Samuel T. Lindsay is a Photographer,
Robinson, was born in Crawford
County, Ill., January 20,
1847, and is a son of John T. and Elizabeth
(Clayton) Lindsay, both of
whom are living, he born in Versailles, Ripley
County, Ind., January 28,
1825; she born in Crawford County, Ill.,
February 26, 1831. Subject
was raised on a farm in Montgomery Township
and engaged in teaching and
farming alternately. In 1879, he was elected
Sheriff by the Republican
party, and served in that capacity two years.
After his term of office had
expired, he engaged in his present business.
In September, 1882,
he was burned out, but has rebuilt and restored his
business. In Montgomery
Township, Crawford County, Ill., in 1867, he
married Mary
E. Harris, born in New Hebron, Crawford County, Ill.,
November 11, 1848, daughter
of William and Elizabeth (Roar) Harris; he,
a native of Virginia, born
December 17, 1817, died April 14, 1855; she a
native of North Carolina,
born November 30, 1824, and is still living.
From
Vol. II. William Henry Perrin, ed. (Chicago: O.L. Basking & Co. Historical
Publishers
1883.
