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John A Lindsay
JOHN A. LINDSAY, a farmer of Kiskiminetas township, was born Aug. 4, 1866,
in Fayette county, Pa., son of William C. and Elizabeth (Beatty) Lindsay.William C. Lindsay was born in Virginia. Moving to Ohio, he lived there
until his death, Sept. 8, 1905. He was a potter by trade. Nine of his large
family are now living, and John A. is the fourth in order of birth.Until his fifteenth year, John A. Lindsay attended the common schools of
Indiana county, and then commenced to support himself. He had no capital, but
was willing to work, and found employment as general chore boy for a farmer,
receiving as compensation five dollars per month in money, and his board. For
five years he worked for this man, and then was employed in a sawmill in
Westmoreland county for two years. Later on he engaged in various occupations
in Westmoreland and Indiana counties until his marriage, after which he lived
at Latrobe and Blairsville until he secured the contract for excavating the
ground for a State normal school building. After making a number of changes,
as his work necessitated, he located on Feb. 2, 1903, in Maysville, where he
resides on a little farm, adjoining the village, which he bought March 4,
1907. That same year, 1907, he was appointed roadmaster of Kiskiminetas
township, and still holds that office, being efficient and conscientious. The
Lutheran Church holds his membership, his wife also belonging to the same
denomination. Fraternally he belongs to the Eagles and American Mechanics.
Politically, he is a Republican.On July 17, 1892, Mr. Lindsay was married to Jennie Long, in Latrobe, and
three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay, all of whom are living:
Laura Lilly, Elizabeth M. and Paul V. Mrs. Lindsay is a daughter of Jacob
Long, a native of Pennsylvania, now residing with his wife at Blairsville,
Indiana Co., Pa. He is (1913) sixty-nine years old. During the Civil war he
served as a Union soldier.Source: Pages 944-945, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed November 1998 by Kathy Zagorac for the Armstrong County Beers
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