William Lindsey was an American cotton yarn salesman and author who made a fortune in ammunition belts. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Company | 1899 |
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| 1858/08/12 | Ariadne M Lovell Lindsey, wife of William Lindsey, gives birth to a son, William Lindsey, in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts. | Born | William Lindsey House | Fall River | |||
| 1884/12/16 | Anne Sheen, daughter of Euphemia Johnston and George Sheen, marries William Lindsey Jr in Fall River, Bristol. | Groom | |||||
| 1895/00/00 | "The Apples of Istakhar" a collection of poems by William Lindsey is published. | Author | |||||
| 1896/00/00 | "Cinder Path Tales" a collection of short stories dealing with athletics by William Lindsey is published by George H Walker and Co, Lithographers, Boston. | Author | |||||
| 1898/00/00 | Using most of his fortune, William Lindsey buys a small factory, Anson Mills in Worcester, one of his cotton clients who had invented a woven-web cartridge belt. | Work | |||||
| 1899/11/25 | William Lindsey sets sail for London, England, intent on convincing the British Army to buy his woven-web cartridge belts for its soldiers fighting in the Second Boer War in South Africa. | Work | |||||
| 1900/06/00 | Although it was a struggle to get a meeting, Lindsey's indomitable energy allows him to storm the British War Office (lost) and speak to the Earl of Lansdowne, Secretary of State for War. By June, Lindsey will secure a contract to equip 300,000 troops. | Work | |||||
| 1901/07/00 | William Lindsey establishes a large factory in London and sends for his wife, Annie, and their three children, Leslie, Dorothy, and Kenneth. | Work | |||||
| 1905/09/11 | William Lindsey buys 'Mills and Orndorff' from Brig Gen Anson Mills, Ret, and renames it the 'Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Company'. | Work | |||||
| 1914/00/00 | A freestanding, 3 story, 26 room, residence is completed for William Lindsey at a cost of $500,000. Much of the building was shipped over from England. English craftsmen built a large hooded fireplace, a grand staircase and dark mahogany walls. | Home | Lindsey Castle | Boston | |||
| 1917/00/00 | William Lindsey establishes the Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection by donating gifts 560 musical instruments to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where he is a trustee. | Benefactor | MFA Boston | Boston | |||
| 1922/11/25 | William Lindsey dies in Boston, Massachusetts. | Died | |||||
| 1922/11/29 | William Lindsey is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | In Memoriam | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge | Cambridge, MA |
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