Lindt, John (1848-1912)

LINDT

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 1/6/2009 at 14:17:31

John Lindt
(March 27, 1848 – August 30, 1912)

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.36, Council Bluffs)
John Lindt, attorney, Council Bluffs, was born and raised in Erie, Penn. He received his education in the public schools of Erie, Penn., and also attended the Oberlin College, Ohio. At the age of fifteen years, he entered the army, becoming a member of Independent Battery, Company B, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, and participated in the engagements at Dallas, Buzzard Roost, New Hope Church, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, Rome, Srping Hill, Franklin, Nashville and Atlanta; was through Sherman's campaign and Thomas' campaign with Hood, and was discharged at Harrisburg, Penn., in 1865. Before entering the army, he had studied law, and in 1866 he again commenced reading law. He came to Council Bluffs in the spring of 1870; in 1871, was admitted to practice in Iowa, and has practiced his profession in Council Bluffs ever since. He was married in Mishawaka, in 1873, to Sarah Griffin, a native of New York, of Quaker descent. They have had two children, one deceased. Mr. Lindt is a charter member of the Knights of Pythias, and has held the highest offices in that order; has been Commander of Post and Delegate to the National Convention of the G. A. R. at Baltimore, Md., in 1882, and is now a member of the National Council of Administration of the G. A. R; he is also a member of and has held high positions in the I. O. O. F.

(from Commanders of the Iowa Department of the Grand Army of the Republic, p.108-109)
John Lindt was an ardent worker in the interest of the Grand Army of the Republic. Born in the city of Erie, Pennsylvania, on the 27th day of March, 1848, he was a mere youth when the war broke out. Notwithstanting this fact he enlisted on January 28, 1863, as a Private in Company B, Pennsylvania Light Artillery, and served with that company until the close of the war. His military services at the end, he attended Oberlin College for a time, and in 1870 came to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and began the study of law. In 1872 he was admitted to the bar, and continued in active practice until the end of his career on August 30, 1912. He was a charter member of the Abe Lincoln Post No. 29 at Council Bluffs. In 1902 he was elected Department Commander and for several year he served on the Administrative Council of the National Grand Army of the Republic. [his photo on page 108 includes the text “John Lindt, Commander of the Iowa Department of the Grand Army of the Republic, May 1902 to May 1903”