David Linton

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David Linton (1815–1889) was one of eight founders of Beta Theta Pi, a college fraternity founded at Miami University in 1839.

He was born January 30, 1815 in Clinton County, Ohio, to Nathaniel Matthew Linton and Elizabeth Rachel Smith. He received his A.B. degree from Miami University in 1839 and his LL.B. 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 (1867–69). Linton also served as a State Senator for Ohio (1851–55) before he moved to Kansas. He died August 10, 1889, in Linn County.

See also

List of Beta Theta Pi members

External links

Sources

  • Brown, James T., ed., Catalogue of Beta Theta Pi, New York: 1917.


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