Lindsey History

Back when Kansas was the Wild Wild West! L to R: My Grandfather Paul Jones Lindsey ( 1895 - 1983 ) my Great Uncle Samuel Gordon Lindsey ( 1893 - 1918 ) and their friend Ira Heidleburg ( 1891 - 1953 ) Until earlier this summer, I had never seen this mysterious photo , dating back to sometime between 1913 - 1915 in Southeast Kansas or Northeast Oklahoma. Shortly after it was taken, both Paul and Sam joined the army and went to France: Grandpa to the Argonne; and Uncle Sam to the Aisne - Marne, where he was killed in action in 1918. Knowing how solemn the photographic expressions could be back in the day, it was hard to tell at first whether the picture was a practical joke or a formal portrait. It looks very serious but also very posed. I have to say I never saw my grandfather play poker or smoke a cigarette in his entire life! Maybe it was a set - up, perhaps at a county fair or photo studio. It certainly seems posed when you consider all the little details, such as their...

Angel of the Hills DULCE DECORUM EST ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ Pvt Samuel Gordon Lindsey (January 5, 1893 - July 31, 1918) with his mother Sarah Elisabeth Hartman Lindsey (August 19, 1856 - September 29, 1937) The following artice was written in 1936, shortly before Sarah died. I'm not sure who wrote it, but I imagine it was for a local publication, such as the Caney, Kansas, newspaper. "When her son, Samuel Gordon Lindsey, was killed in action in the World War, Mrs. Sarah Elisabeth Hartman Lindsey, who lives near here [the Cascade Hills in Chautauqua County, Kansas] decided that the qualities which had endeared her son to all who knew him, his generosity and kindliness, could find continued expression through the war insurance which she receives monthly. "Sums ranging from two dollars to one hundred dollars have been lent to worthy applicants for aid.  A man whose house, barn, and stock were burned was given a "stake...

Great - Grandmother's Day Book DAYS WHERE WE LIVE ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS "Sarah E. Lindsey Niotaze, Kansas" Days What are days for? Days are where we live. They come, they wake us Time and time over. They are to be happy in: Where can we live but days? Ah, solving that question Brings the priest and the doctor In their long coats Running over the fields. Philip Larkin ( 1922 - 1985 ) I recently discovered two miniature books (both about 3" x 4") amongst the papers of my Great - grandmother Sarah Elisabeth Hartman Lindsey: the 1920 date book above and the New England Primer below. The date book is blank up until the end of September. "Gail called up from Kansas City & wanted to know when I was going up." "First Frost Country ~ Niotaze" The next few entries, between 11 - 25 October, record Sarah's trip from Caney, Kansas, to Summersville, Missouri. A number of family members li...

Faded Autographs A LATE 19th CENTURY AUTOGRAPH ALBUM FILLED WITH SENTIMENTS, ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS The Autograph Book of my great - grandmother Sarah Elisabeth Hartman Lindsey (1856 - 1937), filled in as she traveled west in 1886 - 1894, from Indiana to Illinois to Nebraska The book is embellished with drawings and quotations from Evangeline : A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ( 1807-1882 ) Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses! Somewhat apart from the village, and nearer the Basin of Minas, Benedict Bellefontaine, the wealthiest farmer of Grand-Pré, Dwelt on his goodly acres: and with him, directing his household, Gentle Evangeline lived . . . Oft on autumnal eves, when without in the gathering darkness Bursting with light seemed the smithy, through ever...

Getting Almost Homesick A HOMESTEAD WHERE ALL'S ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS I don't have a picture of my great - great - grandfather Charles Gordon Hartman (1824 - 1898), but I do have this 1920 photo of two of his children: Charles Hartman (1854 – 19??) and Sarah Elisabeth Hartman Lindsey (1856 - 1937; my great - grandmother), and two of Sarah's children: Paul Jones Lindsey (1895 - 1983; my grandfather) and Gail Hartman Lindsey (1899 - 1944) Two weeks ago , I shared a letter that Sarah (pictured above) wrote in 1893, mailed from her homestead in Nebraska to her niece in Ohio. When Sarah and her husband James and their young children left for Nebraska in 1887, they were accompanied by Sarah's father, Charles Gordon Hartman. In the following letter, he describes the earlier years of their homesteading experience, before the drought overtook Nebraska. from Charles Gordon Hartman, 1824 – 1898 to his eldest daughter "Emma" Emily Eugenia Hartman, ...

Thus Far Our Experience A HOMESTEAD WHERE ALL'S ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS My Great - Grandparents James Sankey Lindsey (1846 - 1921) & Sarah Elisabeth Hartman in Summer 1913 with their grown children Sitting by father: Wayne Wallace (1889 - 1951) Sitting by mother: Samuel Gordon ( 1893 - 1918 ) Standing, L to R: Lillian Virginia (1897 - 1980), Gail Hartman (1899 - 1944), My Grandfather Paul Jones Lindsey (1895 - 1983) Bertha Mabel (1880 - 1968), James Sankey, Jr. (1883 - 1965), Edna Beatrice (1891 - 1922) Two weeks ago , I quoted several paragraphs from a letter that my great - grandmother wrote during her homesteading years in Nebraska. Here is the letter in its entirety, complete with Sarah's views on various governmental homestead measures and Veterans Affairs. from Sarah Elisabeth Hartman Lindsey, 1856 - 1937 to her niece Eyrie Winegarden Hadley, 1866–1943 Eyrie was the daughter of Sarah's half - sister "Emma" Emily Eugenia Hartman, 18...