TAZEWELL COUNTY ILLINOIS
 GENEALOGY TRAILS
 Lindsey Cemetery


  LINDSEY CEMETERY









LINDSEY CEMETERY

In 1833 and 1834, James Alfred Lindsey accumulated 640
acres of land surrounding this Cemetery for the
purchase price of $1.25 per acre.

In 1834, James, his wife Jean, and their 11 children moved
here  from Christian County, Kentucky.  Felix Erastus, the
twelfth child, was born in Tazewell County in 1835. 
Born in 1793 near Raleigh, N.C., James was the son of a
Revolutionary War Veteran.  He married Jean Scott in
Christian County, KY in 1814, after he returned from
the war of 1812 in which James' firsthe served as the company
musician.  Originally a Baptist minister, he became a Disciple
of Christ after studying the teachings of Alexander
Campbell.  One of Elder James' first sermons was performed
at the home of Thomas Railsback, 5 miles west of Mackinaw. 
Church history credits him with performing the first baptism
in Tazewell County.  He and his family established a
Congregation at Mt. Pleasant, which was renamed the
Mackinaw Christian Church.  Son John (1821-1887) was one
of the co-founders of Eureka College, which was chartered by
the Illinois Legislature in 1855.  Eureka college, first in the state
and the third in the nation to admit men and women on an
equal basis, boasts 40th President Ronald Reagan as one of
it's graduates.  James Alfred is the oldest of 6 generations of
Lindseys to be buried in this cemetery.

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BOLING, CARRIE
Dau OF J L & E D
Died 12/31/1868
Aged __Y 8m 24d
 BOLING, ELIZA
Died Aug 8 1884
Aged 55Y 2M 28D
 BOLING, JOHN
Died May 18 1891
Aged 64Y 2M 3D
 BOLING, LIZZIE
Died June 24 18__
Aged 19Y 4M __D






CAMPBELL, ELLA ALTHIA
Dau Of W & J E CAMPBELL
Died Aug 4, 1870
Aged 2M 2D
 FERGUSON, INFANT
SON OF L N & LUCY
JULY 8 1888		 HILL, ELLA L
Wife Of HERMAN W HILL
Dau Of G O & N E NEVILL
Died 01/29/1875
Aged 21Y 9M 7D







LINDSEY, ALICE ROLLINGS
06/10/1871-10/02/1901		 LINDSEY, ALFRED
SON OF J A & J D
SEP 12, 1842
Aged 23Y __M & 11D
LINDSEY, JAMES
Born In North Carolina









LINDSEY, JANE E
11/05/1852-09/26/1854
LINDSEY, HANNAH G
08/14/1854-08/19/1854
CHILDREN OF WM & M LINDSEY		 LINDSEY, JANE V
DEC 31, 1884
WIFE OF J A		 LINDSEY, JOHN THOMAS
10/03/1848-12/29/1908
BOLING, MARY ETTA
07/29/1852-09/14/1934		 LINDSEY, LEONA S
08/19/1905-12/07/2002






LINDSEY, LILLIAN
DAU OF E & M J
Died 11/16/1864
AGED 4Y 10M 1D		 LINDSEY, LUCY A.M.
Dau OF J A & J D
Died July 071851
Aged 20Y 5M 6D
 LINDSEY, MARIA K
WIFE OF JOHN







LINDSEY, OCTAVIA ANNA
Dau J & MK LINDSEY
Died Sep 10, 1856
Aged 3Y 1M 2D
Had been in the care of
S.K. & J.L. LINN 2Y 3M 3D		 LINDSEY, WILLIAM
10/13/1817-05/05/1904
MATILDA LEONARD
02/05/1923-03/21/1910		 LINN, SAMUEL K (M.D.)
08/17/1819-11/26/1893
JANE L LINN
10/02/1826-08/15/1901















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