Background
Lindley, Walter was born on January 13, 1852 in Monrovia, Indiana, United States. Son of Milton and Mary E. (Banta) Lindley.
Lindley, Walter was born on January 13, 1852 in Monrovia, Indiana, United States. Son of Milton and Mary E. (Banta) Lindley.
Lindley went to high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and to Central Normal School in Kokomo, Indiana. He studied medicine at Keen School of Anatomy in Philadelphia, at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, (where he earned his degree) and Loyola Marymount University, Los Los Angeles
They had four children, Francis Haynes, Dorothy (Mrs Robert P Fite), Myra (Mrs Samuel F Bothwell) and Flora (Mrs Kitchen). He was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery. He came to Los Angeles in 1875 after receiving his medical degree, and he established a free dispensary on Requena (Market) Street.
Lindley became city health officer in 1879 and established the first system of births and deaths and set up a free vaccination program
He established the first training school in Southern California and founded the Whittier State School, a reform school for young people, of which he served as president He was superintendent of the Los Angeles County Hospital in 1885 and was president of the California State Medical Society.
He was also acting secretary of the California Board of Health when he died.
Lindley was a member of the Los Angeles Board of in 1880 and 1881 and of the city"s Board of Library Directors at the time of his death.