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Jonathan Fallis Linton
Jonathan Fallis Linton (December 16, 1831 – February 8, 1920) was an American publisher and entrepreneur. He was born in Green Plains, Clark County, Ohio, and served as a first lieutenant of Company D, Thirty-ninth Illinois Infantry during the American Civil War. After the war, he returned to Illinois where he engaged in farming for three years.

In 1872, Linton moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he purchased the Ohio Statesman newspaper, which he operated for two years before selling it to become the Columbus Dispatch. He also opened a summer resort called Lake Park in 1873, which operated from 1887 to 1895, and platted the town of Milo, Ohio.

Linton was married to Eliza Jane Sapp, and the couple had six children: Mary Eliza, Elizabeth Fallis, Robert, Alfred, Edward, and Rachel. Elizabeth married Jonathan D A Elston, and Edward married Mayme Stansbury.

Linton passed away on February 8, 1920 in Columbus, Ohio, and was buried at the Greenlawn Cemetery.

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