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Submitted: 1/11/16 • Approved: 1/12/16 • Last Updated: 3/27/18 • R782233-G0-S3
1859 - 1955
Parents:
Abram H. Lindsey, Mary Ann Smithers
Spouse:
Mary "Mollie" Wilkes
Marriage:
14 Aug 1890 - Kirksville, Adair, Missouri
Spouse:
Myrtle Mary St Clair
Marriage Date:
29 Aug 1942
Marriage Place:
Kirksville, Adair, Missouri
HARRY S. LINDSEY came to Adair County, Missouri, with his parents in 1865, and was reared on a farm southeast of Kirksville, attending the public schools of that neighborhood. After farming until 1883 he moved to Kirksville, where he has since lived. After coming here he attended the Kirksville Business College, graduating in 1889, and same year engaged in the real estate and insurance business. In 1890 he was elected city collector, serving two terms. He also served as constable of Benton township for six years, being deputy sheriff for that period. For the past eight years he has been Justice of the Peace of Benton township, and was re-elected in the fall of 1910 for a term of four years. At the spring election of 1911 he was elected Police Judge of the city of Kirksville for two years.
H. S. Lindsey was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, September 4, 1859, being a son of Abram and Mary A. Lindsey. He was married October 14, 1890, to Mollie M. Wilkes, daughter of Madison Y. and Jemima O. Wilkes. They had five children: Carmen Agnes, born July 29, 1891; Pansy Lenore, January 16, 1893; Guy S., July 17, 1895, died November 10, 1901; Madison W., November 4, 1900; Harry F., March 15, 1910.
Mr. Lindsey is a Republican in politics, a member of the Presbyterian church, and belongs to the I.O.O.F. and Masonic lodges. His daughter, Miss Agnes, is a teacher in the Kirksville Public Schools.
History of Adair County, 1911
By Eugene Morrow Violette
Page 893
Parents:
Mary A. Smithers Lindsey (1825 - 1899)
Spouses:
Mollie Madison Wilkes Lindsey (1866 - 1932)
Myrtle M. Johnson St. Clair (1890 - 1976)
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