HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, INDIANA: FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT (Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1884), p. 590. Samuel T. Lindley of Paoli was born on the same farm where he now lives, April 12, 1823. His grandfather was Jonathan Lindley, the most influential man of his day in Orange County, a native of Pennsylvania who in early life, with his parents, settled in North Carolina where he remained until 1811, coming in that year to Indiana and bringing with him what was then a large amount of money. He represented Orange County in the first State Legislature and several subsequent terms. He entered the land now occupied by the east part of Paoli and it was through his endeavors that the county seat was located where it now is. Thomas, the father of Samuel T., was the second of his thirteen children and was born in North Carolina where he was married to Amy Thompson. They came to Indiana in 1811 and soon after Mrs. Lindley joined the Quaker Church and became one of the noted ministers of that denomination in the United States. They bore a family of nine children. Thomas Lindley died in 1828 and immediately afterward Samuel T. was taken to Jackson County, Ind., where his youth was spent until he was 20 years of age and received most of his education. Upon his return to Orange County he engaged in the dry goods trade at Paoli for three years. Since then he has followed farming in connection with the agricultural implement trade. He owns 240 acres of good land, most of it near the town of Paoli. August 21, 1845, his marriage with Eliza J. Trueblood was solemnized and to their union three children have been born, John E. and Mrs. Alice Stout yet living. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lindley are members of the Society of Friends by birthright. He was formerly trustee of Paoli Township and in politics is a Republican.