Obituary from "The Times," Shreveport, Louisiana, dated Tuesday, January 3, 1939, page 16:
"Solomon L. Lindsay, Mena, Arkansas, January 2, (Special) - Funeral services for Solomon Lucien Lindsay, 92, veteran newspaper publisher and dentist of Polk county, who died Saturday morning in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Emma L. Griffiths, of Mena, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev. Chris J. Sims, assisted by Attorney Mark F. Olney, officiating. Interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Mr. Lindsay is survived by one daughter; Mrs. Griffiths; five sons, Morris W., Charles A., and Dudley L. Lindsay, of Shreveport, Emmet Lindsay, of Camden, Arkansas, and Idlum Lindsay, of Mena; 31 grandchildren and 12 great grandchidren."
Obituary courtesy of contributor #47119461 - Ashley Meredith Smith (Thank you Ashley!)
Solomon was the son of Morris Lindsay and Sarah Miller. He was born in Sangamon County, Illinois. His father, Morris, had a general store and barber shop in Springfield, Illinois. S.L. said that he sat on the knee of Abraham Lincoln and other famous politicians of the time when they came to his father's barber shop and he remembered many a "wild" story told by Lincoln. He learned the art of dentistry from Dr.C. G. French at Springfield and he practiced with him for one year. He came to Arkansas in about 1871 and landed at Des Arc. He went back and forth from Arkansas to Illinois until about 1879 when he settled in Prairie County, Arkansas, around the Hickory Plains area. He came to Polk County (Arkansas) in about 1893, arriving at Old Dallas (the then county seat) on March 19. He located about 2 miles west of Dallas on Potter Road and he named his new place "Vinegar Hill" for the original Lindsay estate in Ireland in the 17th century. He was one of the first dentists in the county. He opened his office at Old Dallas and practiced there until Mena became the county seat at which time he moved the practice to Mena. He followed the practice of dentistry until 1909 and then "politicked" for a while, serving the city for several years as Police Judge. The files of "The Star" (Mena's newspaper) show "Old" was a very efficient police judge and with Mena having some 5 or 6 saloons part of the time, one of the most common charges on the police docket was of those drinking too much of the "strong waters." He and some of his sons had a printing business in Mena for a time. He bought the printing business and rented his building from Ruff Lane. He sold this business to Pipkin and Compere when he moved from Dallas to Mena. He published Mena's first newspaper called "New Era". The first edition was printed on brown wrapping paper.
"Old" was quite active in the Odd Fellows lodge, being one of the members who were instrumental in getting the Odd Fellows hall built, now occupied by the Mena Star.
"Old" was married January 8, 1872 to Miss Dora Moore, at the home of her parents William L. Moore and Mary C. Abington Moore in Hickory Plains, Arkansas, and to this union was born 5 sons and 1 daughter, all of whom are living. The sons are; I.E. (Idlum Edward), of Mena, M.W. (Morris William, aka: Pike), Dudley and Charley of Shreveport, La., and Emmett of Camden, Arkansas. The daughter is Mrs. George Griffith (Emma, aka; Mose), of Mena. The wife and mother (Eudora Moore, daughter of William L. Moore and Mary Abington) died 20 years ago. There are now 29 living grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
"Old" wrote an autobiography in 1925 called "Old Lindsay of Arkansaw" describing his travels and thoughts on just about everything. The Preface of the books reads as follows:
"What I have written in this book is partly from my memory of doings and things and a heap of it is fact, while some of it is ideas of my own.
If in looking it over you find words that are conveniently spelled or are sorter twisted, condensed or expanded as to spelling just lay it to the fact that my school days ended 65 years ago. The grammar also may at times be some-what transmogrified and the spleverification slightly dislocated for I have spent more than 53 years in Arkansaw.
Any provincialisms, idioms or idiosyncrasy you find you may sorter put in as a kind of Trade Mark on my goods.
Sometimes I have quoted biblical passages and sometimes have just cited to Book, Chapter, and Verse, as I want you all to read the book for yourselves.
This is a sort of compendium of my Ups and Downs so you children can see that I have had a "hayova" time.
I wish you young Lindsays would take up the "Clan" record where I leave off and keep it for your children for before a great while I am going to take a trip into the vast hereafter and won't have a Ford car so there will be no come back.
Signed: Old Lindsay"
Excerpt from the "Mena Star", Mena Polk County, Arkansas, dated March 16, 1935.
As a sidelight, it is interesting to note that the tombstone of Old Lindsay and his wife, Dora, are the only ones in the cemetery at Pinecrest to be buried north to south. "Old" was quite a character!
