Biographical Sketch of Ezekiel Lindsey, Dallas County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Ezekiel Lindsey, an early and prominent settler of Dallas County,
MO., has been a resident of the same since 1836, whither he came 
with his parents, Sterling and Mary (Azbell) Lindsey, from his native
State of Tennessee.  He was born in Lawrence County September 7, 1819,
and there received a fair English education, and made his home with
his father until the latter's death.  He spent two years in the Chero-
kee Nation, and in 1850 went to California, taking the overland trip,
and after mining two years in that State returned home, and in the 
fall of that year purchased a drove of mules, which he took to Texas,
being absent until 1854.  He then returned home and married, but took
his wife to Texas with him, and there made his home until 1868, 
serving during the late war on the frontier.  In the fall of that year
he returned to Dallas County, MO., and has since resided on his present
farm of 220 acres, the greater part of which is under cultivation.  He
deals some in stock, is engaged in fruit growing, and up to 1880 was in
the mercantile business, but has since been occupied in farming.  He
was first married to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Tinnell, a daughter of Col.
Miles Vernon, by whom he had nine children, seven now living: Larissa,
wife of Greenstreet Mitchell; Vivia and Alice, twins, wives of D.M.
Rush and Thomas Booth, respectively; Luella, wife of A. Bottom; Nellie;
Melvin and Lester.  The mother of these children died December 8, 1883,
and in July, 1885, Mr. Lindsey wedded Mrs. Martha A. (Bridges) Hucaby,
a daughter of Joseph and Susanna (Hogg) Bridges, who settled in Polk 
County, MO., in 1845.  Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey are members of the Mission-
ary Baptist church and he is a Royal Arch Mason, and is one of the
prosperous farmers of the county.  His parents were born in the East-
ern States, and were early immigrants to Tennessee.  The father was
born in 1797, and after residing in Tennessee for a number of years 
moved with his family to Dallas County, MO., and located near Louis-
burg, on the prairie, where he took a "Squatter's claim", and after
the land was put on the market by the Government, entered eighty acres.
He erected a very primitive log cabin, in which he lived for a number
of years, and then made better improvements.  All their clothing was
home-made, and at that day a suit of jeans was considered a very hand-
some outfit.  Neighbors were very scarce, but the woods and prairies
were covered with wild game of nearly all kinds, and Mr. Lindsey has
many a time stood on the prairie and seen a drove of 100 deer.  He
was a skillful marksman, and his cabin was always plentifully supplied
with choice wild meats.  He and wife became the parents of twelve 
children, but only six are living at the present time: Ezekiel, Ster-
ling W., Mary (wife of Henry Sawyer), Elizabeth (wife of William Hale),
Emily J. (wife of J. Drum) and Hannah B. (wife of T.J. Hayes).  Those
deceased were Eliza, Drucilla, William C., John J. and Daniel A.
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