Isaiah Linton
Isaiah LInton, civil engineer, Ravenna, was born September 29, 1817, in Washington County, Penn., where his parents, Mahlon and Ann (Hillis) Linton, resided until their death. At eighteen years of age our subject entered the engineer service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, on which he was engaged for four years. He was then employed on the Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad until 1847, when he came to Ohio and entered the service of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Road as Assistant Engineer, on which he has since remained. In 1840 Mr. Linton married Miss Victoria Dutton, of Washington County, Penn. She died in 1844, leaving one daughter—Mrs. Ellen Galway, of West Virginia. Mr. Linton afterward married, in 1849, Miss Mary Riley, of Brownsville, Penn., and in 1852 they settled in Ravenna, where they have since resided. Their children are William H., Luther (deceased) and Edith. William H. married Miss Clara Knapp, of this place. He has also adopted the profession of civil engineer, and is engaged on the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad with his father. Mr. Linton has held the position of Trustee of Ravenna about four years; has been on the Board of Education two years; has held the office of County Surveyor from 1862 to 1864, and was mainly influential in the establishment of the Ravenna Gas Light & Coke Company, of which he has been President since it organization in 1873. In politics our subject is a Republican.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885