Demas Lindley, p. 982

DEMAS LINDLEY is a son of Benjamin Lindley, who was a son of Levi Lindley, who came from near Mendham, NJ with his two brothers, Caleb, and Demas, being among the first settlers in Morris Township, coming about the year 1780.

Our subject is a worthy representative of the family of Lindleys in Washington County, and is one of the most prominent and enterprising farmers of Franklin townships. He was born August 9, 1818, in Morris Township, this county, a son of Benjamin and Jerusha (Cooper) Lindley, and his boyhood and youth were passed under the paternal roof, his education being acquired at the neighboring subscription schools, which in those days were at the best, but limited. Demas Lindley was married first in 1842 to Lovina, daughter of Luther Day, of Morris township, who came from New Jersey, and whose wife was a Van Kirk. The young couple commenced their married life on a farm in Buffalo Township, where they remained four years, and then moved to the present home in Franklin Township, where Mr. Lindley yet resides. His wife departed this life April 8, 1889, and now sleeps in the cemetery at prosperity, a handsome monument marking her resting-place. Side by side for nearly half a century, this worthy couple had toiled industriously and prospered, and who shall say that her work and aid were not essential elements of his success in life? She was a woman of true Christian virtue, ever seeking to make her friends better and happier.

Mr. and Mrs. Lindley had no children, but adopted a niece, Sarah A. Lindley, daughter of Cephas Lindley and who, on October 16, 1879, married Hamilton Post, a son of Stephen Post. The children born of this union are: Demas L., Homer S., Grace L. and Levina A. In politics Mr. Lindley is a staunch Republican, having been originally on old time Whig, and was assessor and school director of his township for many years. He is a member of the Cumberland presbyterian Church at Bethel, and is held in high esteem by all who know him.

Text taken from page 982 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

Transcribed March 1997 by Bob Masters of Thomas, KY as part of the Beers Project.
Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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