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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



LINDSAY, ISAAC, born May 16, 1819, in Franklin county, Penn., was married in Jacksonville, Ill., in 1841, to Mary Dyer. Their four children all died young, and Mrs. Mary Lindsay died in the spring of 1850. Mr. Lindsay was married in Jan, 1851, in Springfield, to Mercy Elder, a native of Kentucky. See Elder family. They had three children, and all died young. Mrs. Mercy Lindsay died Jan. 27, 1858. Mr. L. was married in Springfield, Ill., to Mrs. Sarah Rogers, whose maiden name was Elder, a sister of his second wife. They have five living children, MARTHA A., FRANK R., WILLIAM E., ADA and IDA, twins, who all live with their parents.

Isaac Lindsay was a bricklayer by trade, and was for about seven years, from 1858, clerk in the recorder's branch of the circuit court of Sangamon county. He was assessor and collector for the city two years--1856 and 1857. He and his family reside in Springfield, Illinois.



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