BIO:  Jane M. Lindsay, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Lower Chanceford Township, Pg 125

JANE M. LINDSAY is the daughter of John and Mary (Snodgrass) Lindsay, 
representatives of highly respectable families of Scotch-Irish origin, whose 
ancestors were among the early emigrants from the north of Ireland to America.  
The Lindsay family is quite numerous in Pennsylvania, and some of them have 
attained considerable distinction in the history of the State.  Robert and Mary 
Lindsay, grandparents of Jane M. Lindsay, came to Lower Chanceford during the 
latter part of the last century.  They had two children:  John H. and Mary A.  
The former, who was the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in York 
and moved to Lower Chanceford Township in 1811, and purchased the farm which his 
daughter now owns.  He was married in 1821, and had two children:  Jane M. and 
Mary A. Lindsay.  The youngest sister is dead.  Miss Jane Lindsay was born August 
31, 1823, and at the death of her father inherited the farm on which she has 
since resided since her birth.  She is an active worker in the church, and an 
influential member of the Pine Grove Congregation.