The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-06-12
Our Candidate Tor Judge.

Col. yohu p. Linton, the Democratic
nominee for President Judge of Cam
bria county courts was born IN Johns
town in 1893. He attended the com
mon schools and one term in jefferson
College, at CSnnonsourg When
eighteen years old he began the study
of Law with Hon. C l. Pershing. now
President Judge Of the courts of Schuyl-
kill county. Three years afterwnrd, OF
when he had Just attained his majority.
he was admitted 10 the bar. he and
Mr.. Pershing Immediately entered into
partnership, which lasted three years.
From that time until the breaking out
of the war he continued alone the prac-
tice of law.
When President Lincoln issued his
call for three months men the Citizen's 5
G IardSS a local mi iiary company was
among the first to respond. The can
! tain of the company being unable To go,
First Lieutenant Linton was promoted
to the captaincy. The Presidents call
WAS issued on the 18th; the very next
day the company decided upon going,
and the following day it went, arriving
| at Camp Curtin. Harrisburg, on the 18th.
On the 18th Captain Linton and his
| company were ordered to CokcysvIlle,
Md, where, finding the bridges burned,
they were compelled TO remain for Il few
| days; thence they were transferred TO
| York, and afterward to Chambersburg,
where they became part Of Robert Pat
terson's command and which subse-
! quently participated in the Shenandoah
Valley campaign.
Late III July the company, after an
honorable discha ~. returned home.
! Immediately thereafter the late Jacob
/ Campbell and Mr.. Linton began the for
nation of the Fifty-fourth Regiment, of
which Mr.. Campbell was chosen colonel,
I Barney McDermott Northumberland.
, and Mr.. Linton major. Bates history
/ gives the following battles in which the
Fiftyfourth participated: Hedgeville,
Newmarket, Piedmont, Lynchburg,
Sniker' Ferry, Winchester, Berrysville,
Opequan, Fishers Hill, Cedar Greek,
seige of Petersburg, storming of Fort
Craig. and Long Bridge, beside numer-
Gus other minor engagements. Lieuten-
tenants Colonel McDermott having re-
| signed, Major Linton was promoted to
that position Feb. /, 1868.
At the battle of Newmarket Col. Lin
was wounded in the left thigh; AT Win
chester grape-shot entered under his
shoulder blade which was afterward cx-
tracted from his right arm; and at Sink
ing Valley a ball stuck his collar bone,
splintering II. The Colonel was honor
ably discharged on February 3, 1865.
Col. Linton was the Democratic can
didate for surveyor-general of Pennsyl-
| vania III 1866. He was elected to the
assembly in 1867 and again in 1865
when Cambria had only one member
and the state had but one hundred In
1870 he was nominated for Congress
against ID. j. Morrell in this district
which then comprised Cambria, Blair
Huntington and Mifflin counties: a
this time he received the regular Demo
cratic majority in the county and tn,
full vote in the district, which, how
ever, was strongly Republican. In lsst
the colonel was one of the PensvlVanis
electors for Hancock
Since the close of the war Colonel Lin
ton has been constantly engaged in TN,
practice of his profession, never hayin.
missed single term of court at Ebens
burg IN twenty-five years.
Colonel Linton has been an activ,
worker iii Democratic campaigns. hii
services a. a public speaker being partic
ularly desirable Herald