James W. Lindsey (1845 - 1921)

Born 1845 in Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Virginia (Pile) Lindsey — married 15 Feb 1874 in Illinois

Died 1921 at about age 76 in Brown, Illinois, United States

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Biography

James was born in 1845. He was the son of John Lindsey and Jane Davis. He passed away in 1921.

J. W. LINDSEY is a progressive and successful farmer of Concord Township residing in section 13, about five miles Clayton. He claims Illinois as the State his nativity having been born in Schuyler County in 1843. He comes of an old family of Virginia His paternal grandfather served in the War 1812. His parents were John and Jane Davis Lindsey, the former a native of the Old and the latter of Ohio. Their family numbered two sons and seven daughters of whom are now living.

Our subject who is the sixth in order of birth his entire life in Illinois and under parental roof was reared to manhood. His was acquired in the common schools of the neighborhood but at the age of seventeen he left and gave his entire time to farm work. He aided his father until he had attained his majority and then assumed the management of the home farm which he had in charge until twenty eight years of age. He then began farming for himself and purchased fifty acres of land in Brown for which he paid 1,000. He is a man of good business ability enterprising and industrious and by his well directed efforts has won success. Upon his first farm he made his home until 1876, when he removed to this county and purchased his present farm of sixty acres. His land is all under a high state of cultivation from the pleasant dwelling to the remotest corner of the place and everything is neat and thrifty in appearance.

In 1872, Mr Lindsey was united in marriage with Miss Virginia P., daughter of Daniel and Sarah Munday Piles. She was born in 1853. Four children grace their union as follows:

• Rosa Lee, born in 1874
• Elsie Beatrice, in 1876
• Bertha Viola, in 1878
• James Marcus, in 1880

The children are still under the parental roof and are attending the public schools. Mr. Lindsey is a member of the Modern Woodmen's society and in politics is a supporter of the Republican party. He is a faithful citizen and is a friend to all enterprises calculated to prove of public benefit. He manifested his loyalty to the Government during the late war by joining the One Hundred and Nineteenth Illinois Infantry in 1863, but on account of physical disability his services were not accepted. All social educational and moral interests find in him a friend and his neighbors and acquaintances all speak of Mr. Lindsey in terms of praise and respect.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Portrait and Biographical Record of Adams County, Illinois, 1892

• Genealogy of John Atchison 1744-1803 by Floyd Benjamin Bennett, Frank Van Rensselaer Phelps and Paul Stephan Olds. Page 71. [1]
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33340462/james-w-lindsey