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William Buckminster Lindsay Sr (1797 - 1873)

William Buckminster Lindsay Sr
Born in Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 1819 in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United Statesmap
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Died at age 76 in Bennington, Bear Lake, Idaho, United Statesmap
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Biography

Birth : Sources needed.

Marriage and children : William married Sarah Myers in 1819 at Montpellier, Bear Lake, Idaho.[1] They had 7 children :

  1. Ephraim Myers Lindsay [1]
  2. William Buckminster Lindsay [1]
  3. Mary Myres Lindsay [1]
  4. Thomas Myers Lindsay [1]
  5. Edwin Ruben Lindsay [1]
  6. Mercy Myers Lindsay [1]
  7. Sarah Myers Lindsay [1]
  8. George Richard Lindsay [1]

1850 : In Pottawatamie, Iowa : Wm B. Linzy, no occupation (age 53, b. CT), with (presumed) wife Sarah (53, b. England) and children Sarah (15), Geo. (12) and Jane (24), all b. Canada. The families of Wm Linzy (age 24, b. NY) and Ephraim Linzy (age 30, b. Canada) are nearby. (Also the family of John Myers, blacksmith, age 35, b. England, who may be a relative.) [2]

Research Notes

Findagrave entry transcribes unsourced family history [3] :

History of William Buckminster Lindsay (Edited)
Compiled by Rex B. Lindsay, 2 GGson, Family Representative
The rest of the story is being written by his numerous posterity.
William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., was born 30 March, 1797, in Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont, the son of Ephraim Lindsay and Mercy Willey. His father moved to Canada about 1806 or 1807, with his family of 10 children, two sons, and eight daughters. They settled in Bastard Township, Johnson District, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. The United Empire Loyalists settled Ontario, Upper Canada, beginning in 1783. Although Canada was still offering inducements to settlers after 1800, it seems doubtful that Ephraim Lindsay was of loyalist sympathy. His ancestry had a long history of struggles with the English and he, himself, was a Revolutionary War veteran. It seems likely that Ephraim Lindsay was attracted to Canada because of supposed economic opportunity.
William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., and his brother Thomas, grew to manhood there on the shores of Rideau Lake, having bought 50 acres of land located about one-half mile from the western shore of the lake. He purchased this first land on the 27th of June, 1816, at the age of 19 years, from his brother-in-law, Reuben Sherwood. He purchased another 27 acres of adjoining land on 29 December, 1832, from his brother Thomas.
About 1819, 13 years after William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., moved to Canada with his father, he married Sarah Myers, who was from Yorkshire, England. Family records show eight children born to this couple, five boys and three girls. The Wisconsin Census of 1840 shows another male child living with the family at that time. William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., and Sarah spent the first 20 years of their married life in the Rideau Lake area. Their oldest child, Ephraim Myers Lindsay, was 19 years of age when the family moved to Wisconsin. the youngest child, George Richard Lindsay, was three years old.
The soil and climate in Canada were not favorable for growth of crops. It was also typical of farmers during this early period to till the soil until the fertility was depleted and then move on to virgin soil. Another factor probably contributing to the move was the need for economic opportunity for five sons. Opportunity in the great plains region was twofold: a rich, fertile soil in the farming regions, and a large lead mining operation in southern Wisconsin, which started to produce commercially about 1925.
In 1839, William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., sold his farm in Canada and took his family from Brockville down the length of Lake Ontario by steamer to Niagara Falls; from here to Lake Erie by Wagon; across Lake Erie by boat; across the State Of Michigan and around the southern tip of Lake Michigan by wagon, to Illinois. One history places the family in Galena, Jo Daviess county, Illinois, in 1839, which is just across the border from southern Wisconsin. The 1840 Territorial Census of Wisconsin places the family in Easter Iowa county, Wisconsin. In this census one member of the family is shown as employed in agriculture and another adult male is shown employed in mining.
It was in Wisconsin in 1841 that William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints. The baptism was said to be performed in or at Fox Lake, as supposedly told in the Deseret News about 1870 - 1873. Sarah, his wife, William Buckminster Lindsay, Jr., his son, and Edwin Reuben Lindsay, Sr., his son, were baptized the following year.
During the eight years from 1845 to 1853, William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr's household was reduced from ten persons to two: he and his son, George Richard. In 1845, Ephraim Myers Lindsay married Jane Parrish and William Buckminster Lindsay, Jr., married Julia Parks. The eldest daughter, Mary, died in Wisconsin. In 1850, Thomas Myers Lindsay married Sarah Jane Dobbs and Edwin Reuben Lindsay married Tabitha Cragun. Thomas and Mercey, in the meantime, stayed behind in Argyle, Lafayette, Wisconsin, when the rest of the family left to gather with the Saints who were on their way westward. Mercy married George Richard Davy in 1854. William Buckminster Lindsay's wife, Sarah, died of cancer on 24 October, 1852, within three months after the group arrived in the Salt Lake Valley from Iowa. She was ill before the family left Iowa, but had urged them on so that she could be with the body of the Saints before her death. The next year his daughter, Sarah, died in Kaysville or Centerville.
This is getting a little ahead of the story. In early 1846, the Mormons were forced by mob action to move from Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. Of the two children who were married in Nauvoo, and were with the Saints at the time of their exodus, William Buckminster Lindsay, Jr., left his wife under the care of his brother, Ephraim Myres Lindsay, and went with the first group of Saints across Iowa as a body guard to Brigham Young. He returned from the advanced camp to join his brother and their wives, and then left for Wisconsin to persuade his parents, brothers, and sisters to join with them in the trek west. It is not certain that Ephraim and his wife went with William Buckminster Lindsay, Jr., to Wisconsin. They stayed in Wisconsin for a while because Julia's first child was born there. Ephraim Myers and Jane had a child born in Des Moines, Iowa, which means that they either waited there or the child was born on the trip to join with the Saints.
William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., his wife, Sarah Myers, and five of his children assembled in Kanesville, Opttawattomie, Iowa, in 1848. Here they settled for a period of four years, to grow food and assemble resources to sustain them during the trip west. With them also was John Myres, brother to Sarah. It was in John Myers' home in Kanesville that Edwin Reuben Lindsay married Tabitha Cragun in 1850. There were over 40 branches of the Saints gathered at Kanesville during these years.
William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., was ordained a High Priest in the McAlney Branch, located three miles north of Kanesville, on October 6, 1849, by L. Stoddard. The family members joined with the Captain John B. Walker Company for the trip across the plains. This company left Kanesville July 5, 1852, and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley October 3, 1852. They traveled a distance of approximately 1,000 miles in three months. There were 250 people in the company.
The Lindsays settled temporarily in Centerville, Davis, Utah, where the parents of Jane Parrish, wife of Ephraim Myers Lindsay, had settled. Here, within three weeks, Sarah Myers Lindsay died at the age of 52 from cancer, from which she suffered during the trip across the plains. It was at her insistence that the family made the trip west during her illness, because she wanted to join with the Saints and to have her family with them before she died.
William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., and his sons and their families, settled in the Kaysville area for about 10 years, where they tried their hand at farming.
Very little is known about the activities of William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., during the time of over 10 years that he lived in the Davis County, Utah, area. He made a trip to Salt Lake City in 1861, where he received his Endowments in the Endowment House. The lack of reservoirs and canals, and water, made farming in this area and period a most difficult task. He and his sons, George Richard, and William Buckminster, Jr., moved to Bear Lake Valley about 1864, where Charles C. Rich had been sent by Brigham Young to establish a new settlement. Edwin Reuben and Ephraim Myres had settled at Brigham City and did not follow until later.
Two personal incidents are recorded which help to portray the character of our forefather. While he lived with his son at South Eden, Idaho, he would go by boat with his dog Touser across Bear Lake to Paris, Idaho, on the other end of the lake for supplies. People would try to get him not to start back to Eden in storms, when the lake was rough. He said Bear Lake was easy to ride -- he has learned to ride the waves in severe storms and was not afraid to venture on Bear Lake.
Another incident happened in the autumn before he died. He left Bennington, Idaho, on foot, to walk to Utah to do Temple work. His son, George Richard, learned of his plans and overtook him with a team and persuad- ed him to come back and wait until the next summer, when George Richard promised to accompany him.
William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., died that winter, the 25th of December, 1873.
It has been recorded that he and his sons were violinists. Many of his grandchildren were taught to play the violin and to entertain with other forms of music. The last few years of his life were spent in Bear Lake Valley among the children and many grandchildren. He and his son, George Richard, shared a log cabin they had built.

