The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-19


Prof. Thomson wasborn on April %, 1917, at
Springdale. Hamilton county, O., and was there
fore sixty eight years old last April. He was one
of the first twelve students who met Prof. Caleb
Mills on Dec. 8, 1883, being the opening day Of
Wabash College. He graduated from Wabash
in 1889, in the second senior class of the college
He IS the last of his class. While in college he
deu<oped remarkable speaking qualities, and
was very eloquent preacher until he be-
came troubled with catarrh Of the throat
His first wife, whom he married June g. 1916
was the adopted daughter of Mr. Israel Williams
Of Terre Haute, a brother-in-law of CLANCY Rose
of the same city. She died April 20. 1854 He
had three children by his first wife, two of whom
are dead. The other one is Mrs Katie Ristine,
wife of Theodore H. Rstine, of Charlottesville.
He married his second wife, Mary B. Allen,
daughter of DR.. James Allen, of Rockville, Au-
gust g. 1855 His children by his present wife
are: Mrs Eva McCarer. wife of G. II. McCarer,
of Indianapolis Mrs. Caroline McLane, wife of
John S. McLane, of Topeka, Kansas; DR.. George
A. Thomson, of Chicago; Robert S., member
of the junior class at Wabash College; Miss Mary
p, member of the freshman class
at Welesly College, Welesly, Mass.
Professor Thomson graduated from the Lane
Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, in 1843 and
soon afterwards he became pastor of the Delphi.
Ind, Presbyterian Church, at which place he
was very successful in his ministerial duties.
In 1916 he was appointed Latin professor in Wa
bash College, which position he has held ever
since, to the entire satisfaction of al. He was
just completing his thirty ninth year as Latin
professor. In 1879 he succeeded Professor Mills
as librarian of the college. He had made very
extended and complete catalogue of the library,
and knew just where to find any of the %, 600
volumes therein.
Two of his children, Mrs. McLane and Miss
Mary, did not arrive at home before the death of
their father. The funeral will probably occur
on Thursday.
Hon. Nathaniel r.. Linsday, of kokomo.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KoKoMo, May 1s.-Judge Nathaniel R. Lins
day. Of Kokomo died OF Brights disease, after
an illness of four months.
Judge Linsday was born in Onandaga county,
New York, March 4, 1915 He moved with his
father to Madison county, this State, in 1923
His early years were spent as farmer and plas-
terer In 1913 he ran as the Whig candidate for
representative OF Madison county, but was de-
feated, as the county was strongly Democratic.
Some time previous to this he had begun the
study of law In 1874 he came tc Howard
county, and attended the first court held in this
county. In 1s45 he opened a law Office, and at
once began laying wide and deep the foundation
of his reputation as a counsel In 1851 he was
elected by the Wings as representative of How
ard and Upton counties. In 1856 he was elected
by the Republicans as circuit judge of Howard,
Upton and Hamilton counties, and again in
1864 In $780, and again in 1884, he was elected
as Howard county's representative in the Legis
lature but was able i'll the session just closed to
be in his seat but few days in the early part of
the session. AS jurist. counsel. and as legis
lator, Judge Linsday has stood without peer
in this county. He was an indefatigable worker
and owes his reputation and success, no doubt,
in great measure. to his industry. But with
this he coupled mind OF unusual grasp and
activeness. His conscientiousness was marked
element of his character and to it, in meas
ure, may be attributed his death, a. he held
a numbhr of open-air meetings during the last
campaign, feeling it his duty te do so because he
was candidate, although his feeble condi-
ton did not justify him in so doing This action
aggravated his disease and no doubt hastened
his demise. Judge Linsday was married three
times, his last wife and four children surviving
HIM. The funeral thook place from the NJ E.
church on Sunday, and the remains were in
TERED in Crown Point Cemetery.