Daniel Lindley
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Lindley
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| Born |
August 24, 1801 Ten Mile Creek, Pennsylvania |
| Died | September 3, 1880 (aged 79) Morristown, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Ohio University |
| Occupation | Missionary |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Lindley |
| Children | Eleven |
Daniel Lindley (August 24, 1801 – September 3, 1880) was an American missionary in South Africa. He and his wife Lucy founded the Inanda Seminary School in 1869. Lindley was pastor to the first Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State. He was a pastor to the Voortrekkers.
Lindley was born at Ten Mile Creek, Pennsylvania on 24 August 1801. He was the eldest child of Jacob and Hannah Lindley. His father had founded Ohio University so not surprisingly Lindley was educated there and at the Union Seminary in Prince Edward, Virginia. In 1831 he was ordained by the Presbyterian Church. On 20 November 1834 he married Lucy Virginia Allen and they were sent by the American Board of Missions to South Africa. His colleagues on board the Burlington were the medical doctors Newton Adams, Alexander Erwin Wilson, three other missionaries and their wives.
When they arrived in Cape Town they still had 1,000 miles (1,600 km) to cover. Their journey in the company of Alexander Wilson, Henry Venable and their wives took a year by ox cart to get to Matabeleland. Lindley together with other missionaries were to work creating converts amongst the Matabele but their plan was thwarted by the fighting that was taking place between the Dutch and the Matebele. They had to retreat to Natal and from there they were driven away again by the fighting between the Boers and the Zulus.
In 1839 Lindley was able to return where he decided that with the Zulus out of reach he should minister to the Boers. He opened a school for their children and agreed to be appointed as a pastor. On 31 March 1842 Lindley leads the founding congregation of the first Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State. The school and church went well and amongst the first to be confirmed was Paul Kruger who was to be the first President of South Africa.
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