Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Lindsay, J. J. 1828 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Lindsay, J. J. The subject of this memoir was born on the 25th day of December,
1828, in Ripley county, Indiana. When he was but a small boy, his father, with a
family of nine, crossed the plains to Oregon, arriving there in the Fall of
1848, where they remained during the Winter, and in the Spring of 1849 came to
Green valley, Sonoma county. Owing to the advanced age and ill health of Mr.
Lindsay's father, they did not go to the mines, but located on a ranch in the
valley, where Mr. Lindsay, Sr., died in the Summer of 1851. The subject of this
sketch remained with his father's family, assisted in working the farm, and a
portion of the time attended school, till the Spring of 1862, when he left home
and proceeded to Nevada; worked at various kinds of mining, and finally put up a
quartz-mill, which for a time proved a success, but mining speculations
eventually proved disastrous to him financially, and, after four years, he
returned to this county, and commenced general merchandising in the town of
Windsor in the Fall of 1866, where he still continues doing business. He was
appointed Postmaster of the town in 1869, which position he still holds. He
married, on the 5th day of May, 1869, Miss Esther A. Clark, a resident of
Windsor. We now quote Mr. Lindsay's own words, in a letter to us, which says:
"The most I have to feel proud of is my two children. The eldest, a boy, Walter
C. was born September 10, 1871; the other, a girl, Estella Blanch, born July 31,
1874." No man who looks upon his family with such feeling of pride and honor can
be other than a noble-hearted gentleman, respected by his fellow-citizens in all
places and under all circumstances.

Additional Comments:
Russian River Township

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HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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