Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887,
Franklin Co.

JUDGE WILLIAM LINDSAY is a lineal descendant of an old Scotch-Presbyterian
family of that name, who were first represented in this country by his
grandfather, James Lindsay, who was born at Dykehead Farm, Lanark County,
Scotland, in September, 1773, and immigrated to America about 1790.  He
located in Rockbridge County, Va., where he engaged in agricultural
pursuits, and married, on June 30, 1797, Agnes McCampbell, a native of
Rockbridge County, born December 24, 1775, who was also descended from
Scotch-Presbyterian ancestry.  Of this union were born nine children: five
girls and four boys, of whom Andrew, the father of Judge Lindsay, was the
fifth child and third son.  Andrew was born October 6, 1809, and died July
4, 1883.  He passed his entire life in Rockbridge County, Va., where he
engaged in the peaceful pursuits of the farm, holding himself aloof from
public life, and enjoying the reputation of an industrious, upright and
useful citizen.  He married for his first wife, in January, 1834, Sally
Gilmore Davidson, whose ancestors, also Scotch-Presbyterians, settled in
Virginia as early as 1735, where they became identified with the pioneer
settlement and development of that section.  She was born October 7, 1809,
and died January 7, 1845.  The children were: William, the subject of this
sketch, born September 4, 1835; James, April 1, 1837; Polly G., October 4,
1839, who became the wife of Daniel A. Teaford, of Rockbridge County, Va.,
and Sally D., who married James Kirkpatrick, also of that county.  For his
second wife Andrew Lindsay married, in 1847, Mary F. Gilmore, the children
of that marriage being: Marion, born February 22, 1851; Charles, born
October 14, 1855; Andrew W., born February 28, 1861, and Bruce, born July
26, 1865.  The mother of this family died April 16, 1878.  Judge Lindsay
received his education at the high schools of Lexington, Va., and after
completing his academic course began the study of law at that place at the
law school of Judge W. Brokenborough.  In November, 1854, he located in
Hickman County, Ky., where he pursued his legal studies under Judge Edward
Crossland, of Clinton, and was duly admitted to the bar in 1858.  He at
once engaged in the practice of his profession in Hickman and the
surrounding counties, meeting with considerable success from the beginning,
but he had no sooner become fully established with a promising career
ahead of him that the breaking out of the war between the States compelled
a change, and being in warm sympathy with the South, he enlisted as a
private in the Confederate Army in May, 1861.  In July, 1861, he was made
lieutenant of Company B, Twenty-second Tennessee Infantry, a company
composed entirely of Kentuckians, and commanded it as captain in the
battle of Belmont, Mo., in November, 1861, and at Shiloh, in April, 1862.
After the battle, the company was transferred to a Kentucky regiment, and
Judge Lindsay thereafter was connected with the Seventh Kentucky Infantry,
and served as staff officer with the brigade commanders.  Gen. Abe Buford,
Gen. H. B. Lyon, Col. Thompson and Col. Crossland.  He was paroled at
Columbus, Miss., May 16, 1865, at the close of the war.  Returning to
Hickman County, Judge Lindsay resumed the practice of his profession, and
at once met with success.  He was elected to the State Senate in August,
1867, to represent the counties of Hickman, Fulton and Graves, and
performed his duties in a capable and able manner, and to the entire
satisfaction of his constituents.  In August, 1870, he was elected one of
the judges of the court of appeals, occupying that distinguished position
until September, 1878, serving as chief justice the last two years of his
term, when he declined a re-election, and, retiring from the bench,
commenced the practice of law at Frankfort, where he at present resides.
Perhaps no lawyer in Kentucky is better known nor more highly esteemed
both in profession and among the people than Judge Lindsay.  A large and
well developed man, of genial nature, eminently hospitable and kind, he
draws his friends to him and holds them as by links of steel.  As a lawyer
he stands in the front rank of his profession, and enjoys a large and
remunerative practice.  As a judge his career was of the highest order,
and his decisions and opinions were never overruled or appealed from.  He
wrote the opinion in the case of the Commonwealth vs. Hawes, which
involved a question of extradition and the construction of the treaty
upon that subject between Great Britain and the United States, in which it
was the first time decided by a court of last resort that a person
extradition without first being afforded an opportunity to return to the
country from which he had been taken.  This decision has been followed by
the court of the other States and by the Federal courts, and the doctrine
affirmed and approved by the Supreme Court of the United States during the
session of 1886-87, in the case of United States vs. Rauscher (119 U.S.
407).  Judge Lindsay also wrote the opinion in the case of the Covington
& Lexington Railroad Company against Bowler, in which it was held that
the directors of a railroad company could not assist in bringing the
property of the corporation to sale, and then claim the benefits of
such sale as purchasers.  Judge Lindsay has always been a consistent
member of the Democrat party, and faithful to its principles and doctrines.
As a citizen, he is closely identified with the business and social
interests of Frankfort, and is a member of the board of directors of the
Branch Bank of Kentucky.  His first wife, whom he married in 1864, was
Miss Swan Semple, of Hickman County, who died in June, 1868.  His second
wife was Miss Henrietta Semple, a sister of his first wife, whom he
married in October, 1869.  Of this union were born three children, of whom
Miss Marion Lindsay survives, her mother dying April, 1882.  In December,
1883, Judge Lindsay was united to his present wife, Miss Eleanor Holmes,
of Frankfort, a lady of great beauty and many rare excellencies of
character, prominent in church and society, in which she is distinguished
for the character of her receptions and entertainments, and who presides
with grace and tact over the hospitable home of her husband.  Judge
Lindsay's name is frequently and prominently mentioned in connection with
the position of United States Senator, but he prefers the walks of private
life, and manifests no inclination to seek or accept political preferment.

Lindsay McCampbell Davidson Teaford Kirkpatrick Gilmore Semple Holmes
Crossland
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Lexington-Fayette-KY Hickman-KY Rockbridge-VA Scotland

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