Earlier unsourced version of profile also notes that he used to sail his boat on Bear Lake, between Eden and Paris, Idaho.[4][5][6]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Iowa, U.S., Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. viewed at https://search.ancestry.com.au/collections/3208/records/5709/printer-friendly? Note it's not clear (a) who annotated this, (b) on what evidence, and (c) which parts comprise the annotations.
  2. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census (District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: 188; Page: 101b) viewed at https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4181055_00208
  3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133130449/william-buckminister-lindsay: accessed 06 February 2023), memorial page for William Buckminister Lindsay Sr. (30 Mar 1797–25 Dec 1873), Find A Grave: Memorial #133130449, citing Montpelier City Cemetery, Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho, USA; Maintained by Brat (contributor 47774827). Entry does not include grave details, but includes image of William, and a transcription from an unsourced family history.
  4. ↑ "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS6-1B8J : Fri Nov 10 07:47:24 UTC 2023), Entry for William Buckminster Lindsay Sr and Ephriam Lindsay, 1873.
  5. ↑ Where The Record Is Found (Citation) "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-CBPQ : 10 February 2018), William Buckminster Lindsay, 27 Oct 1852; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).
  6. ↑ "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LV-JF8 : 16 December 2019), William Buckminster Lindsay, 1797.

See also :

  • Pioneer Immigrants to Utah Territory. (Questionnaires compiled by Sons of the Utah Pioneers in Salt Lake City)




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Meyers-3406 Gina Meyers
Lindsay-2308 and Lindsay-2274 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth details, same wife. Discrepancy in death date is probably a typographic error. Lindsay-2308 is unsourced and orphaned, and all details from Lindsay-2274 should be retained.
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Lindsay-2274 and Lindsay-2671 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicates
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