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John Micajah LINDSEY

Male 1846 - 1925  (78 years)


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  • Name John Micajah LINDSEY  [1
    Born 21 Sep 1846  Tishomingo Co.; Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 Aug 1925  Savannah; Hardin Co.; Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Mississippi; Alcorn Co.; Corinth; Henry Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census Tishomingo Co, MS in household of father - Holland Lindsey / pg. 136
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      1860 Census ???
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      1870 Census Ripley, Tippah Co., MS pg 236
      Lindsey, J.M. 23 MW Farmer 875 300 MS
      S.A. 22 FW Keeping House Ms
      C.C. 1/12 FW MS
      Family listed just after A M Williams, Sarah's parents and siblings

      Other Lindseys in Ripley P.O.
      F.M. Linsey 33 M Farmer AL.
      E. 30 F Keeps Hse. TN.
      J.W. 6 M MS.
      Sam 4 M MS.
      M.E. 1 M MS.

      Holland Linsey 63 M Farmer 900/700 SC.
      S. 62 F Keeps Hse. TN.
      T.C. 35 M At Rome MS. (probably should be "At Home")

      Jacob Linsey 61 M Farmer 600/600 GA.
      Elizabeth 71 F Keeps Hse. SC.
      Jno. 25 M Teacher AL.

      Jim Linsey 35 M (B)Farmer /125 VA.
      Betsy 35 F (B)Keeps Hse. NC.

      J.M. Linsey 23 M Farmer 875/300 MS.
      S.A. 22 F Keeps Hse. MS.
      C.C. 1/12 F MS

      M. Linsey 21 F At Home MS.Could be Martha Lindsey, John's sister. If so, why was she making a home for Amanda and JCB, whoever that was?
      A. 12 F MS.Amanda?
      J.C.B. 9 M MS.???

      Mc Linsey 19 M Wks. on Farm MS. 306
      Walker 16 M Wks. on Farm MS.
      Wm. 8 M MS.

      W.J. Linsey 23 M Farmer TN.
      Nancy 21 F Keeps Hse. MS.
      J.B. 1 F MS.

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      1880 Census, Union Co. MS, pg 278, Beat 4
      Family #103
      John M Lindsey age 33, farmer b MS, father b SC, mother b SC
      Sarah A age 32, keeping house, b MS, father b AL, mother b AL
      Clarra C age 10 bMS
      Easter A age 9, b MS
      Edna O age 7, AL
      James H age 5, b AL
      Sallie V age 4, b MS
      Mary M age 3, b MS
      Loyes G age 8 mo., b MS
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      1890 Census ???
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      1900 Census, Lee Co. MS (Saltillo), pg 44 Dwelling and Family #7, lines
      John M Lindsey b 9/1846, age 53 Married 37 (31?) yrs b MS, father b SC, m born SC, farmer
      Sarah A b 6/1847, age 52, 14 children , 11 living, b MS, father b TN, mother b NC
      Edna O b12/1873 AL, age 26, teacher, 5 mo. empolyed
      Sallie H b 12/1876 MS, age 23
      Mary M b 8/1878 MS, age 21
      Word I b 5/1882MS, , age 18, farm labor, 5 mo. in school
      Walter M b 8/1883 MS, age 16, farm labor, 5 mo. in school
      Ethel M b 4/1886 MS, age 14, 5 mo. in school
      Ruby M b 3/1888 MS, age 12, 5 mo. in school

      NOTE: Emma D Turnage family with "Cliffie" (Emma Clifton Turnage) on same page
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      1900 Census, Saltillo, Lee Co. MS, p1
      lines 24-32
      - 7 7 Lindsey John M Head W M Sep 1846 53 M 37 - - MS SC SC - - - Farmer O - Y Y Y R - F 3
      Sarah A Wife W F Jun 1847 52 M 37 - - MS TN NC - - - - - - Y Y Y - - - -
      Edna O Dau W F Dec 1873 26 S - - - AL MS MS - - - Teacher 5 - Y Y Y - - - -
      Sallie V Dau W F Dec 1876 23 S - - - MS MS MS - - - -
      Mary M Dau W F Aug 1878 21 S - - - MS MS MS - - - -
      Word J Son W M May 1882 18 S - - - MS MS MS - - - Farm laborer ? 5 Y Y Y - - - -
      Walter M Son W M Aug 1883 16 S - - - MS MS MS - - - Farm laborer ? 5 Y Y Y - - - -
      Ethel M Dau W F Apr 1886 14 S - - - MS MS MS - - - - - - Y Y Y - - - -
      Ruby M Dau W F Mar 1888 12 S - - - MS MS MS - - - - - - Y Y Y - - - -
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      1910 Census MS???
      Checked Alcorn Co. ED#2, Images 1-5
      Checked Lee Co. ED#23 (Guntown) Images 1-8
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      1920 Census MS; Lee County; Guntown. Enumeration District 23, sheet 11B
      Lindsey, John Head Owns home w/mortgage Male, White, 72, Married Reads&writes bMS, fbSC, mbTN, speaks English, Farmer, general farming on own account, farm schedule 151
      " Allis Wife Female, White, 45, Married. Reads & writes, bMS, fbTN, mbTN, speaks English
      " Urban Son Male, White, 7, Single. In school since Sep 1919, reads & writes. bMS, fbMS, mbMS
      Rogers, Pauline Step-daughter Female, White, 18, Single. In school since Sep 1919, reads & writes. bMS, fbMS, mbMS, Student-high school
      " Mary C Step-daughter Female, White, 17, Single. In school since Sep 1919, reads & writes. bMS, fbMS, mbMS, Student-high school
      " Ruth Anne(?) Step-daughter Female, White, 13, Single. In school since Sep 1919, reads & writes. bMS, fbMS, mbMS, Student-primary school
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      Letter:
      Mobile, Alabama
      July 24, 1910

