The Linn family's ancestors immigrated from Ireland in 1809 and eventually settled in Parker Township in Clark County, Illinois, near Westfield in 1864. Walter Linn and his family later moved to Martinsville in the late 1800's, where his son Alexander "Zanny" Linn owned and operated a carriage and blacksmith shop from 1898 to the early 1950's, becoming known for horse-shoeing, implement repair, and setting wagon and buggy wheels. The shop took part in construction of the Ohio Oil Tank Farm, later known as Marathon Petroleum, in the early 1900's, and its east Vine Street location made repairs convenient along the National Road, completed in Clark County in 1928. The Linns also owned a hardware store in downtown Martinsville from 1910 to 1928. Alexander and his wife, Minnie Brayton Lindsey, had four children: Leland, Leanore, Lois, and Lloyd. Leland died young; Leanore became a homemaker and historian; Lois worked as bookkeeper at Littlejohn Grain for 49 years; and Lloyd moved to New York and became a design engineer. Leanore and Lois lived in the house Zanny built on the northeast corner of Vine and Mill Street, were lifetime members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and were active in the Martinsville United Methodist Church and other civic organizations. After Leanore's death in 2010, the Lois and Leanore Linn Foundation was established at her request to benefit the Martinsville community, leading to the establishment of Linn Park and construction of an amphitheater in honor of their love of music and gardening. The Rowe Foundry grew from Elias Rowe's blacksmith shop in 1870 to Martin Allen "Al" Rowe's blacksmith, boiler-making, and machine shop in 1901. Edgar Rowe, the third-generation son and founder, melted his first iron in 1898 and built his first small melting cupola in 1910, beginning the Rowe Foundry, which has operated for more than 100 years and grown into a business serving customers worldwide. Drawing on its blacksmithing background and ability to pour large castings, the Rowe Foundry created what is believed to be the world's largest cast anvil as a tribute to its past using modern techniques. After a design was chosen and a pattern created, the anvil was poured on July 7, 2015. Incorporated into the new Linn Park, it honors Alexander Linn, a Martinsville blacksmith from 1898 through the early 1950's. The anvil weighs 5530 pounds and measures 78 inches long and 34 inches tall.