Background
He was born January 30, 1815 in Clinton County, Ohio, to Nathaniel Matthew Linton and Elizabeth Rachel Smith.
He was born January 30, 1815 in Clinton County, Ohio, to Nathaniel Matthew Linton and Elizabeth Rachel Smith.
Miami University.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University in 1839 and his Bachelor of Laws from Cincinnati in 1840. Linton worked as a lawyer in Wilmington, Ohio, Clinton County, Ohio, and finally Linn County, Kansas where he was a probate judge (1867-1869). Linton also served as a State Senator for Ohio (1851-1855) before he moved to Kansas.
He died August 10, 1889, in Linn County.