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R. W. Lindsey, M. D. In Union County, Ark., April 11, 1846, R. W. Lindsey first saw the light of day. He is the son of Caleb Lindsey, originally from Christian County, Ky., who was born in 1807, and came to Arkansas in 1818, settling in Lawrence County. After a few years’ residence here he moved to Little Rock, and then to Saline County, with his father, Caleb Lindsey, Sr., the latter dying in 1826, in Saline County. His son, Caleb, was married in 1837 to Rebecca Brillhart, of Lawrence County, Ark., and they became the parents of seven children, only three of whom attained their majority. At the present two are living: R. W. and H. B. Some years after the father’s death (which occurred in 1856) Mrs. Lindsey married Mr. Cornelius Cralock, and is now residing in Ashley County. Dr. R. W. Lindsey received an excellent education in youth, and lived on a farm in Ashley County until January, 1863, when he enlisted in Company A, Fifth Louisiana Cavalry, for a war experience. After serving until the close of the war, or rather until the news of Lee’s surrender arrived at Alexandria, La., the command was disbanded, and he returned home. He was in several skirmishes, but none of particular importance. In 1868 Dr. Lindsey began to wade through the dry and ponderous volumes of medical lore, but subsequently came off victorious. He studied with Dr. William Thompson, in Little Rock, and remained with him for two years, following which an attendance upon the lectures at the University of Nashville (where he graduated in February, 1872) ably qualified him for a professional career. He first hung out his modest little sign in Plum Bayou, a village in Jefferson County, Ark., and though it would scarcely attract the passer-by, his reputation as a competent physician soon became recognized, for he enjoyed a lucrative practice for nine years. In 1881 Dr. Lindsey came to Little Rock, and has built up an enviable practice, where he has remained ever since. He is a good citizen, generous and enterprising, and contributes liberally to all public movements. He was married in Little Rock, December 31, 1874, to Miss Fannie Hensley, a native of Cabell County, West Va. Their offspring consists of two boys: Caleb Wright (born August 18, 1876) and William Edwin (born October 11, 1878, at Plum Bayou, Ark.). They are aged respectively thirteen and eleven, and both healthy, well-developed children.