George D. Lindsay
Although George D. Lindsay ahs lived in Marion, Indiana, for comparatively a few years only, he has come to be an important factor in the business life of the city and has taken a prominent part in its civic and political affairs. Mr. Lindsay is a lawyer by profession, and in his position as part owner and manager of the Marion Chronicle, he has had much to do towards influencing the minds of the people. He is a man of splendid education and fine mental ability and with the legal training and experience he has had he is extremely well fitted for the position which he olds.
George D. Lindsay was born at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, on the 30th of March, 1862. He is the son of David G. and Janet (Nichol) Lindsay, both of whom were born in Scotland. They came to America in 1860 and settled at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, but some time afterwards settled on a farm in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where they now reside.
George D. Lindsay attended the public schools of McKeesport and then took a Business Course in a Pittsburg Business college. He later attended Washington-Jefferson College, at Washington, Pennsylvania, where he majored in History. He next became a student in Wooster College, at Wooster, Ohio, and upon leaving college he began life as a teacher. He was Principal of the Belmont Academy at Belmont, Pennsylvania, for some time and was Superintendent of public instruction at Latrobe, Pennsylvania, for a year. He next read law in the office of Judge John S. Robb at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In 1889 Mr. Lindsay graduated from the McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois, and entered the ministry of the Presbyterian Church. He held the pastorates in Ionia, Michigan, Galena, Illinois, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and served as summer supply in many of the largest churches in the country, three times representing his presbytery as Commissioner to the General Assembly. While in the ministry Mr. Lindsay frequently occupied the lecture platform, speaking in lecture courses at school commencements and on special occasions such as Memorial Day, Fourth of July, etc.
It was in 1907 that Mr. Lindsay came to Marion. He here opened a law office and has been engaged in the practice of his profession ever since. In 1912 Mr. Lindsay bought an interest in the Marion Chronicle, and assumed the business management of it. He has not only made the paper a financial success, but he has also made it a power to Marion and Grant County. In addition to these interests Mr. Lindsay is General Manager, Secretary and Treasurer of the Commercial Printing Company of Marion, Marion's largest job printing concern.
He has been active in all matters pertaining to the civic improvement of Marion and in the enforcement of the law, being one of the factors in the fight for a clean city. He has been one of the leading men in the fight for local option, and in every movement that has the progress of the city as its aim he is found on the firing line.
In 1889, on the 11th of July, Mr. Lindsay was united in matrimony to Emma Breed, who is a daughter of Richard E. breed, of Chicago. Five children have blessed this union; Katharine, David, Jeannette, Sarah and Richard. Mr. Lindsay is a member of the Country and Golf Clubs of Marion. In politics he is a member of the Republican party.
Source: Centennial History of Grant County Indiana 1812-1912. The Lewis Publishing Co., 1914, page 1076-77.