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Flavius J. Lindsey, a resident of Sulphur Springs Township, is the son of Felix G. and Eliza Ann (Northington) Lindsey, and was born near Warsaw, Benton Co., Mo., November 25, 1841. He attended the common schools of his native county, and at the age of sixteen entered the drug store of his uncle, Dr. J. A. Lindsey, who was residing in Bolivar, Polk Co., Mo. He here studied medicine, and had considerable experience with his uncle, becoming familiar with surgical work. At the breaking out of the war he joined the home guards at Bolivar, Mo., Capt. Mitchell’s company, who was afterward attached to Gen. Raine s corps. Here he received an appointment of assistant surgeon, Fifth Missouri. During the Wilson’s Creek battle he supported Bledsoe’s battery, in which was the noted cannon, Sacramento, a relic of the Mexican War. During the Rebellion Dr. Lindsey was in seventy-two engagements. After Gen. Price crossed the Mississippi, Dr. Lindsey joined the Twelfth Texas Cavalry Company F, commanded by Capt. W. G. Veal, regiment commanded by the noted W. H. Parsons. He served in that command for three years, entering as a private and orderly sergeant. He was afterward appointed by Gen. Holms as a special scout, detailed to make a map of the country immediately surrounding Helena, Ark., at that time occupied by Gen. Curtis. The Doctor did his work so well, and his Texas scouts kept so close around and inside the Union pickets it was reported that Gen. Curtis said that he expected to wake up some morning and “find a damn Texan in bed with him.” Afterward he was made third lieutenant, serving in that capacity until the close of the war. He was lieutenant commanding the advance guard most of the time from Mansfield to Yellow Bayou. Dr. Lindsey had many narrow escapes. One of the most noted was opposite Vicksburg, where, in an engagement with the Kansas troops, he captured a horse, but the horse was immediately shot while the Doctor was holding it. After the war the Doctor located at Waxahachie, Ellis Co., Tex., where he served as deputy sheriff under “Charlie Foster.” He afterward clerked in a dry goods store a year and a half. In 1869 he moved to Benton County Ark. November 8, 1871, he married Miss Oma Curtis, daughter of John and Caroline Curtis, who were natives of North Carolina and Kentucky, respectively. Mrs. Lindsey was born near Bentonville, Benton Co., Ark., and by her marriage became the mother of eight children, five of whom are now living to wit: Olga T., Maggie C., Bertha B., Felix G. C., Flavius K.; those deceased were named Walter S., Ruth E. and one unnamed. The Doctor practiced his profession until 1880, at which time he ventured into the mercantile business at Round Top, one of the most noteworthy places in Benton County. He has charge of the post-office at Round Top. He is a Royal Arch Mason, and a good citizen.