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Robert Lindsey
(1797-1876)
Vesta Merrill
(1803-1853)
Capt. Washington Estabrook
(1794-1875)
Lydia Watson
(1801-1863)
Ira L. Lindsey
(1825-1864)
Mary Catherine Estabrook
(1830-1919)
Dr. Joseph Ira Lindsay
(1863-1948)

 

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Alena M. Wheeler

Dr. Joseph Ira Lindsay 3380

  • Born: 21 September 1863, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts 3380
  • Marriage: Alena M. Wheeler 8 October 1883 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado 3378,3379
  • Died: 6 June 1948, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts at age 84 3381
  • Crem.: 9 June 1948, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts at Rural Cemetery and Crematory 3381

bullet   Cause of his death was due to myocardial insufficiency caused by coronary sclerosis and arteriosclerosis.

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He was born Joseph Washington Estabrook Lindsay. In 1864, he changed his name to Joseph Ira Lindsay in honor of his father who was killed during the Civil War.

"History of Worcester and its people"
by Charles Nutt
New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1919
p. 859, excerpt

Joseph Ira Lindsay, physician and surgeon, was born at No. 43 Orchard Street in this city, September 21, 1863, son of Ira and Mary Catherine (Estabrook) Lindsay ...

After the death of his father, in 1864, Joseph I. Lindsay went to live with his grandfather in Grafton and attended the public schools there until he was eighteen years old. He then went West and was employed in the office of the city engineer of Denver, Coloardo, for a year. He then began to study medicine in the office of Dr. George W. Cox, afterward entering the University of Vermont Medical School, from which he graduated in 1888. Afterward he was ambulance surgeon at Bellevue Hospital, New York City, for several months. He began to practice in Paris, New York, in 1889. After five years in that town, he located in Texas where he practiced during the next five years. Since 1897 he has been practicing medicine in this city. His office and residence are at No. 7 Oberlin Street. He is a member of the Worcester District Medical Society, the Massachusetts Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is also a member of Sanquist Lodge, No. 150, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of New York City; Eureka Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of this city; the Congregational Club; the Economic Club; and the Rotary Club.

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• He was educated at the University of Vermont in 1887 in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont.

• He was educated at Clark University in 1908 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

• He worked as a mail carrier and physician.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He lived in the household of his widowed mother.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He lived in the household of his mother.

• He appeared on the census in 1900 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was head of household and rented.

• He appeared on the census in 1910 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was head of household and home owner.

• He appeared on the census in 1920 at Flaunders Road in Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was head of household and a home owner.

• He appeared on the census in 1930 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was head of household and owned property valued at $18,000.

• He had a residence at 63 North Street in 1948 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.


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Joseph married Alena M. Wheeler, daughter of Cyrus Wheeler and Eliza B. Richards, 8 October 1883 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado 3378.,3379 (Alena M. Wheeler was born in November 1862 in Albany, Albany County, New York,3379,3382 died 23 April 1942 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts 3383 and was buried 26 April 1942 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts at Forest Hills Cemetery 3383.) The cause of her death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage and pyelo nephritis (kidney problem).




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