James Menees Lindsay

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Resolutions and Journal entries

• J.M. Lindsey, Gainesville, Cooke County. Members and Officers of the House of Representatives of the Ninth Legislature, Regular Session. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, Hon. J.M. Lindsay, pp. 112-113. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
• Biographical sketch, Judge James M. Lindsay, Volume III, p. 1138. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
• Biographical sketch, Judge James M. Lindsay, Volume IV, pp. 469-470. "At the time of the war he was representing his district in the State Legislature, and was its youngest member." History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition, 1922.
• Biographical sketch, Judge James M. Lindsay, Volume I, pp. 236-237. Born in Wilson County, Tennessee; son of Rev. Louis and Jane R. (McFarland) Lindsay; 22 years old in 1857 upon moving to Texas; "His first noteworthy service was as a member of the eighth [sic] assembly of the Texas legislature in 1861, at which time he was the youngest member of the body . . . " A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, Private, Company A, Fitzhugh's Regiment, Walker's Division. Judge James M. Lindsay, p. 1138. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
• Confederate States Army. Description of military service in biographical sketch, Judge James M. Lindsay, Volume IV, pp. 469-470. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition, 1922.
• 35th Legislature, Communications from Members of 9th Legislature, 2/7 and 2/8/1917, p. 496: S.J.P. McDowell (served as member of 9th Legislature, 1st session in 1861-1862, then resigned and entered Confederate military service) and W.P. McLean ("I believe Judge Lindsay, at Gainesville, and I are the only surviving members of the 9th Legislature and I well remember that we were the youngest members of that body. We both resigned at the close of the first session and went into the Confederate army . . ."). House Journal.

Other Resources

• James M. Lindsay, birth date 12/31/1835, death date 5/3/1919 in Gainesville, banker, son of Lewis Lindsay and Jane McFarland. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
• James Menees Lindsay (1835-1919), burial in Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas. Includes photo and historical marker. Find a Grave.
• Obituary, "J.M. Lindsay Dead: Venerable Texas Financier Was Railway Director and School Promoter," 5/3/1919, p. 1. San Antonio Light.
• Historical marker, James Menees Lindsay, Cooke County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).

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