John and 2 sisters, Adelaide and Mary Ella, were given over to an orphanage in Richmond and were adopted by different families.
Mary Ella was adopted by Robert Anderson of Richmond and Alexandria, Virginia.
John was adopted by Asbury and Cynthia Lindsay and is listed with them in the 1880 census of Salt Springs, Saline County, Missouri. He left home young, but kept the Lindsay name.
He married about 1897 to Mabel Dorsey.
They are listed in the 1910 census of Rogers County, Oklahoma. He was a farmer.
In 1920 he was a grocery clerk in Long Beach, California.
In 1930 he was an apartment manager in Long Beach.
In 1940 he was managing a rooming house in Long Beach.
He was murdered in a wheel chair in his home in Long Beach by an intruder.
John and 2 sisters, Adelaide and Mary Ella, were given over to an orphanage in Richmond and were adopted by different families.
Mary Ella was adopted by Robert Anderson of Richmond and Alexandria, Virginia.
John was adopted by Asbury and Cynthia Lindsay and is listed with them in the 1880 census of Salt Springs, Saline County, Missouri. He left home young, but kept the Lindsay name.
He married about 1897 to Mabel Dorsey.
They are listed in the 1910 census of Rogers County, Oklahoma. He was a farmer.
In 1920 he was a grocery clerk in Long Beach, California.
In 1930 he was an apartment manager in Long Beach.
In 1940 he was managing a rooming house in Long Beach.
He was murdered in a wheel chair in his home in Long Beach by an intruder.