Vest-Lindsey House
Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
Marker Inscription
Vest-Lindsey House. Erected before 1820, this house is linked to several prominent men. It was childhood home of George Graham Vest, a famous orator, debater and three-term senator from Missouri; member CSA Congress 3 years. Also home of Daniel W. Lindsey, who, during the Civil War, was Union regimental and brigade commander, and later Inspector General and Adjutant General of Kentucky.
Erected by Kentucky Historical Society
The Story
Built before 1820, this Frankfort house sheltered two men who took opposite sides in the nation's greatest crisis. It was the childhood home of orator George Graham Vest, later a three-term U.S. senator from Missouri and a member of the Confederate Congress, and also home to Daniel W. Lindsey, a Union brigade commander who became Kentucky's adjutant general.
Why it matters
Under one roof the house embodies the divided loyalties of a border state whose sons served both the Union and the Confederacy.
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Related people
- · George Graham Vest
- · Daniel W. Lindsey
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