Euell Wallace Lindsey (1916 - 2007)

Born 15 May 1916 in Grand Tower, Jackson County, Illinois

Ancestors

Son of Cyrus Caleb Lindsey SR and Laura Ellen (King) Lindsey

Husband of Marjorie (Hailstone) Lindsey — married 5 Jun 1938 in Jackson County, Illinois

Died 11 Jun 2007 at age 91 in Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois

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Forty-year Illinois high school business educator and coach. Euell loved all sports, especially baseball. He saw Dizzy Dean pitch a winning game in the 1934 World Series. He ended his career as a U. S. Park Ranger conducting tours at the Lincoln Home in Springfield, Illinois talking about his favorite subject – Abraham Lincoln. Euell was a Mason and was given a full Masonic Service at his funeral. Euell is buried at the Greenwood Cemetery, Canton, Illinois.

6'0” 185 lbs. black hair blue eyes fair complexion

Notable Relatives
Dr. Jefferson Franklin Lindsey III, NASA engineer and inventor - 2nd cousin 1X removed
Abraham Lincoln, 7th cousin 4X removed
King Charles III, 15th cousin

Patriot Ancestors
Allen Henson
Caleb William Lindsey, SAR P-236785
James Richey, DAR #A096437
Jacob Rhyne, DAR A095923
John Freeman, DAR #A042073

Prominent Ancestors
James Stewart, King of Scotland - 16th great grandfather
Henry de Bohun, Magna Carta Signer - 23rd great grandfather
William the Conqueror, King of England - 26th great grandfather

Sources

• David Lindsey
• Find a Grave
• Euell Wallace Lindsey 1938 Marriage License
• Euell Wallace Lindsey 1916 Birth Certificate
• Euell Wallace Lindsey 2007 Death Certificate

• Paternal and relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David Lindsey and his second cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great grandparents, William Lindsey and Cornelia Belle (Freeman) Lindsey. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd-3rd Cousins, based on sharing 171 cM across 7 segments.