M. P. Lindsley
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M. P. Lindsley was Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...

 and a member of the Wisconsin State Senate
Wisconsin State Senate
The Wisconsin Senate, the powers of which are modeled after those of the U.S. Senate, is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature, smaller than the Wisconsin State Assembly...

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Biography

Lindsley was born Myron Plato Lindsley on September 18, 1825 in Middlesex, New York
Middlesex, New York
Middlesex is a town in Yates County, New York, USA. The population was 1,345 at the 2000 census. The name comes from a location in England.The Town of Middlesex is on the northwest corner of the county and is south of Canandaigua, NY.- History :...

. His daughter, Leila, would marry Green Bay Mayor Frank B. Desnoyers
Frank B. Desnoyers
-Biography:Desnoyers was born on August 7, 1859. His father, Francis, had previously been Mayor of Green Bay. He married Leila E. Lindsley, daughter of Green Bay Mayor M. P. Lindsley, in 1882. They had four children before her passing on October 19, 1920. In 1923, he married Augusta Nixon of...

, who was also son of another Mayor of Green Bay, Francis X. Desnoyers
Francis X. Desnoyers
-Biography:Desnoyers was born Francis Xavier Desnoyers on July 29, 1813 in Detroit, Michigan. He would marry Louisa A. Baird of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and had three children. Their son, Frank, would also become Mayor of Green Bay and would marry the daughter of another Green Bay Mayor, M. P....

. Lindsley passed away in 1883.

Political career

Lindsley served as Mayor of Green Bay in 1865. He was later a member of the Senate from 1873 to 1874.
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