Henry Dickinson Lindsley, banker and insurance, was mayor of Dallas in 1935-1937.
Background
Henry Dickinson Lindsley was born on February 28, 1872 in Nashville, Tennessee to Philip Lindsley and Louise Gundry Dickinson. His father was a judge and his maternal uncle, Jacob M. Dickinson, was a judge and the Secretary of War in President Taft"s Cabinet. He married Ruth H. Bower, daughter of Edwin G. Bower, Emily Virginia Scott on December 3, 1892 in Dallas, Texas.
Career
They had two children: Henry Doctorate. Junior. and Kathryn. He bought a controlling interest in Southwestern Life Insurance. Served on the boards of Dallas Bank & Trust Company, City National Bank, United States. Bond & Mortgage Company and Dallas Title & Guaranty.
He enlisted, and after officers training, he was commissioned a Colonel.
He served in France. Along with Theodore Roosevelt, Junior., he helped create the American Legion and was named its first national commander. He worked with others in Dallas to establish Southern Methodist University and obtain funding from the Rockefeller Foundation.
With Stephen J. Hay, then mayor, and Charles Bolanz, he approached Adolphus Busch to build a hotel in Dallas. The Busch Estate invested in Dallas by building the Adolphus Hotel.
He bought and subdivided large tracts in North Texas
Henry Doctorate. Lindsley died November 18, 1938 in Dallas, Texas and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.