Benton Co., AR - Biographies - Flavius J. Lindsey

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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 year, 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 postoffice at 
Round Top. He is a Royal Arch Mason, and a good citizen.