Robert Tindall

As printed in 1908

ROBERT A. TINDALL, who resides on a part of the old Tindall homestead in Green Township, Clark County, Ohio, comes of a prominent old family of this section. He was born February 7, 1875, and is a son of Robert and Abia (Hartwell) Tindall and grandson of Thomas and Sarah (Waller) Tindall.

Thomas Tindall and wife were both natives of Yorkshire, England, and after their marriage came to the United States about 1816. After landing in New York they made their way to Cincinnati, also visited in Cleveland a short time, then came on to Clark County, Ohio, where they spent the remainder of their days. They were parents of nine children, as follows: George, who was accidentally killed by a horse at the age of twenty years; Charles; John; Nancy; Susan; Robert; Margaret (Bates), of Louisa County, Iowa; Mary (HoUoway), of Greene County, Ohio; and Ella (Miller), of Yoi-k County, Nebraska. All of this family grew to maturity.

Robert Tindall was born in Green Township June 25, 1825, and as a youth had few educational advantages. At the age of fifteen years he began working out by the day or month, making it a point to save what he could of his wages. At the age of thirty he rented a farm and also engaged in buying and shipping stock, and by economical living was, at the age of.thirty-five years, able to purchase 175 acres of land in Green Township. He farmer extensively and raised a great deal of stock, and as his business affairs prospered he added to his farm until he was possessed of 641 acres of valuable land. In 1879 he built a large and commodious home, in which he lived until his death, which resulted from an accident in which he was trampled upon by a horse, November 21, 1907.

Robert Tindall was married April 12, 1865, to Miss Abia Hartwell, who was born in Madison Township, Clark County, Ohio, and was a daughter of William and Abia Hartwell, who originally came from Cincinnati. They were parents of the following children: Herbert D., who was born January 5, 1866, lives on the home farm; Carrie A., born July 7, 1867, died August 16, 1905. She married Joseph Conable, of Memphis, Tennessee, and left two children: Olive, born July 2, 1894, and Abbie, who was born August 16, 1896; Olive, born April 13, 1869, died May 25, 1886; Lucy, born January 18, 1871, died August 11, 1882; William, born November 16, 1873, is an electrician, residing in Memphis, Tennessee; and Robert A. Robert Tindall cast his first vote for Zachary Taylor in 1848, and voted for John C. Fremont in 1856, and thereafter was unswerving in his support of the Republican party.

As printed in 20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.