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Elizabeth Shields Lindsey

Birth	:	23 Jun 1796 Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
Death	:	26 Mar 1832 Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA
Burial	:	Citizens Cemetery, Rochester, Fulton County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.0639000, -86.2249985
Inscription	:	Elizabeth Wife Of John Lindsey Died March 26, 1832 Aged 36 Years, 2 Months 3 Days
Description	:	d/o William Shields / Magaret Wilson Natives of VA - Granddaughter of Pvt Robert Shields & Nancy Stockton Elizabeth Lindsey Grave Elizabeth Lindsey - Lindsay 1796-1832 ae 36y The Evening Sentinel Rochester, IN 20 Sept 1899 Wed Reports that the oldest graveyard used by white people of the county was just east of the "waterworks standpipe" and that there were about thirty graves there. Several of the stones had the date of 1832, one of which was Elizabeth Lindsay. John Lindsey came to Fulton Co., IN in 1827 from Carroll... Read More	d/o William Shields / Magaret Wilson Natives of VA - Granddaughter of Pvt Robert Shields & Nancy Stockton Elizabeth Lindsey Grave Elizabeth Lindsey - Lindsay 1796-1832 ae 36y The Evening Sentinel Rochester, IN 20 Sept 1899 Wed Reports that the oldest graveyard used by white people of the county was just east of the "waterworks standpipe" and that there were about thirty graves there. Several of the stones had the date of 1832, one of which was Elizabeth Lindsay. John Lindsey came to Fulton Co., IN in 1827 from Carroll Co., IN with Gen. Samuel Milroy and others of that county, to build a mill, south of the present dam location at the outlet and upon the banks of Lake Manitou. The Lindsey home, a grist mill, blacksmith shop, trading post and other homes were located in the little settlement called "Tiptonville." John Lindsey became the first blacksmith, serving as such until around 1838. Elizabeth Lindsey nee Shields appears to have come to Fulton County at a later date, perhaps around 1830. An account by William A. Ward around 1905, indicates that John Lindsey, his wife and two or three children, came to Rochester in 1831 by covered wagon, from some point in OH. Another account indicates that Elizabeth Lindsey came with her sister, Rhoda (wife of Nathan Rose, the miller), and two brothers, William J. Shields and Jesse Shields. Mrs. Lindsey and Mrs. Rose were the first white women residents of Fulton Co., IN --------------------------------------------------- A touching tribute was paid, this morning, to Elizabeth Lindsey, the first white woman buried in the county. She died March 26, 1832 and was buried in what is now the "Citizens cemetery". A number of men and flower girls marched to the cemetery and decorated the grave. Uncle Del Ward, who lived in the vicinity when the only other inhabitants were Indians, was a friend of the woman and remembers her well It was intended that the Manitou Band should lead the march, but as most of the members of the bend were in school this morning, the band could not come out. ref: Rochester Sentinel 30 May 1913 ref: Fulton County, IN, Historical Society Quarterlies, 1964-1973; also Elia W. Peattie, Fulton Co., IN, History, 1896, [Indexed by Tombaugh] 1982 p129.

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Elizabeth Shields Lindsey's memorial is located at: Citizens Cemetery, Rochester, Fulton County, USA.
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Elizabeth Shields Lindsey death on 26 Mar 1832 in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA
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Latitude: 41.0639000
Longitude: -86.2249985

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