Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29
JUDGE ]. ". LINDSEY
DIES IN BOTH YEAR

federate pension commissioner of
Georgia since 1899, and one of the
best beloved men Of the state, died
Saturday night at his home in At
lanta after an illness Of ten days
with a complication Of paralysis and
pneumonia.
Judge Lindsey had just entered
his eithtieth year, but in spite of
his advanced age he was in the best
Of health and was fully and capably
performing the complicated duties
of his office until August Is. when
he went home feeling indisposed,
and that was the last time he saw
the state capitol.
Judge Lindsey served in the Con-
federate army throughout the war
as a volunteer from Wilkinson coun-
ty, where he was born on August
1, 1843. After the war he studied
law and was admitted to the bar
in that county. He distinguished
himself as a lawyer, solocitor-gen-
eral, legislator and man Of affairs
before his appointment to the office
Of pension commissioner by Cover
nor Gambler in 1899. He held the
office continuously from that time
until his death, both by appointment
and election.
He is survived by his wife, who
prior to their marriage in Deem
Der, 1919, was Mrs. Cynthia Hen
derson Manahan, the daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. George H. Henderson,
of Hall county; one son, Colonel
Julian R. Lindsey, of the general
staff of the United States army in
Washington, and by two daughters,
Mrs. Mary Gertrude Carswell, of
Irwinton, in Wilkinson county, and
Mrs. e. L. Price, Of Swainsboro, Ga.
The funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
Sketch of His Life
Judge. Lindsey was the son of
Isaac and Martha Moore Lindsey.
His grandparents were James and
Sarah Frost Lindsey. who moved to
Wilkinson county from Edgefield
county, South Carolina, in 1914. The
lineage of the family goes back to
Revolutionary stock.
Enlisting in the Confederate army
as q school boy, Judge Lindsey
fought until the surrender. He was
several times wounded in battle, the
most severely at Spottsylvania on
May IA, 1864. An older brother was
killed at Gettysburg and another
brother was dangerously wounded.
Judge Lindsey was only twenty
one years old at the close of the
war, yet at that age was a veteran
of four years Of hard fighting in the
bloodiest war Of history up to that
time. Returning to his home coun-
ty of Wilkinson, he studied law, was
admitted to the bar in 1858, and i'm.
mediately forged to the front in his
chosen profession, taking a promi-
uent place not only at the bar but
also in politics and civic affairs.
Held Numerous Offices
For a number of years he served
as mayor of Irwinton, the county
seat of Wilkinson. He was chair
man of the county board Of educa-
ton from 1892 until 1899. In 1892
he was appointed by President Har-
rison as a member of the board of
visitors to the United States Mill
tary academy at West Point. In 1892
he was Democratic presidential
elector from the Tenth district OF
Georgia and cast the vote of that
district for Grover Cleveland. He
was elected solicitor general of the
Ocmulgee circuit by the legislature
in 1892, when solicitors general were
elected by the legislature, and held
that Office until 1899, when he re-
signed to accept appointment by
Governor Allen D. Gambler as pen
sion commissioner. In 1908 he was
reappointed by Governor Terrell
and in 1906 again reappointed by
the same governor. Since that time
he had held the Office continuously
by election of the people.
Judge Lindsey's work for the Con-
federate pensioners of Georgia is be-
yond calculation. Their interests
were closer to his heart than any
thing else on earth except his own
family. He strove' consistently and
courageouSly to obtain an increase
OF their appropriation from the
state, and largely in consequence OF
his efforts the Conferedate pensions
of Georgia were raised to higher
figure than any other southern
state, and the requirements Of
eligibility for pensions were made
the most liberal of any southern
state.
Himself a Confederate soldier,
who fought and bled for the prin-
ciples Of the Confederacy. he real
lied the hardships through which
his comrades carried on tho conflict.
He understood them, loved them,
stood UP for them, exemplifying in
his administration of the office o.
pension commissioner these quail
ties of high courage and dauntless
persistence which glorified the I'M
conquerable spirit of the Southern
COnfederacy.
AS he loved the old soldiers, so
did they love him. Their implicit
trust IN him was the richest reward
of his life. Whenever their pay
ments were delayed he would issue
q statement explaining the reasons
why and they would take his word
for it, and wait with what patience
they could, though in many individ-
ual cases the waiting meant want.
All who knew Judge Lindsey held
him in the highest esteem and the
Warmest affection. He was truly a
man among men, a gentleman of
polished manners ana courteous ad-
dress, a splendid type of the old
time southern culture. To the day
Of his last departure from the CAPT.
toll he carried himself with the bear
ing of soldier. tall, erect, his COM
handing appearance heightened by
his white hair, a man who bore the
weight of his advancing years with
out a stoop of his shoulders or
halt of his step. Though the shadow
of the hand of death was then upon