      Mr. B. S. Lindsey
      Baltimore, MD

      My Dear Nephew:

      Yours of the 20th to hand this A.M. Yes, I was suprised, but agreeably so, to get a letter from any of you. I used to correspond with Fred a great deal, but know nothing of the rest of you children since his death. Mary Lee spent one night with us several years ago on her way to New Decatur to visit Jennie, and had her little girl with her and promised to call on her way back and spend several days with us, but failed to do so. Ben I am glad you wrote me and expressed a desire to know more of your people than you do. I am not well enough up on our ancestors to help you very much. Your grandfather Lindsey's name was Holland and [he] was born in South Carolina and moved with his father to middle Tennessee when he was only three years old and then moved to Alabama when he was only a plow boy, and from there moved to Mississippi, and raised his familiy consisting of five boys and three girls. My oldest brother, James, was in the 43rd Mississippi Regiment and was killed at Jonesboro, Georgia on the retreat from Atlanta in June 1864, and brother Lee and George was in the 26th Miss. Regiment and brother Lee was discharged at Bowlinggreen Ky., and George was captured at Fort Donelson and died in Indianpolis, Ind. Brother Tom was with an Arkansas regiment. I have forgotten the number, and he was captured twice, was in prison three months the first time and twenty one months the last time and was released after the surrender and got home in June 1865. Your father and myself enlisted in the 2nd Mississippi Cavalry and served sixteen months, or until the end of the war.

      Well, Ben, my wife's name was Sarah Williams and we had eight daughters, namely: Cornelia, Alice, Edna, Sallie, Modenia, Gertrude, Ethel, and Ruby. All are living but Gertrude, the oldest, she married Mr. Greer, the second married Mr. McDonald, 3rd, Mr. Riley, 4th, not married, 5th Mr. Horton, 6th Mr. Riley, 7th Mr. Miller, 8th Mr. Burbank. And we had three boys, the oldest named James Holland, lives in Corinth, the second, Homer Word, was run over by a train in west Arkansas and had both legs cut off seven years ago last November and died in the hospital in St. Louis 40 days after the misfortune. Your aunt and I were with him from the time we could get there until he died and brought him home to bury. Walter the youngest son lives here in Mobile since the 6th January last and is collecting for P.F. Collier and Son, New York. He has been working for them 5 1/2 years. And I had the misfortune to lose my wife two years ago last February. And in the fall after her death I took Rheumatism and have not been able to do much work since. Have been down with Walter since the 7th of June. Don't know how long I will be here. Some time perhaps.

      Yes, your Uncle Tom is very low and has been for some time. I had a letter from your Aunt Caroline some two weeks ago. And before I left Corinth Sallie had several letters from Y.C.B.L. Hoping that you will find time to write me again. I will ring off for this time with best wishes for you and yours. I'm your devoted uncle.

