LINDER, Thomas Milton - 1912 Bio (1854-1932)

LINDER, VANCE, STEELE, BROWN

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 9/21/2007 at 21:13:57

History of Jefferson County, Iowa -- A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol II
Published 1912, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago
Pages 425-426

Thomas M. LINDER owns and cultivates a thirty-five acre farm at Linby, Polk township, and by constant application has achieved a good degree of success. His birth occurred in Washington county, Virginia, on the 16th of May, 1854, his parents being Abram and Elizabeth (VANCE) LINDER, both of whom were natives of Virginia, where the father was engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death in 1881. The following spring the mother removed to Jefferson county with her family and located upon a farm near Abingdon, which her sons cultivated until 1890, when they removed to the newly acquired property of T. M. LINDER, situated west of Linby.

Thomas M. LINDER attended the district school in Virginia until he came to Jefferson county with his mother. After she had leased a farm for nine years he purchased his present property in 1891 and has made this his home up to the present time, his mother and brothers C. H. and James A. also residing with him. This property is attractively situated adjacent to the town of Linby and is a comfortable place of residence, where Mr. LINDER may spend his later life with more leisure than he was accorded in youth, for, being the eldest son, there was much responsibility for him to assume after the death of his father and he has spent many years laboring for those dependent upon him.

James A. LINDER, one of the brothers of our subject, is married to Miss Clarinda STEELE, a daughter of W. H. STEELE, who was a pioneer of Polk township. Nine children have been born to this union: Margaret, who is the wife of L. V. BROWN, a farmer near Linby; Jessie, who resides at home; Dora, who died at the age of fourteen years; and Sallie, Mary H., Alice D., Nellie, Ruth and Clara Belle, all living at home.

In politics Thomas M. LINDER is a democrat and for the past fourteen years has been serving as treasurer of school funds in his home district. While his life has been passed quietly, his record contains lessons of value and is worthy of emulation, for it shows how much can be accomplished by persistent effort and diligent labor.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.