d/o: William & Ruth (Carlisle) Lindsay
siblings: Mary Alice, John Henry, Helen Jennie, William Carlisle and Emma
Obituary published in the Lexington Unit Journal
Her Life Ended
A Sweet Young Voice Is Hushed By Death
Again has the Reaper been in our midst; again has he selected a shining mark, and with his sickle keen and sharp he has ruthlessly cut down in the full, rich bloom of a bright, young life, one of the sweetest and rarest of all earth's beautiful flowers. One - for one the same stem, growing side by side, sharing alike the sunshine and rain, grew a twin blossom, alike frail and fair - one the Reaper took to set in a garden where flowers never die, where God himself guards from the storms that snap the tender stems in this life. The other he left blooming here but with drooping head and trembling, as the sharp blade laid low the sister flower.
The death of Miss Addie Lindsay, which occurred at her home in Lexington, Friday evening, November 4th, 1887, at 11:30 o'clock, is one of the most pathetically sad things it has ever been our lot to chronicle. And it is with a reluctant hand that we attempt to lay before the public the facts connected with an event so fraught with sadness and pity. Although ill for three months her illness was not such as to excite the apprehension of her friends until within two days of her death, and even then none but the family knew of her alarming condition. And her many friends who had had no knowledge of imminent danger, were shocked beyond expression at the announcement of her death.
Miss Lindsay was born in Lexington March 22nd, 1866, and has spent all of her short life here. She was a rare, sweet young lady and in person was as peculiarly bright and attractive as she was sweet and lovely in character. She was a graduate of the Lexington High school of the class of '84. In society and musical circles she occupied a prominent position. The possessor of a beautiful and cultivated voice and with much musical taste, she was one of the leaders in all musical entertainments. She was a member of the Young Ladies' Quartette and of the Presbyterian church choir, which organizations can never be just the same without her.
Miss Lindsay was one of twin sisters and leaves surviving her besides her twin sister Emma - who is her exact counterpart, and from whom she was almost inseparable during her life - her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lindsay, two married sisters, Mrs. William M. Grier, of Bloomington, and Mrs. Thompson Poor, of Streator, and two brothers, John and W.C. Lindsay, of Lexington.
The funeral services, held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, called out a very large number of friends who came to pay their last sad tribute to one they had known and loved. The discourse, delivered by Rev. R. Conover, was filled with impressive words and thoughts. The floral offerings were numerous and very beautiful, there being a greater profusion of rare flowers around the restsing place of deceased than ever seen on a like occasion in Lexington.
The death of this loved and lovely daughter has been a terrible blow to her parents, brothers and sisters, and a great shock to all who knew her. In this trying hour the family have the heartfelt sympathy of everybody in the community.
siblings: Mary Alice, John Henry, Helen Jennie, William Carlisle and Emma
Obituary published in the Lexington Unit Journal
Her Life Ended
A Sweet Young Voice Is Hushed By Death
Again has the Reaper been in our midst; again has he selected a shining mark, and with his sickle keen and sharp he has ruthlessly cut down in the full, rich bloom of a bright, young life, one of the sweetest and rarest of all earth's beautiful flowers. One - for one the same stem, growing side by side, sharing alike the sunshine and rain, grew a twin blossom, alike frail and fair - one the Reaper took to set in a garden where flowers never die, where God himself guards from the storms that snap the tender stems in this life. The other he left blooming here but with drooping head and trembling, as the sharp blade laid low the sister flower.
The death of Miss Addie Lindsay, which occurred at her home in Lexington, Friday evening, November 4th, 1887, at 11:30 o'clock, is one of the most pathetically sad things it has ever been our lot to chronicle. And it is with a reluctant hand that we attempt to lay before the public the facts connected with an event so fraught with sadness and pity. Although ill for three months her illness was not such as to excite the apprehension of her friends until within two days of her death, and even then none but the family knew of her alarming condition. And her many friends who had had no knowledge of imminent danger, were shocked beyond expression at the announcement of her death.
Miss Lindsay was born in Lexington March 22nd, 1866, and has spent all of her short life here. She was a rare, sweet young lady and in person was as peculiarly bright and attractive as she was sweet and lovely in character. She was a graduate of the Lexington High school of the class of '84. In society and musical circles she occupied a prominent position. The possessor of a beautiful and cultivated voice and with much musical taste, she was one of the leaders in all musical entertainments. She was a member of the Young Ladies' Quartette and of the Presbyterian church choir, which organizations can never be just the same without her.
Miss Lindsay was one of twin sisters and leaves surviving her besides her twin sister Emma - who is her exact counterpart, and from whom she was almost inseparable during her life - her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lindsay, two married sisters, Mrs. William M. Grier, of Bloomington, and Mrs. Thompson Poor, of Streator, and two brothers, John and W.C. Lindsay, of Lexington.
The funeral services, held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, called out a very large number of friends who came to pay their last sad tribute to one they had known and loved. The discourse, delivered by Rev. R. Conover, was filled with impressive words and thoughts. The floral offerings were numerous and very beautiful, there being a greater profusion of rare flowers around the restsing place of deceased than ever seen on a like occasion in Lexington.
