BIO:  ALEXANDER LINDSAY, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 724-725
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    ALEXANDER LINDSAY is still remembered by many residents of Cumberland
  county, in South Middleton township, where he was engaged in farming for many
  years, and in Carlisle, where he passed his latter days in retirement. Several
  of his children still reside in this section, and the members of this family
  have always ranked among the most esteemed residents of the community.
    
    Mr. Lindsay's father, also named Alexander, came to the United States from
  Scotland and first located in Perry county, Pa. There he married Mary Moses,
  and they subsequently settled in Cumberland county, near Newville, where Mr.
  Lindsay died.
    
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  His widow then moved to Lexington, Ohio, to the home of her daughter with
  whom she lived until her death. This couple had a family of twelve children,
  eight sons and four daughters, all of whom are now deceased.
    
    Alexander Lindsay, whose name introduced these lines, was born in April,
  1804, in Cumberland county, and grew to manhood on the parental farm near
  Newville, where he was trained to practical agricultural work. His education
  was received in the district schools, such as they were at that day. After
  taking up farming on his own account, he bought and moved to a farm in South
  Middleton township, where he followed farming for many years, eventually
  retiring and moving to Carlisle. There his death occurred in 1873, and that
  of his wife in 1878. They were Presbyterians in religious faith, and held
  membership in the Second Church of Carlisle. Mr. Lindsay was, in political
  sentiment, a Republican.
    
    Mr. Lindsay married Elizabeth Wilt, and they became the parents of ten
  children, viz.: (1) John Wilt, who married Mary Belle DeWalt, died Dec. 7,
  1902, on his farm in South Middleton township. (2) Matthew Henry, who married
  Elmira Hart man, is on the old home farm. (3) Elizabeth and (4) Mary E., are
  deceased. (5) Sarah Belle lives at the old home in Carlisle. (6) Emma is the
  wife of Luther Cameron, of Chambersburg. (7) William A. graduated from
  Dickinson College in 1869, studied law with A. B. Sharp, was admitted to the
  Bar, and died one year later, in 1873. (8) Mary B. graduated from the Mary
  Institute in Carlisle and from the Millersville State Normal School in the
  class of 1881, after which she taught twelve years in Pennsylvania, and for
  the past fifteen years she has taught school at Atlantic City, N. J.
  (9) Harriet, the wife of E. J. Gardner, whom she married in 1875, died at
  Carlisle May 8, 1903. (10) Katherine lives at the old home in Carlisle.
    
    Mrs. Lindsay was born Aug. 1, 1810, near Big Spring, Cumberland county, and
  during her girlhood attended the local subscription schools. She was a
  daughter of John Wilt, who was born probably in old Virginia, possibly in
  Cumberland county, Pa. His father settled in Cumberland county in an early
  day, and brought slaves with him from Virginia, where the Wilts were slave
  owners. He took up a large tract of land three miles southwest of Newville,
  along the Chambersburg pike and there passed the remainder of his days, his
  son Peter succeeding to the ownership of this place, while John settled on a
  farm near by. John Wilt married Elizabeth Rippey, who had a brother that
  served in the war of 1812, and died on his way home at the close of that
  struggle. Col. Rippey, of Pittsburg, who was an officer in the Civil war, was
  a cousin of Mrs. Elizabeth (Wilt) Lindsay. This family is of English descent.
  To John and Elizabeth (Rippey) Wilt were born five children, four daughters
  and one son, Elizabeth being the second daughter.