Samuel Talmedge Linam was born February 14, 1859 in Lawrence county, Tennessee and died February 2, 1940 in Arkansas. He married Florah Jane Duncan. She was born February 28, 1857 in Hardin county, Tennessee and died January 20, 1910 in Des Arc, Arkansas. They had 5 children
1. Claude Clarence Linam married Nelle Mae Tidwell
2. Herman Linam married Irene Arnold
4. Emery Linam, nothing more is known
5. Talmedge Linam was born 1901 and died about 1914