      J.M. Lindsey
      (John)

      Address me in c/o Lock Box 465, Mobile, Ala.
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      NOTES: B S Lindsey was Benjamin Shelton Lindsey, son of Bassel Lee Lindsey and Martha Ann Shelton.
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      According to a list online, John was in Co. A of the 2nd MS, the "Tishomingo Riflemen"
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      According to Hugh J Horton, John helped to build the first brick church building used by the Foote St. Church of Christ in Corinth, which is across the street from the currently used building.
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      Tombstone placed 1 May 1999. According to an article in the New Albany Gazette, 9 Jun 1999, "The Saltillo area had been home for the Confederate soldier for most of his life. He was born in 1848 and when the war started he was only 13. He joined at the age of 16. According to war records, he served with the 2nd Mississippi Cavalry, Company C and suffered a hernia when thrown from a mule. No other injuries were noted. Lindsey was in Macon, Miss. when the conclusion of the war brought surrender."
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      National Park Service CW Soldiers and Sailors System website <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm>
      8Lindsey, S.M.ConfederateCavalry2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserve
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      In 1914 applied in Lee Co. MS for pension due to CW service in 2nd MS Cavalry
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      26th Mississippi Infantry - Co. A
      http://www.rootsweb.com/~mscivilw/26th/26thmscoa.htm

      Lindsay G.W. Pvt Pvt
      Lindsey B.L. Sgt Sgt
      Lindsey G.W. Pvt Pvt d. 9 Apr 1862 b. Crown Hill Cem. Indianapolis IN
      Linsey J.W. Pvt Pvt
    Person ID I0297  Lindsay
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2007 

    Father Holland LINDSEY,   b. 1 Dec 1807, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1893, Arkansas; Fulton Co.; Salem Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Sarah DAVIS,   b. 20 Dec 1808, Tennessee; Warren Co. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1893, Arkansas; Newton Co.; near Harrison Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 1828  Alabama; Fayette County Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F097  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Ansalane WILLIAMS,   b. 24 Jun 1846, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1908, Mississippi; Alcorn Co.; Corinth Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 7 Apr 1869  Mississippi; Tippah Co. Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Notes 
    • from Tippah Co. MSGENWEB:
      Marriages of Tippah County
      1879 - 1899
      Compiled by Tippah County Historical Society, Ripley, MS

      LINDSEY, John M WILLIAMS, Sarah A 1869 Bk 3, p 119
    Children 
     1. Clarra Cornelia LINDSEY,   b. Aug 1870, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Mississippi; Union Co.; Jugfork; Jones Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Easter Alice LINDSEY,   b. 17 Jan 1871
     3. Edna Odella LINDSEY,   b. 22 Dec 1873, Alabama, acc to census records Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. James Holland LINDSEY,   b. 25 May 1875, Mississippi; Lee Co.; Saltillo (or AL? - acc var censuses) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1925, Mississippi; Alcorn Co.; Corinth Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     5. Sallie Viola LINDSEY,   b. 28 Dec 1876,   d. 8 Mar 1933, Mississippi; Alcorn Co.; Corinth Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     6. Mary Modenia LINDSEY,   b. 10 Aug 1879, Mississippi; Union Co. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1958, Mississippi; Alcorn Co.; Corinth Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     7. Loyes Gertrude LINDSEY,   b. 20 Dec 1880, Mississippi; Lee Co.; Saltillo Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1900  (Age 19 years)
     8. Homer Word LINDSEY,   b. 13 May 1882, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1902, Missouri; St Louis - see Notes Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
     9. Walter Meeks LINDSEY,   b. 31 Aug 1883, Lee Co. (prob.); Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1962, Mobile; Mobile Co.; Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     10. Ethel Maude LINDSEY,   b. 13 Apr 1886, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1973, Mississippi; Alcorn Co.; Corinth Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     11. Ruby M. LINDSEY,   b. 28 Mar 1888,   d. Tennessee; Humbolt Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F090  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Alice FRANKS,   b. Abt 1875 
    Married 23 Jun 1911  Mississippi; Alcorn Co. Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Jesse Urban LINDSEY
    Family ID F241  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S15476] letter from Holland Lindsey to A G Waldrop, dated 29 Jul 1847.
      " We have had two children since I wrote you before, one is a boy and the other a girl. They are 9 months old. We call the boy John Micajah, and the girl Nancy Lavina. We think they are very smart and pretty."

    2. [S32303] Index of Deaths, Tennessee, for 1925, Sheet No. 284.
      Lindsay, John M.; Hardin [County]; 8/29; [Vol.] 28, [Page] 346

    3. [S26835] Email from Bobby J Wadsworth .
      see Notes for John Davis, Sarah's father

    4. [S25694] Tippah Co., MS 1858-1900 Marriage Records, compiled by Nicholas Murray, (Hunting for Bears Inc.).

    5. [S29467] Post by Sylvia Fleming to Tippah Co. message board on Ancestry.com/Rootsweb in 2001.
      I've got a John Micajah Lindsey m. 7 Apr 1869 to Sarah Ansalane Williams in Tippah Co., MS. If you are interested in what I have let me know.

    6. [S52401] Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935, Ancestry.com, (Hunting For Bears, comp. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.).
      John M. Lindsey Sarah A. Williams 1869 Tippah

    7. [S46567] Email from Sylvia Fleming, giving Lois Meyer as source.
      6/23/1911


  

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