Martin Linn
was born about 1762. His service is not
proved, but Linn was supposedly from New York State
and served with George Washington at Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania. He came to Iowa Territory and
was in Muscatine County a short time before moving
to Cedar County. Martin Linn died in 1844 and was
buried in Tipton at the Old Tipton Cemetery, Tipton,
Iowa. This cemetery is no longer in use
because a school building was erected on the site.
Most of the remains of those buried there have been
moved to the present Tipton Cemetery known as the
Masonic Cemetery.