The death of this loved and lovely daughter has been a terrible blow to her parents, brothers and sisters, and a great shock to all who knew her. In this trying hour the family have the heartfelt sympathy of everybody in the community.
d/o: William & Ruth (Carlisle) Lindsay
siblings: Mary Alice, John Henry, Helen Jennie, William Carlisle and Emma
Obituary published in the Lexington Unit Journal
Her Life Ended
A Sweet Young Voice Is Hushed By Death
Again has the Reaper been in our midst; again has he selected a shining mark, and with his sickle keen and sharp he has ruthlessly cut down in the full, rich bloom of a bright, young life, one of the sweetest and rarest of all earth's beautiful flowers. One - for one the same stem, growing side by side, sharing alike the sunshine and rain, grew a twin blossom, alike frail and fair - one the Reaper took to set in a garden where flowers never die, where God himself guards from the storms that snap the tender stems in this life. The other he left blooming here but with drooping head and trembling, as the sharp blade laid low the sister flower.
The death of Miss Addie Lindsay, which occurred at her home in Lexington, Friday evening, November 4th, 1887, at 11:30 o'clock, is one of the most pathetically sad things it has ever been our lot to chronicle. And it is with a reluctant hand that we attempt to lay before the public the facts connected with an event so fraught with sadness and pity. Although ill for three months her illness was not such as to excite the apprehension of her friends until within two days of her death, and even then none but the family knew of her alarming condition. And her many friends who had had no knowledge of imminent danger, were shocked beyond expression at the announcement of her death.
Miss Lindsay was born in Lexington March 22nd, 1866, and has spent all of her short life here. She was a rare, sweet young lady and in person was as peculiarly bright and attractive as she was sweet and lovely in character. She was a graduate of the Lexington High school of the class of '84. In society and musical circles she occupied a prominent position. The possessor of a beautiful and cultivated voice and with much musical taste, she was one of the leaders in all musical entertainments. She was a member of the Young Ladies' Quartette and of the Presbyterian church choir, which organizations can never be just the same without her.
Miss Lindsay was one of twin sisters and leaves surviving her besides her twin sister Emma - who is her exact counterpart, and from whom she was almost inseparable during her life - her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lindsay, two married sisters, Mrs. William M. Grier, of Bloomington, and Mrs. Thompson Poor, of Streator, and two brothers, John and W.C. Lindsay, of Lexington.
The funeral services, held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, called out a very large number of friends who came to pay their last sad tribute to one they had known and loved. The discourse, delivered by Rev. R. Conover, was filled with impressive words and thoughts. The floral offerings were numerous and very beautiful, there being a greater profusion of rare flowers around the restsing place of deceased than ever seen on a like occasion in Lexington.
The death of this loved and lovely daughter has been a terrible blow to her parents, brothers and sisters, and a great shock to all who knew her. In this trying hour the family have the heartfelt sympathy of everybody in the community.
siblings: Mary Alice, John Henry, Helen Jennie, William Carlisle and Emma
Obituary published in the Lexington Unit Journal
Her Life Ended
A Sweet Young Voice Is Hushed By Death
Again has the Reaper been in our midst; again has he selected a shining mark, and with his sickle keen and sharp he has ruthlessly cut down in the full, rich bloom of a bright, young life, one of the sweetest and rarest of all earth's beautiful flowers. One - for one the same stem, growing side by side, sharing alike the sunshine and rain, grew a twin blossom, alike frail and fair - one the Reaper took to set in a garden where flowers never die, where God himself guards from the storms that snap the tender stems in this life. The other he left blooming here but with drooping head and trembling, as the sharp blade laid low the sister flower.
The death of Miss Addie Lindsay, which occurred at her home in Lexington, Friday evening, November 4th, 1887, at 11:30 o'clock, is one of the most pathetically sad things it has ever been our lot to chronicle. And it is with a reluctant hand that we attempt to lay before the public the facts connected with an event so fraught with sadness and pity. Although ill for three months her illness was not such as to excite the apprehension of her friends until within two days of her death, and even then none but the family knew of her alarming condition. And her many friends who had had no knowledge of imminent danger, were shocked beyond expression at the announcement of her death.
Miss Lindsay was born in Lexington March 22nd, 1866, and has spent all of her short life here. She was a rare, sweet young lady and in person was as peculiarly bright and attractive as she was sweet and lovely in character. She was a graduate of the Lexington High school of the class of '84. In society and musical circles she occupied a prominent position. The possessor of a beautiful and cultivated voice and with much musical taste, she was one of the leaders in all musical entertainments. She was a member of the Young Ladies' Quartette and of the Presbyterian church choir, which organizations can never be just the same without her.
Miss Lindsay was one of twin sisters and leaves surviving her besides her twin sister Emma - who is her exact counterpart, and from whom she was almost inseparable during her life - her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lindsay, two married sisters, Mrs. William M. Grier, of Bloomington, and Mrs. Thompson Poor, of Streator, and two brothers, John and W.C. Lindsay, of Lexington.
The funeral services, held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, called out a very large number of friends who came to pay their last sad tribute to one they had known and loved. The discourse, delivered by Rev. R. Conover, was filled with impressive words and thoughts. The floral offerings were numerous and very beautiful, there being a greater profusion of rare flowers around the restsing place of deceased than ever seen on a like occasion in Lexington.
The death of this loved and lovely daughter has been a terrible blow to her parents, brothers and sisters, and a great shock to all who knew her. In this trying hour the family have the heartfelt sympathy of everybody in the community.
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