Английская Википедия:Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley
Шаблон:Infobox person Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley (1814–1885) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician from Tennessee.
Early life
Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley was born in 1814 in New Jersey.[1] His father, Philip Lindsley (1786-1855), served as the first President of the University of Nashville in Nashville, Tennessee.[1][2] 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.[1]
Career
Lindsley started his career as a lawyer.[3] He later became President of the Mt Olivet Cemetery Company, which established the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.[1] He also served as President of the Nashville and Lebanon Turnpike Company, which built a toll road from Nashville to Lebanon, Tennessee.[1] He also served as the Secretary of the Board of Trust of his alma mater, the University of Nashville, from 1839 to 1885.[3]
Lindsley was a Republican and supported the Union.[2] He served as Nashville postmaster from 1862 to 1867, during the American Civil War of 1861-1865.[1][2] In a letter to Governor Andrew Johnson (1808–1875) on April 22, 1862, he blamed Reverend John Berry McFerrin (1807-1887), a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South for encouraging secessionist activities in Nashville, as opposed to more moderate Methodists like Reverend Holland Nimmons McTyeire (1824–1889), Reverend John B. Somers (1801-1876), Reverend James L. Houston (1806-1888) and Alexander Little Page Green (1806-1874).[1]
After the war, Lindsley served as a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1868 to 1869.[1] As Senator, he opposed the coercive policies towards former Confederates imposed by Governor William Gannaway Brownlow (1805-1877).[2]
Personal life
Lindsley married Eliza Trimble Lindsley (1819-1893). They had nine children.
Lindsley died in 1885 in Davidson County, Tennessee. He was buried at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.[4]
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 Andrew Johnson, The Papers: 1822-1851, Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, Volume 5, p. 320 [1]
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 Recent Deaths, Boston Evening Transcript, January 26, 1885
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Paul Keith Conkin, Peabody College: From a Frontier Academy to the Frontiers of Teaching and Learning, Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press, 2002, p. 74 [2]
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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