Carmi Van Rensselaer Lindsey

Carmi Van Rensselaer Lindsey

• Father: Kiliab Lindsey b. 30 April 1783, d. 16 June 1875
• Mother: Eleanor Loop b. 20 April 1787, d. 15 April 1869

• Carmi Van Rensselaer Lindsey was born on 24 November 1831 in Attica, Wyoming County, New York.
• Kiliab Lindsey and Eleanor Loop appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Attica, New York. Other members of the household included Carmi Van Rensselaer Lindsey, Almira Lindsey.
• He married Lovisa Smith, daughter of Henry Smith and Lydia Whaley, circa 1858, and Lovisa's sister Lovina married Carmi's brother Martin.
• Carmi Van Rensselaer Lindsey and Lovisa Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Attica, New York.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
• Carmi Van Rensselaer Lindsey and Lovisa Smith, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Attica, New York. Other members of the household included Cora Almeda Lindsey, Grant Lindsey and Kiliab Lindsey. Also in the household were one young male farmhand and one young female domestic servant.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
• Carmi Van Rensselaer Lindsey and Lovisa Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Attica, New York, living next to Carmi's brother Martin and his wife, who was Lovisa's sister Lovina.. Other members of the household included Cora Almeda Lindsey, Grant Lindsey and Leora May Lindsey. Also in the household was one farm laborer.
• He was a farmer, according the 1880 census.
• The following appeared on 7 February 1894 in The Daily News: (Attica, Feb. 7) Grant Lindsey, son of C. V. Lindsey, died suddenly at this father's home near here from heart disease yesterday. Mr. Lindsey was manager of the Farmers' Exchange in this place.
• Carmi Van Rensselaer Lindsey became a widower at the 15 March 1908 death of his wife Lovisa Smith.
• The following appeared on 29 April 1908 in the Wyoming Reporter: (West Middlebury) Mr. Lindsey of Attica is a guest of his daughter, Mrs. Henry Sierk.
• Henry Sierk Jr. and Cora Almeda Lindsey appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Attica, New York. Other members of the household included Carmi Van Rensselaer Lindsey, Ray Grant Sierk, Glen Henry Sierk, Mary Ethel Sierk, Leo Carmi Sierk and Lillian F. Sierk.
• Carmi Van Rensselaer Lindsey died on 18 October 1918 at age 86 in Wyoming County, New York.
• He was interred at Maxon Cemetery, Attica, Wyoming County, New York.

• Last Edited: 11 Aug 2011