Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley (1814–1885) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician from

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Early life

Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley was born in 1814 in New Jersey.Andrew Johnson, ''The Papers: 1822-1851'', Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, Volume 5, p. 32

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Philip Lindsley Philip Lindsley (1786–1855) was an American Presbyterian minister, educator and classicist. He served as the acting president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) from 1822 to 1824, and as the first president of the now-defun ...

(1786-1855), served as the first President of the

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'', January 26, 1885 His brother, John Berrien Lindsley (1822-1897), served as its second President. His mother was Margaret Lawrence Lindsley. His maternal grandfather was Nathaniel Lawrence (1761–1797), who served as the New York Attorney General from 1792 to 1795. Lindsley graduated from the University of Nashville.

Career

Lindsley started his career as a lawyer.Paul Keith Conkin, ''Peabody College: From a Frontier Academy to the Frontiers of Teaching and Learning'', Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press, 2002, p. 7

/ref> He later became President of the Mt Olivet Cemetery Company, which established the Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville), Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville. He also served as President of the Nashville and Lebanon Turnpike Company, which built a

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from Nashville to

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. He also served as the Secretary of the Board of Trust of his alma mater, the University of Nashville, from 1839 to 1885. Lindsley was a Republican and supported the Union. He served as Nashville postmaster from 1862 to 1867, during the

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of 1861-1865. In a letter to Governor

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(1808–1875) on April 22, 1862, he blamed Reverend

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(1807-1887), a minister of the

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for encouraging secessionist activities in Nashville, as opposed to more moderate Methodists like Reverend

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(1824–1889), Reverend John B. Somers (1801-1876), Reverend James L. Houston (1806-1888) and Alexander Little Page Green (1806-1874). After the war, Lindsley served as a member of the

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from 1868 to 1869. As Senator, he opposed the coercive policies towards former Confederates imposed by Governor

William Gannaway Brownlow William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (August 29, 1805April 29, 1877) was an American newspaper publisher, Methodist minister, book author, prisoner of war, lecturer, and politician who served as the 17th governor of Tennessee from 1865 to 1869 and ...

(1805-1877).

Personal life

Lindsley married Eliza Trimble Lindsley (1819-1893). They had nine children. Lindsley died in 1885 in

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. He was buried at the Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville), Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindsley, Adrian Van Sinderen 1814 births 1885 deaths People from New Jersey Politicians from Nashville, Tennessee Republican Party Tennessee state senators 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly