Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Lindsay, James W. 1835 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  J. W. LINDSAY, farmer, P. O. Flat Rock, was born March 7, 1835, in this
county. He is a grandson of John T. Lindsay, born in Baltimore County, Md.,
where he married Susan Dowden; they raised twelve children of extraordinary
size. They went to Kentucky just after the Revolutionary war, and there
participated in the hardships and struggles of the frontiers. Hazael Lindsay was
one of the twelve children; he was married in Kentucky, to Sarah Ford, who was
the mother of seven boys and four girls. He came to this county in 1830; he was
census taker once, and was a County Assessor, receiving as his salary $65; he
died in 1874. His son, James W., was joined in matrimony to Rhoda A. Richards,
born in Bradley County, Tenn., and died here 1864; she was the mother of three
children—Lavina A., wife of Joseph Phillippe, and mother of three
children—Nathaniel L. Lindsay, born July 10, 1862; William S., born November 27,
1864. Mr. Lindsay was married a second time, December 22, 1873, to Hannah E.
Richards, born in Bradley County, Tenn.; she is a daughter of William and
Matilda (Morrison) Richards, and the mother of four children—Rhoda R., born
January 3, 1875; John, born November 20, 1876; Sallie, born December 22, 1878;
Forest O., born April 20, 1880. Mrs. Lindsay is a member of the Methodist
Church. Mr. Lindsay is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Russellville Lodge,
No. 348. He is the owner of over 300 acres of land, to the cultivation of which
he gives considerable attention. He is identified with the Republican party.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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