"Solomon L. Lindsay, Mena, Arkansas, January 2, (Special) - Funeral services for Solomon Lucien Lindsay, 92, veteran newspaper publisher and dentist of Polk county, who died Saturday morning in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Emma L. Griffiths, of Mena, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev. Chris J. Sims, assisted by Attorney Mark F. Olney, officiating. Interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Mr. Lindsay is survived by one daughter; Mrs. Griffiths; five sons, Morris W., Charles A., and Dudley L. Lindsay, of Shreveport, Emmet Lindsay, of Camden, Arkansas, and Idlum Lindsay, of Mena; 31 grandchildren and 12 great grandchidren."
Obituary courtesy of contributor #47119461 - Ashley Meredith Smith (Thank you Ashley!)
Solomon was the son of Morris Lindsay and Sarah Miller. He was born in Sangamon County, Illinois. His father, Morris, had a general store and barber shop in Springfield, Illinois. S.L. said that he sat on the knee of Abraham Lincoln and other famous politicians of the time when they came to his father's barber shop and he remembered many a "wild" story told by Lincoln. He learned the art of dentistry from Dr.C. G. French at Springfield and he practiced with him for one year. He came to Arkansas in about 1871 and landed at Des Arc. He went back and forth from Arkansas to Illinois until about 1879 when he settled in Prairie County, Arkansas, around the Hickory Plains area. He came to Polk County (Arkansas) in about 1893, arriving at Old Dallas (the then county seat) on March 19. He located about 2 miles west of Dallas on Potter Road and he named his new place "Vinegar Hill" for the original Lindsay estate in Ireland in the 17th century. He was one of the first dentists in the county. He opened his office at Old Dallas and practiced there until Mena became the county seat at which time he moved the practice to Mena. He followed the practice of dentistry until 1909 and then "politicked" for a while, serving the city for several years as Police Judge. The files of "The Star" (Mena's newspaper) show "Old" was a very efficient police judge and with Mena having some 5 or 6 saloons part of the time, one of the most common charges on the police docket was of those drinking too much of the "strong waters." He and some of his sons had a printing business in Mena for a time. He bought the printing business and rented his building from Ruff Lane. He sold this business to Pipkin and Compere when he moved from Dallas to Mena. He published Mena's first newspaper called "New Era". The first edition was printed on brown wrapping paper.
"Old" was quite active in the Odd Fellows lodge, being one of the members who were instrumental in getting the Odd Fellows hall built, now occupied by the Mena Star.
"Old" was married January 8, 1872 to Miss Dora Moore, at the home of her parents William L. Moore and Mary C. Abington Moore in Hickory Plains, Arkansas, and to this union was born 5 sons and 1 daughter, all of whom are living. The sons are; I.E. (Idlum Edward), of Mena, M.W. (Morris William, aka: Pike), Dudley and Charley of Shreveport, La., and Emmett of Camden, Arkansas. The daughter is Mrs. George Griffith (Emma, aka; Mose), of Mena. The wife and mother (Eudora Moore, daughter of William L. Moore and Mary Abington) died 20 years ago. There are now 29 living grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
"Old" wrote an autobiography in 1925 called "Old Lindsay of Arkansaw" describing his travels and thoughts on just about everything. The Preface of the books reads as follows:
"What I have written in this book is partly from my memory of doings and things and a heap of it is fact, while some of it is ideas of my own.
If in looking it over you find words that are conveniently spelled or are sorter twisted, condensed or expanded as to spelling just lay it to the fact that my school days ended 65 years ago. The grammar also may at times be some-what transmogrified and the spleverification slightly dislocated for I have spent more than 53 years in Arkansaw.
Any provincialisms, idioms or idiosyncrasy you find you may sorter put in as a kind of Trade Mark on my goods.
Sometimes I have quoted biblical passages and sometimes have just cited to Book, Chapter, and Verse, as I want you all to read the book for yourselves.
This is a sort of compendium of my Ups and Downs so you children can see that I have had a "hayova" time.
I wish you young Lindsays would take up the "Clan" record where I leave off and keep it for your children for before a great while I am going to take a trip into the vast hereafter and won't have a Ford car so there will be no come back.
Signed: Old Lindsay"
Excerpt from the "Mena Star", Mena Polk County, Arkansas, dated March 16, 1935.
As a sidelight, it is interesting to note that the tombstone of Old Lindsay and his wife, Dora, are the only ones in the cemetery at Pinecrest to be buried north to south. "Old" was quite a character!
