John Gardner Lindsey
John Gardner Lindsey was born near Russellville. Brown County, Ohio, December 28, 1852, son of William Johnson Lindsey and Lucinda Eliza (Gardner) Lindsey. The grandfather of our subject came from Scotland in about 1810 and settled in Kentucky near the Virginia line. In a few years afterward he returned to Mason County, Kentucky, where William Johnson, the father of our subject, was born October 14, 1821, William Johnson Lindsey married Lucinda Eliza, daughter of the Rev. Mathew Gardner. She was born at Red Oak in Brown County, March 23, 1823. The children born to them are Barton B., of Portsmouth, Ohio; George, living somewhere in the South; Charles, deceased; Frank, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Sarah Belle, wife of Nathan Foster, of Clarence, Illinois, and John Gardner, the subject of
this sketch.
John G. Lindsey obtained a common school education in Manchester, Ohio, and engaged in farming until 1893, when he engaged in the livery business in Manchester and continued in that business until September, 1899, when he sold out to Messrs. Perry and Swearingen. He now gives his entire attention to the fertilizer business, being employed by the Ohio Farmers' Fertilizer Company, of Columbus, Ohio.
He was married March 25, 1880, to Dora Amelia, daughter of James and Morello Holmes. James Holmes was born December 22, 1814, and Morello, his wife, was born March 12, 1823, both in Adams County. The children of Mr. and Mrs, Lindsey are Byrdie Pearl, born October 2, 1882, and Bruce Emerson, born May 22, 1886.
Mr. Lindsey is a member of Hawkeye Tribe, Red Men, No. 117, and I. O. O. F., No. 827, of Manchester, Ohio. He is a Republican from principle, but takes no active part in political affairs. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is Superintendent of the Sabbath School in Manchester. As a member of the Board of Education, he takes an active part in educational affairs. Mr. Lindsey is a successful business man and renders valuable service to the company which employs him. As a citizen, he stands high in the esteem of his fellow townsmen, and is known for his integrity and his interest in church and educational affairs.
From "History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time" - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900