1908.
The deceased was never married. He is survived by one brother and two sisters, namely, Thomas H. Milligan, and Mrs. J.H. Irwin and Mrs. H.O. Orris, of Newport. Ex-Senator James W. McKee, of this place is a nephew.
The funeral was held July 15th at 2:30 o'clock; interment is in the Newport Cemetery.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Ickesburg, Perry County, June 29, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Harrisburg July 6 as captain of Co. I, 36th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1863. He is in the muster roll as "John L. Milligan."
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-six in Harrisburg September 25, 1863, mustered into federal service near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, November 6 as chaplain for the 140th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with the regiment May 31, 1865. He is in the company register as "J. Lynn Milligan."
After the war, he served as chaplain at Pittsburgh's Western Penitentiary and the 18th Regiment Pennsylvania National Guard and was a G.A.R. member, although which post is as yet unknown. On January 17, 1909, he collapsed from an apparent stroke during a religious service at Western Penitentiary and never recovered.
His death certificate spells his middle name "Lynn."
Obituary - Source not yet identified
Rev. John Linn Milligan, L.L.D., for forty years chaplain of the Western Penitentiary at Pittsburg, died Monday evening at the residence of his brother in-law, J. Holmes Irwin, in Newport, after an illness of six months, following a stroke of paralysis which he sustained while in the pulpit.
Rev. Milligan was a son of the late James and Elenor (Linn) Milligan, residents of Ickesburg, this county. He was born in 1837 and began his studies for the Presbyterian ministry when a young man. He served as chaplain of the One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Civil War. Shortly after the close of the war he was appointed chaplain of the Western Penitentiary, which position he held until stricken with his last illness. For thirty years he was stated clerk of the Allegheny Presbytery. During President Arthur's administration he was appointed to represent the United States government at the International Prison Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, and for eighteen years was secretary of the National Prison Congress and President of the same in 1908.
The deceased was never married. He is survived by one brother and two sisters, namely, Thomas H. Milligan, and Mrs. J.H. Irwin and Mrs. H.O. Orris, of Newport. Ex-Senator James W. McKee, of this place is a nephew.
The funeral was held July 15th at 2:30 o'clock; interment is in the Newport Cemetery.
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