Brief Life History of Larkin Albert
When Larkin Albert Lindsay was born about 1815, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Walter Lindsay, was 32 and his mother, Martha Caler, was 22. He married Rachel McConnell Stiles on 24 August 1839, in Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Valley Township, Macon, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Cowee, Macon, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years. In 1880, at the age of 66, his occupation is listed as reverend. He died on 11 July 1886, in Macon, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Cowee, Macon, North Carolina, United States.
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- Larkin Lindsy, "United States Census, 1880"
- Larkin Lindsey, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Rev Larkin Albert Lindsey, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, England. This is first found in the form Lindissi, apparently a derivative of the British name of Lincoln . To this was later added the Old English element ēg ‘island’, since the place was virtually cut off by the surrounding fenland. The surname was taken to Scotland at an early date and is the name of an important and powerful Scottish family.
Irish: adopted as an equivalent ofvarious Gaelic names (see Lindsey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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