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R         Lindsay family.

352                  Papers, 1858 ‑ ca. 1980.

                                    One folder, photocopies.

 

 

 

This collection consists of correspondence, biographical material, and miscellaneous mate­rial regarding James Lindsay of Ironton, Missouri, and his sons, Joseph F. Lindsay and Robert L. Lind­say.  The Lindsays were prominent early residents of Iron County and were Union vet­erans of the Civil War.

 

22 May 1858          Deed: Cyrus and Rebecca Russell to James Lindsay and C. R. Peck, Iron County, Missouri.

 

02 Feb 1863           “Extract” of report of Col. James Lindsay, 68th Enrolled Missouri Mili­tia, Ironton, Mo., to Adjutant General William D. Wood, St. Louis.  Regarding affair at Bloomfield, Mo., 27 Jan 1863.  Typescript copy.  Also a copy of congratulatory dispatch taken from the War of The Re­bellion, Series I, Vol. 22, pt. 2.

 

25 Mar 1865           Typescript of James Lindsay’s commission as Colonel, Iron, Madison, and Wayne counties regiment, Missouri Militia.

 

30 Jun 1877            Letter of introduction for Gratz Lindsay by B. Gratz Brown, St. Louis, Mo.

 

05 Jun 1898            Obituaries of James Lindsay (1814‑1898).

 

25 Jun 1938            Obituary of Joseph Fremont Lindsay (1851‑1938).

 

n.d.                         Biographical sketch of Joseph Fremont Lindsay, by his daughter, Hallie  Lindsay Wilson.

 

n.d.                         Reminiscence of Joseph Fremont Lindsay.

 

n.d.                         Letter: Kathryn Ray Henry to “Don,” regarding family history.

 

n.d.                         Letter: Myrtle Lindsay Vinyard to Kathryn Ray Henry.

 

n.d.                         Comments on Cyrus A. Peterson and Joseph M. Hanson, Pilot Knob (1914), by Henry Davis.

 

n.d.                         “Some tales of Southeast Missouri,” by W. M. Shankland.

 

 

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