CHESTER H. LINNELL (1885), a progressive
farmer of Clinton township, owning
120 acres of the southwest quarter of
section 3, has been a resident of Rock
county for twenty-six years. He is the son
of Charles and Mary (Linhart) Linnell and
was born in Henry county, Illinois, December
27, 1866. Both the father, born in
New York state in 1828, and the mother,
a native of Ohio, died in Rock county, the
former in 1888 and the latter two years
later at the age of forty-five years.

Chester Linnell of this review was
brought up on a farm and educated in the
district schools of his native county, and
his native county continued to be his
home until after his eighteenth birthday.
In 1885 he accompanied his parents to
Rock county. The family located on section
10, Clinton township, and on the farm
acquired by his father Chester lived until
after the decease of his parents: One year
previous to his father's death he rented
the home, place and he managed it for five
years thereafter. In the course of his residence
there he bought his present property
on section 3, upon which he moved
a number of years ago. All the improvements
on the place have been made by
Mr. Linnell. He makes a specialty of raising
thoroughbred Duroc-Jersey swine.

At Colona, Illinois, on March 20, 1901,
Mr. Linnell was united in marriage to
Amelia Lowe. Mrs. Linnell was born in
Germany January 27, 1881, and came to
the United States with her parents during
her infancy. Her father, August Lowe, is
a resident of Geneseo, Illinois, but her
mother, Minnie Lowe, has been dead for
sometime. One child, Rodney Fay, was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Linnell, on April 21,
1912. For three years Mr. Linnell served
as a director of school distict No. 3.


Source:
An Illustrated History of the Counties of ROCK and PIPESTONE Minnesota

By ARTHUR P. ROSE
MEMBER OF THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Author of the Histories of
NOBLES COUNTY
JACKSON COUNTY, ETC
NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING Company
LUVERNE, MINNESOTA
Publishers 1911

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