Date of birth: 17 May 1901 Amity, Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 6 Feb 1982 Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Source: Franklin Evening Star, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, February 8, 1982
Retired Principal
Chelsea O. Dinn
Franklin
FRANKLIN -- Chelsea O. Dinn, 80, of Franklin, a retired
principal at Edinburgh Junior High School, died Saturday night
at the Columbus Convalescent Center.
Funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Stanley
Bush at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Vandivier-Tudor Funeral
Home here, where persons may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Burial will be at Rest Haven Cemetery at Edinburgh.
Dinn was born Feb. 6, 1901, at Amity, the son of Albert
O. and Martha Pruitt Dinn. He married Ruth Manion June
14, 1924, and she survives.
He was graduated from Franklin College and received a
masterŐs degree from Indiana University. He taught mathe-
matics and history several years at Edinburgh and retired in
1951 as principal of Edinburgh Junior High School.
He also wrote and published five family genealogies,
including the Robertson, Hamilton and Manion families.
He was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church; the
Johnson and Washington County and Indiana Historical
societies, and the Johnson County and Indiana Retired
Teachers associations.
Surviving with his wife are three nephews and two
nieces.
Source: Edinburgh Tri-County Enterprise, Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana, February 10, 1982
CHELSEA DINN
Chelsea O. Dinn, 80, of Franklin, a retired principal at
Edinburgh Junior High School, died Saturday night at the
Columbus Convalescent Center.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Stanley
Bush at 10:30 a.m. today at the Vandivier-Tudor Funeral
Home in Franklin. Burial was at Rest Haven Cemetery.
Dinn was born Feb. 6, 1901, at Amity, the son of
Albert O. and Martha Pruitt Dinn. He married Ruth
Manion June 14, 1924, and she survives.
He was graduated from Franklin College and received
a masterŐs degree from Indiana University. He taught
mathematics and history several years at Edinburgh
and retired in 1951 as principal of Edinburgh Junior
High School.
He also wrote and published five family genealogies,
including the Robertson, Hamilton and Manion families.
He was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church;
the Johnson and Washington County and Indiana Historical
societies, and the Johnson County and Indiana Retired
Teachers associations.
Survivors with his wife are three nephews and
two nieces.
Submitted by Mark E. Wirey