Thomas Jennings Lindsay ²⁴⁹

   Cause of his death was cystitis (bladder inflamation). A contribution to his death was an enlarged prostate.

Thomas enlisted as a Private at the age of 19 in Company I, 23rd Infantry Regiment Maine on September 29, 1862. He was promoted to Full Corporal on March 1, 1863 and mustered out on July 15, 1863 in Portland, Maine.

To view a letter from Thomas Lindsay to his Uncle Abial Bishop in 1863, click here:

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  Events

• He worked as a carpenter and mill wright.

• He served in the military during the Civil War, enlisting as private 29 September 1862 in Co. I, 23d Maine Vol. Reg't service. He was promoted to full corporal on 01 March 1863 and mustered out 15 July 1863 in Portland, Maine.

• He had a residence at 308 Lowell Street in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine. He lived in the household of his brother Lewis Leavitt Lindsey. He is married but his spouse does not live with him.

• He appeared on the census in 1900 at Lowell Street in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts. He lived in the household of his brother-in-law Charles W. Foster and his sister, Rosa Jane. He is listed as widowed.

• He appeared on the census in 1910 in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts. He lived in the household of his brother-in-law, Charles W. Foster and sister Rosa Jane.

• He appeared on the census in 1920 in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts. He lived in the household of his brother-in-law, Charles W. Foster, and sister Rosa Jane.

• His funeral was held at A.H. Libby & Co. 12 July 1922 in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts.

• He was buried at Bellevue Cemetery in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Thomas married Grace Adelia Ladd, daughter of Luther Ladd and Eliza Jane Cheney, 25 November 1868 in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁷²⁷ The marriage ended in divorce. (Grace Adelia Ladd was born 20 March 1847 in Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire,⁷²⁹ died 3 January 1921 in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts ^729,730 and was buried 6 January 1921 in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts at Bellevue Cemetery ^729,731.) The cause of her death was pernicicous anemia.