LINDSLEY, Zenas C.

LINDSLEY, CASTLE

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 5/7/2010 at 21:50:14

Zenas C. Lindsley settled in Mitchell, Mitchell Co.,Iowa, in 1871, and removed to Osage in 1877, where he still resides. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 5, 1824. He is the son of Benjamin Lindsley. His mother died when he was a mere child by being frightened by an Indian. While the family resided in Medina Co., Ohio, they were surrounded by Indians who frequently visited their house.

One night, when Mr. Lindsley was from home, an Indian came to the house and entered it while Mrs. Lindsley was asleep in bed. On waking, she saw the Indian standing at the foot of the bed. She was so frightened she was unable to move and lay there in that helpless condition all night. The shock was so severe that she never recovered. Zenas C. was a graduate at Norwalk Seminary and attended Hudson College one year.

In 1848 he was married in Medina Co., Ohio, to Louisa C. Castle, daughter of Judge Charles Castle. By this marriage they have had six children, four of whom are living—Fannie A., Harriet H., Mary B. and Zenas C. In 1851 Mr. Lindsley emigrated to Waterloo, Jefferson Co., Wis., where he was admitted to the bar. In politics he is a republican and has held several local offices. He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Mitchell, Iowa. For three years during the war Mr. Lindsley was provost marshall in Jefferson Co., Wis., and was also appointed by Gov. Lewis, of that State, as one of the commissioners to look after wounded soldiers in hospitals and see that they were cared for.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, pages 190 & 191.