Lindsey, William Calvin (b. 23 NOV 1863, d. 5 FEB 1905)

Note: The 1900 Census finds William and Mattie living in Wilson Township, Dallas County, Missouri, with five of their six children ages 12, 11, 7, 5 and 3. William is listed as a merchant and they owned their home.

This obituary appeared in the Hollis Herald Hollis, Greer County, Oklahoma, on Friday, February 10, 1905

Will C. Lindsey peacefully passed away on last Sunday at 8 o'clock a.m. and was buried about noon on Monday. He had been in bad health for several months; growing weaker and weaker and took to his bed a few days before his death.

He was a good man and a good citizen and was one of the first to start a business in the town of Hollis. He leaves five children, whose mother died some two years ago.

His estate consists of an interest in the stores of Lindsey Brothers and J. D. Linsey & Brothers, besides having some life insurance policies.

Reverend M. L. Scivally conducted the funeral services at the Baptist church Monday at 11 a.m., and despite the very inclement weather, a large crowd attended the funeral.

Note: Loudoun County, Virginia, Will Records, A 269 -- Thomas Beaver, written 8 Aug 1770, proved 8 Oct 1770. Wife Martha Beaver, Land, Tenements, Goods and Chattles. If she should marry then all to youngest son Samuel. To son William a half doze sheep. To son Thomas a young bay mare. To son Robert a musket gun. To sons Joseph and James 150 acres of land being the south side of my lot and the remaining 150 acres on the North side of my Lot, I bequeath to my sons John and Samuel. If any of the four last mentioned of my sons should die before they have a right to possess their part of my lands, if they leave no heirs, then their part should be equally divided among each of my sons as do survive. Executors: William Beaver Sr & David Carlile. Witnessed by Spencer Clack, William Beaty and Andrew Beaty.

Note: James and Amy were born and married in Tennessee. They migrated to Missouri in 1836 and raised their family there. In choosing a home site in Missouri, they realized the value of water and in this land of many springs that did not present much of a problem.

They chose as their home site a spot about 150 yards from the banks of the Niangua River and had a good spring of water in their yard. Wild ferns and violets grew in profusion around it.

Their house was built of logs, as were those of all their neighbors, and a "house-raising", where several friends gathered to notch and place the logs and thus raise the walls to room proportions, was generally the accepted practice. In sharing their work this way, for one and another, while the women prepared a picnic meal, the work went faster and good fellowship enlivened their somewhat monotonous days.

If slaves had accompanied their masters to this new country, as some did, smaller cabins for the "darkies" were erected a short distance away. James was a slave holder at the time of the Civil War and probably did bring a few with him from Tennessee - at least a Negro "mammy" to help care for little Jesse Hezekiah.

James and Amy stood in high esteem of their community. Each was small of stature, very slender and quite active. Amy was a homely woman. After her death at the age of 65, James married Addie KIBBE and his friends and acquaintances said that "Jimmie HOLLIS undoubtedly got the two ugliest women in the world". Never the less, Amy was always so friendly, kind and jolly, everyone liked her and forgot her lack of beauty.

When there was sickness in the community, Amy was always ready to go and she was almost equal to a doctor in emergencies. Amy and Mrs. Ailcie Jones were at the Spencer Marlin home when twin boys were born. Wishing to honor these two good friends, the proud parents decided to name the boys for the ladies' husbands, but each husband was named James and called Jimmie. Since the name "Jesse" was a well-established name in the HOLLIS clan, the boys were named Jesse Hollis and Jimmie Jones. Author: Cecil Grace Hollis Puryear

Note: They moved from Tennessee to Missouri about 1835 with the Edmund Howerton Family. These families chose for their new homes, good lands along streams.

John "Jack" soon had a large, level bottom-land farm on the Niangua River, in the bend of the river, with large and beautiful cliffs of rock forming a bluff in the distance.

From this view of the rock, the Pisgah Baptist Church (believed to be the oldest of this denomination in the County of Dallas, Missouri) was organized in 1841 by D. R. Murphy and J. R. Calloway.

Charter members were: Murphy, Calloway, Carlos Deusenberry, Mary Randles, Dialtha Randles, Matilda Randles and Aliza J. Howerton. Mary, of course, was the wife of John "Jack" and Dialtha was another daughter who had married a relative of George Adkins Howerton. When the church was organized, Nancy Randles was only 13 and didn't marry George Adkins Howerton until November 1, 1849, when she was 21.

John "Jack", the father, was not a church member, but he was a good man noted for his genial disposition and mildness of temper.

Census: Date: 2 JUN 1880
Place: Washington Township, Webster County, Missouri

Note: Mattie's marriage license states that she had the written consent of Margaret Randles, her guardian.

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Jackson County, Indiana

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Jackson Township, Jackson County, Indiana

Note: After Isaac's death she and her seven young children stayed on the old farm. About 1850 they left the Baptist Church and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in Seymour. She sold the farm to John Roeger on 8 March 1859, and the proceeds were divided among the heirs of Isaac Crane.

According to family tradition, we believe that our American Indian heritage comes from Manerva's ancestors.
She was buried beside her first husband, Isaac.
She is buried beside her first husband, Isaac.
Manerva is age 40, owns $600 in real estate and cannot read and write.
Manerva now owns $550 in real estate and $200 in personal property.

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Jackson Township, Jackson County, Indiana

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Redding Township, Jackson County, Indiana

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Jackson Township, Riley County, Kansas

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Jackson Township, Riley County, Kansas

Note: Adaline and Jesse moved to Randolph, Kansas, in 1866 and then moved to St. Paul, Arkansas, around 1890. They were members of the Methodist Church.
At this time she is age 15, attending school and living with her mother, Manerva.
She is now age 24 and living with her husband.
She is now age 35 and keeping house.
Age 44 and keeping house.

Census: Date: 1895
Place: Milford Township, Geary County, Kansas

Note: The 1910 Census lists Roy as age 22, working as a hotel cook and living in a boarding house run by John and Mary Gould in Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma.

The 1920 Census shows Leroy age 32, working as a barber, married to Bertha, age 24 and they have a daughter Thyra, age 1 1/2. They own their home in Wilson, Carter County, Oklahoma.

Information for Le Roy's death certificate was provided by a Mrs. Lynn Henry. She gave his name as Lee Roy. His draft card listed his name as Leroy and the 1900 Census (data probably given by his parents) has him named Roy L. Lindsey.

Mrs. Henry listed his birth date as 1888. The draft card and the 1900 Census have his birth date as 1887. His cause of death was heart failure.

Roy and Bertha adopted his brother's son, Donald, when he was about 18 months old.

Note: Reverend Elijah was a pioneer Baptist preacher in Sevier County, Tennessee. He served under Colonel Doherty in an expedition against the Cherokees.

In 1803 he marched with eight companies of East Tennessee militia to Natchez to force the surrender of New Orleans by the Spaniards.