Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887, Franklin Co. GEN. DANIEL WEISIGER LINDSEY was born at Frankfort, Ky., October 4, 1835, and is descended on both sides from families that were early identified with the settlement and development of Kentucky. His paternal grandfather, John B. Lindsey, came from Virginia at an early period and located near Newport, Ky., where he resided for many years and until his death. He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and his brother, Marcus Lindsey, was a celebrated Methodist preacher in Kentucky in pioneer days. Thomas N. Lindsey, father of Gen. Lindsey, was born in Campbell County, Ky., in 1807, and resided there until about 1834, when he removed to Frankfort, which was his place of residence until his death in November, 1877. Prior to his removal to Frankfort, he studied law with Richard Southgate, of Newport, and for a short time practiced his profession there. After locating in Frankfort he at once took high rank at the bar, and throughout a long and busy life occupied the front rank of the profession in the circuit, appellate and federal courts. He filled for a number of years the office of commonwealth's attorney, represented the county of Franklin in the State Legislature, and served as a member in the constitutional convention in 1849. Outside of his profession he participated actively in the business and commercial development of Frankfort, and was one of that city's most influential and progressive business men, enjoying a high reputation for integrity and uprightness of character. He was prominently interested in the opening up and the navigation of the Kentucky river; was for a number of years president of the Branch Bank of Kentucky, in Frankfort, and also for several years president of the Farmers' Bank of Kentucky, in Frankfort, and also for several years president of the Farmers' Bank of Kentucky. He married Isabella P., daughter of Daniel and Lucy P. Weisiger, of Frankfort. Capt. Daniel Weisiger came from Virginia about 1788, and took up his residence in Franklin County, Ky., where he became a man of great prominence and influence. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, served as clerk of the county court, as a member of the board of directors of the old Bank of Kentucky, and for a number of years was the host of the celebrated old Weisiger Hotel, and was always held in high esteem as a man of high character and undoubted integrity and honor, and recognized as one of the most successful of the old business men of Frankfort. The children of Thomas N. and Isabella P. Lindsey were: Daniel W. and John B., practicing lawyers of Frankfort; Maria L., who married John R. Thomas, of Lebanon, Ky.; Lucy W., deceased wife of Rev. J. McClusky Blayney, pastor of the Frankfort Presbyterian Church; Thomas N., a merchant in Louisville, Ky.; Mary B., who became the wife of H. D. Fitch, of Louisville, and Joseph W., also a resident of Louisville. The education of Gen. D. W. Lindsey was obtained at the primary schools of Frankfort, supplemented by a careful course of instruction under that famous Kentucky teacher, B. B. Sayre, and at the Kentucky Military Institute, where he graduated in 1854. After engaging for a time in other pursuits he entered upon the study of law in the office of his father in Frankfort, followed by attendance upon a course of lectures at the Louisville Law School, from which institution he was graduated in 1857. After traveling in the South during the winters of 1857-58, he began the practice of law in Frankfort in partnership with his father. The breaking out of the civil war found Gen. Lindsey a captain the Kentucky State Guards; but, being a Union man and in favor of sustaining the Federal Government, and ascertaining during an encampment at Alexander's Woods in May, 1861, that the State Guard was not to be used in aid of the Government, he marched his company to its armory in Frankfort and resigned his commission, and as soon as "Camp Dick Robinson" was opened by Geo. Nelson, he repaired there to assist in organizing Federal troops from Kentucky; and having received a commission from the Military Board of Kentucky to raise a regiment, he set to work and soon recruited and organized the Twenty-second Regiment of Kentucky and mustered in at Camp Swiger, Greenup County, Ky., December 12, 1861, with D. W. Lindsey as colonel, George W. Monroe, lieutenant-colonel, and Wesley Cook, major. The regiment was immediately ordered to service in the field, and Col. Lindsey, with his command, participated in the campaigns in the Big Sandy Valley under Gen. Garfield and under Gen. G. W. Morgan against and around Cumberland Gap; from thence up the Kanawha; from thence to Memphis, Tenn., where he was placed permanently in the command of a brigade, and with it participated in the campaigns under Gens. Sherman and Grant against Arkansas Post, Vicksburg and Jackson, Miss., and thence under Gen. Ord. commanding the corps, was transferred to the Gulf Department, where, his health having become impaired by continuous service in the field, and feeling the necessity for a transfer to a more northern climate, he, on October 14, 1863, resigned his command to accept the position of inspector general of Kentucky, to which position he was commissioned October 31, 1863. In the summer of 1864 he was commissioned adjutant-general of Kentucky, which position he held until the fall of 1867. His entire record during the was was characterized by an intelligent, earnest and courageous discharge of his duties, and was such as to reflect the highest credit upon him, both as a soldier and a gentleman. In January, 1868, he resumed the practice of law in Frankfort in connection with his father, and after the death of the latter in November, 1877, has continued alone, occupying a leading position at the bar of the State, and being recognized as one of the best equipped and most successful lawyers in the State. Gen. Lindsey was a member of the Whig party before the war, and since the close of that contest has been a consistent member of the Republican party. Although possessing great personal popularity, he has uniformly declined to run for office. He is closely identified with the business interests of Frankfort; has been, since July, 1868, a director of the Branch Bank of Kentucky, and since July, 1884, its president. He was for many years a member of the city council, is president of the Capital Gas and Electric Light Company of Frankfort, and interested in the Kentucky River Twine Mills. He is also a vestryman of the Ascension Church (Episcopal) of Frankfort, and one of the most highly esteemed and respected citizens of the capital city. Gen. Lindsey was married in January, 1854, to Miss Katherine McIlvaine Fitch, daughter of Thomas B. and Sarah Antionette Fitch, and has had five children, of whom all are living except the eldest, Antionette Dumesnil, who was called away when just blossoming into beautiful womanhood. The living are Thomas Noble, Henry F., Daniel W., Jr. and Katie F. Lindsey. Lindsey Southgate Weisiger Thomas Blayney Fitch = Newport-Campbell-KY Lebanon-Marion-KY Louisville-Jefferson-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/franklin/lindsey.dw.txt