Person:Aaron Lindsey (1)

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Aaron Bloomer Lindsey
b.12 Jun 1889 Holley Springs, Red River, Louisiana, United States
d.7 Jul 1969 Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 2 Nov 1876
  1. Samuel Mark Lindsey1877 - 1976
  2. Veda Pearl Lindsey1879 - 1965
  3. Robert Randle Lindsey1881 - 1966
  4. Edward Eugene Lindsey1883 - 1978
  5. John Wesley Lindsey1885 - 1922
  6. Benjamin Dennis Lindsey1887 - 1976
  7. Aaron Bloomer Lindsey1889 - 1969
  8. Clarence Edgerton Lindsey1892 - 1989
  9. Camilla Green Lindsey1894 - 1984
  10. Myrta Lee Lindsey1896 - 1921
  11. Mary Emma Lindsey1899 - 1985
  12. Emmett Lindsey1901 - 1955
Spouse and Children
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m. 29 Mar 1913
  1. Jefferson Davis Lindsey1919 - 1985
  2. Waddell Lindsey1920 - 1930
  3. Cedric Delone Lindsey1926 - 1995
  4. Charles Lindberg Lindsey1928 - 1993
  5. Baby Lindsey1932 - 1932
  6. Baby Lindsey1933 - 1933
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Facts and Events
Name Aaron Bloomer Lindsey
Gender Male
Birth? 12 Jun 1889 Holley Springs, Red River, Louisiana, United States
Marriage 29 Mar 1913 Red River Psh., Louisianato Gracie Lee Adkins
Marriage to Sue Willa Dupree
Death? 7 Jul 1969 Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States
Burial? Red River, Louisiana, United StatesLiberty Cemetery

ABL's date of birth is recorded in his father's family bible; see Henry Carlton Lindsey, THE MARK LINDSEY HERITAGE (Brownwood, TX, 1982), p. 66.

1920 census, Red River Psh., ward 2, p. 43, ED 121 (109/112, 26 Jan.). ABL is 30, a farmer, b. LA, parents b. LA. Wife Gracie is 25, b. LA, parents b. LA. In the house are Onetha, 5, Aaron, 3 years and 1 month, Mary L., 2 years and 2 months, and Jefferson D., 8 months.

According to Henry Carlton Lindsey, ABL was a successful farmer and leader in the public school system of Red River Psh., who served as a member of the parish school board, and for one term as president of the school board. After the death of wife Gracie Adkins in childbirth, he remarried to Sue Willa Dupree, having more children by her.

I have a copy of a 29 Aug. 1959 COUSHATTA CITIZEN article in which ABL announced his candidacy for school board president. The article notes that ABL was a native of Red River Psh., and that his grandfather had moved to the parish in Aug. 1871 and had fathered 12 children. It also notes that ABL's father was b. in ward 2 of the parish, now ward 7. According to the article, ABL was serving his second term on the school board of ward 2.

Mary Lou Lindsey Prothro, "The Lindseys of Red River Psh.," in Red River Psh. Heritage Soc., RED RIVER PARISH, OUR HERITAGE (Bossier City: Everett, 1989), p. 308, says that ABL was on the parish school board from 1948-60, serivng as president the last four years. She says that during his tenure, he got the first gym for the Martin High School, the first lighted athletic field, and new fixtures for the classrooms.

I can recall Uncle Bloomer from Lindsey family reunions in Red River Psh., as well as from visits to his home when I was a child. He was a tall, spare man who did not show much emotion, but spoke with deliberation and in a low-key tone of voice. MARK LINDSEY HERITAGE has a picture of him and wife Gracie with daughter Onetha taken abt. 1916 (p. 81).

Unless otherwise noted, all information I have recorded about this family is from MARK LINDSEY HERITAGE, pp. 80-4.

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