Obituary from "The Times," Shreveport, Louisiana, dated Tuesday, January 3, 1939, page 16:
"Solomon L. Lindsay, Mena, Arkansas, January 2, (Special) - Funeral services for Solomon Lucien Lindsay, 92, veteran newspaper publisher and dentist of Polk county, who died Saturday morning in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Emma L. Griffiths, of Mena, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev. Chris J. Sims, assisted by Attorney Mark F. Olney, officiating. Interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Mr. Lindsay is survived by one daughter; Mrs. Griffiths; five sons, Morris W., Charles A., and Dudley L. Lindsay, of Shreveport, Emmet Lindsay, of Camden, Arkansas, and Idlum Lindsay, of Mena; 31 grandchildren and 12 great grandchidren."
Obituary courtesy of contributor #47119461 - Ashley Meredith Smith (Thank you Ashley!)
Solomon was the son of Morris Lindsay and Sarah Miller. He was born in Sangamon County, Illinois. His father, Morris, had a general store and barber shop in Springfield, Illinois. S.L. said that he sat on the knee of Abraham Lincoln and other famous politicians of the time when they came to his father's barber shop and he remembered many a "wild" story told by Lincoln. He learned the art of dentistry from Dr.C. G. French at Springfield and he practiced with him for one year. He came to Arkansas in about 1871 and landed at Des Arc. He went back and forth from Arkansas to Illinois until about 1879 when he settled in Prairie County, Arkansas, around the Hickory Plains area. He came to Polk County (Arkansas) in about 1893, arriving at Old Dallas (the then county seat) on March 19. He located about 2 miles west of Dallas on Potter Road and he named his new place "Vinegar Hill" for the original Lindsay estate in Ireland in the 17th century. He was one of the first dentists in the county. He opened his office at Old Dallas and practiced there until Mena became the county seat at which time he moved the practice to Mena. He followed the practice of dentistry until 1909 and then "politicked" for a while, serving the city for several years as Police Judge. The files of "The Star" (Mena's newspaper) show "Old" was a very efficient police judge and with Mena having some 5 or 6 saloons part of the time, one of the most common charges on the police docket was of those drinking too much of the "strong waters." He and some of his sons had a printing business in Mena for a time. He bought the printing business and rented his building from Ruff Lane. He sold this business to Pipkin and Compere when he moved from Dallas to Mena. He published Mena's first newspaper called "New Era". The first edition was printed on brown wrapping paper.
"Old" was quite active in the Odd Fellows lodge, being one of the members who were instrumental in getting the Odd Fellows hall built, now occupied by the Mena Star.
"Old" was married January 8, 1872 to Miss Dora Moore, at the home of her parents William L. Moore and Mary C. Abington Moore in Hickory Plains, Arkansas, and to this union was born 5 sons and 1 daughter, all of whom are living. The sons are; I.E. (Idlum Edward), of Mena, M.W. (Morris William, aka: Pike), Dudley and Charley of Shreveport, La., and Emmett of Camden, Arkansas. The daughter is Mrs. George Griffith (Emma, aka; Mose), of Mena. The wife and mother (Eudora Moore, daughter of William L. Moore and Mary Abington) died 20 years ago. There are now 29 living grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
"Old" wrote an autobiography in 1925 called "Old Lindsay of Arkansaw" describing his travels and thoughts on just about everything. The Preface of the books reads as follows:
"What I have written in this book is partly from my memory of doings and things and a heap of it is fact, while some of it is ideas of my own.
If in looking it over you find words that are conveniently spelled or are sorter twisted, condensed or expanded as to spelling just lay it to the fact that my school days ended 65 years ago. The grammar also may at times be some-what transmogrified and the spleverification slightly dislocated for I have spent more than 53 years in Arkansaw.
Any provincialisms, idioms or idiosyncrasy you find you may sorter put in as a kind of Trade Mark on my goods.
Sometimes I have quoted biblical passages and sometimes have just cited to Book, Chapter, and Verse, as I want you all to read the book for yourselves.
This is a sort of compendium of my Ups and Downs so you children can see that I have had a "hayova" time.
I wish you young Lindsays would take up the "Clan" record where I leave off and keep it for your children for before a great while I am going to take a trip into the vast hereafter and won't have a Ford car so there will be no come back.
Signed: Old Lindsay"
Excerpt from the "Mena Star", Mena Polk County, Arkansas, dated March 16, 1935.
As a sidelight, it is interesting to note that the tombstone of Old Lindsay and his wife, Dora, are the only ones in the cemetery at Pinecrest to be buried north to south. "Old" was quite a character!
