Tommy Linton, the third child of Charles Linton and Ethel Wimhurst, was born in 1922. He was raised on the family farm east of Englehart. He was a cook in World War 2.

Tommy married Florence Regina "Queenie" Neal and had two children. Karl who drowned in 1992 and Cherry.

Tommy died May 13, 2006 at the age of 83. Queenie died May 4, 2013 at the age of 93.