Samuel Lindsey Family Cookbooks, 1804-1892

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[Library Title: The Samuel Lindsey Family Papers, 1804-1892]
Manuscript Location
Ohio Historical Society, Archives and Library
Holding Library Call No.
MSS 913
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
1560
Place of Origin
United States ➔ Ohio ➔ Concord Township
Date of Composition
1804-1892
Description
The library's Samuel Lindsey Family Papers include two bound volumes containing culinary and medical recipes. The volumes, which have not been dated, are housed in Folder/envelope 8 of the papers.

Samuel Lindsey (1785-1866) and his wife, Nancy (1797-1876) were natives of Giles County, Virginia. They moved to Highland County, Ohio in 1836, settling in Concord Township. Samuel Lindsey was a farmer and minister. Children Susan, Whitney, James, Margaret, and Eleanor all died in childhood. Surviving children were Christopher (1821-1900), Eliza, Joseph R., George W. (1828-1910), and Catharine.