"Solomon L. Lindsay, Mena, Arkansas, January 2, (Special) - Funeral services for Solomon Lucien Lindsay, 92, veteran newspaper publisher and dentist of Polk county, who died Saturday morning in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Emma L. Griffiths, of Mena, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev. Chris J. Sims, assisted by Attorney Mark F. Olney, officiating. Interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Mr. Lindsay is survived by one daughter; Mrs. Griffiths; five sons, Morris W., Charles A., and Dudley L. Lindsay, of Shreveport, Emmet Lindsay, of Camden, Arkansas, and Idlum Lindsay, of Mena; 31 grandchildren and 12 great grandchidren."
Obituary courtesy of contributor #47119461 - Ashley Meredith Smith (Thank you Ashley!)
Solomon was the son of Morris Lindsay and Sarah Miller. He was born in Sangamon County, Illinois. His father, Morris, had a general store and barber shop in Springfield, Illinois. S.L. said that he sat on the knee of Abraham Lincoln and other famous politicians of the time when they came to his father's barber shop and he remembered many a "wild" story told by Lincoln. He learned the art of dentistry from Dr.C. G. French at Springfield and he practiced with him for one year. He came to Arkansas in about 1871 and landed at Des Arc. He went back and forth from Arkansas to Illinois until about 1879 when he settled in Prairie County, Arkansas, around the Hickory Plains area. He came to Polk County (Arkansas) in about 1893, arriving at Old Dallas (the then county seat) on March 19. He located about 2 miles west of Dallas on Potter Road and he named his new place "Vinegar Hill" for the original Lindsay estate in Ireland in the 17th century. He was one of the first dentists in the county. He opened his office at Old Dallas and practiced there until Mena became the county seat at which time he moved the practice to Mena. He followed the practice of dentistry until 1909 and then "politicked" for a while, serving the city for several years as Police Judge. The files of "The Star" (Mena's newspaper) show "Old" was a very efficient police judge and with Mena having some 5 or 6 saloons part of the time, one of the most common charges on the police docket was of those drinking too much of the "strong waters." He and some of his sons had a printing business in Mena for a time. He bought the printing business and rented his building from Ruff Lane. He sold this business to Pipkin and Compere when he moved from Dallas to Mena. He published Mena's first newspaper called "New Era". The first edition was printed on brown wrapping paper.
"Old" was quite active in the Odd Fellows lodge, being one of the members who were instrumental in getting the Odd Fellows hall built, now occupied by the Mena Star.
"Old" was married January 8, 1872 to Miss Dora Moore, at the home of her parents William L. Moore and Mary C. Abington Moore in Hickory Plains, Arkansas, and to this union was born 5 sons and 1 daughter, all of whom are living. The sons are; I.E. (Idlum Edward), of Mena, M.W. (Morris William, aka: Pike), Dudley and Charley of Shreveport, La., and Emmett of Camden, Arkansas. The daughter is Mrs. George Griffith (Emma, aka; Mose), of Mena. The wife and mother (Eudora Moore, daughter of William L. Moore and Mary Abington) died 20 years ago. There are now 29 living grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
"Old" wrote an autobiography in 1925 called "Old Lindsay of Arkansaw" describing his travels and thoughts on just about everything. The Preface of the books reads as follows:
"What I have written in this book is partly from my memory of doings and things and a heap of it is fact, while some of it is ideas of my own.
If in looking it over you find words that are conveniently spelled or are sorter twisted, condensed or expanded as to spelling just lay it to the fact that my school days ended 65 years ago. The grammar also may at times be some-what transmogrified and the spleverification slightly dislocated for I have spent more than 53 years in Arkansaw.
Any provincialisms, idioms or idiosyncrasy you find you may sorter put in as a kind of Trade Mark on my goods.
Sometimes I have quoted biblical passages and sometimes have just cited to Book, Chapter, and Verse, as I want you all to read the book for yourselves.
This is a sort of compendium of my Ups and Downs so you children can see that I have had a "hayova" time.
I wish you young Lindsays would take up the "Clan" record where I leave off and keep it for your children for before a great while I am going to take a trip into the vast hereafter and won't have a Ford car so there will be no come back.
Signed: Old Lindsay"
Excerpt from the "Mena Star", Mena Polk County, Arkansas, dated March 16, 1935.
As a sidelight, it is interesting to note that the tombstone of Old Lindsay and his wife, Dora, are the only ones in the cemetery at Pinecrest to be buried north to south. "Old" was quite a character!
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