Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley (1814–1885) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician from

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Early life

Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley was born in 1814 in New Jersey.Andrew Johnson, ''The Papers: 1822-1851'', Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, Volume 5, p. 32

/ref> His father, Philip Lindsley (1786-1855), served as the first President of the University of Nashville in

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'', January 26, 1885 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.

Career

Lindsley started his career as a lawyer.Paul Keith Conkin, ''Peabody College: From a Frontier Academy to the Frontiers of Teaching and Learning'', Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press, 2002, p. 7

/ref> He later became President of the Mt Olivet Cemetery Company, which established the Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville), Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville. He also served as President of the Nashville and Lebanon Turnpike Company, which built a

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from Nashville to Lebanon, Tennessee. He also served as the Secretary of the Board of Trust of his alma mater, the University of Nashville, from 1839 to 1885. Lindsley was a

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and supported the

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. He served as Nashville postmaster from 1862 to 1867, during the

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of 1861-1865. 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

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(1824–1889), Reverend John B. Somers (1801-1876), Reverend James L. Houston (1806-1888) and Alexander Little Page Green (1806-1874). After the war, Lindsley served as a member of the

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from 1868 to 1869. As Senator, he opposed the coercive policies towards former Confederates imposed by Governor

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(1805-1877).

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 (Nashville), Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.

References

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