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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, MORRIS
, born June 30, 1818, in Franklin county, Penn. He came to Springfield with his brother, Isaac, in 1836, and was married April 2, 1844, at Salisbury, to Sarah Miller, a daughter of Solomon Miller. They had four children, two of whom died young. Of the other two--
SOLOMON L., born March 12, 1846, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 8, 1872, in Arkansas, to Dora Moore, a native of Tennessee. They have two children, MORRIS W. and ALBERT CHARLES, and reside in Springfield, Illinois.
ALLIE, born Aug. 26, 1850, in Sangamon county, and resides with her mother.
Morris Lindsay was appointed postmaster, at Springfield, in 1858, and served until 1861. He also served several terms as a member of the city council of Springfield. In 1863 or '4 he moved to Carbondale, Ill., where he died March 25, 1869. His remains were brought to Springfield, and interred in Oak Ridge Cemetery. His widow and daughter reside in Carbondale, Jackson county, Illinois.
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