Tag: Grace Snead Jackson

A Series of WWII Memoirs (2): Henry Carlton Lindsey (1918-1988)

October 24, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “We lived in these tents before they finished our new barracks” In a posting I made yesterday, I explained that I’m currently compiling a series of memoirs of the World War II service of my father and my uncles. The memoirs draw on information shared with me as family stories in my growing-up … More A Series of WWII Memoirs (2): Henry Carlton Lindsey (1918-1988)

Children of Dennis Lindsey (1794-1836) and Jane Brooks: Mark Jefferson Lindsey (1820-1878) and Mary Ann Harrison — Son Alexander Cobb Lindsey (1858-1947)

January 14, 2021

Or, Subtitled: “A Man of Service to Humanity in Red River Parish, Louisiana,” “Don Quixote Attacking a Spinning Windmill“ Alexander Cobb Lindsey, the seventh child of Mark Jefferson Lindsey and Mary Ann Harrison, was born 10 March 1858 in Union Parish, Louisiana, and died 22 January 1947 at Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.[1] His tombstone in Old … More Children of Dennis Lindsey (1794-1836) and Jane Brooks: Mark Jefferson Lindsey (1820-1878) and Mary Ann Harrison — Son Alexander Cobb Lindsey (1858-1947)