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Lindsey was born to Rufus B. Lindsey, a native of Webster Parish, when it was part of  Claiborne Parish, and the former Lydia Hamilton in Dry Creek in Calcasieu Parish (now Allen Parish) near [[Lake Charles]] in southwestern Louisiana. He grew up on a farm and was reared by his maternal grandparents, the Reverend Isaac Hamilton and the former Lydia Eliza Simmons. He lived for a time in DeRidder in Beauregard Parish,  and attended the "Ten Mile School" and Oakdale High School in Oakdale in Allen Parish. Lindsey taught school for a time and was assistant state treasurer under Howell Morgan. He was also a former clerk of the Allen Parish Police Jury (the parish governing body akin to the county commission in other states).<ref name=archives>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/calcasieu/bios/lindseyh.txt|title=Coleman Lindsey|publisher=usgwarchives|accessdate=July 10, 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230235432/http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/calcasieu/bios/lindseyh.txt|archivedate=December 30, 2008}} This material is derived from [[Henry E. Chambers]], ''A History of Louisiana,'' Vol. 2, [[Chicago]]  and [[New York]]: American Historical Society, 1925, p. 169.</ref>​

Lindsey was born to Rufus B. Lindsey, a native of Webster Parish, when it was part of  Claiborne Parish, and the former Lydia Hamilton in Dry Creek in Calcasieu Parish (now Allen Parish) near [[Lake Charles]] in southwestern Louisiana. He grew up on a farm and was reared by his maternal grandparents, the Reverend Isaac Hamilton and the former Lydia Eliza Simmons. He lived for a time in DeRidder in Beauregard Parish,  and attended the "Ten Mile School" and Oakdale High School in Oakdale in Allen Parish. Lindsey taught school for a time and was assistant state treasurer under Howell Morgan. He was also a former clerk of the Allen Parish Police Jury (the parish governing body akin to the county commission in other states).<ref name=archives>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/calcasieu/bios/lindseyh.txt|title=Coleman Lindsey|publisher=usgwarchives|accessdate=July 10, 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230235432/http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/calcasieu/bios/lindseyh.txt|archivedate=December 30, 2008}} This material is derived from [[Henry E. Chambers]], ''A History of Louisiana,'' Vol. 2, [[Chicago]]  and [[New York]]: American Historical Society, 1925, p. 169.</ref>​

In 1921, Lindsey received his LL.D. from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. That same year he represented Allen Parish in the Louisiana Constitutional Convention.<ref name=lah>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225122057/http://www.lahistory.org/site29.php|title=Isaac Coleman Lindsey|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=November 7,  2019</ref

In 1921, Lindsey received his LL.D. from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. That same year he represented Allen Parish in the Louisiana Constitutional Convention.<ref name=lah>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225122057/http://www.lahistory.org/site29.php|title=Isaac Coleman Lindsey|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=November 7,  2019}}</ref>

At this time, Lindsey was already married for seven years to the former Cora Herring (April 8, 1894 &mdash; December 1973), a native of |Rosebud in Falls County near Temple, Texas, and he was then the father of two sons, Rufus Jason Lindsey (born 1916) and Douglas Hamilton Lindsey (1919–2006). Rufus Lindsey became a playwright in [[London]], [[England]], and a friend of numerous Hollywood stars.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mindenmemories.org/Days%20Gone%20By%20II.htm|author=Joan Wiley Luck|title=Days Gone By II|publisher=mindenmemories.org|accessdate=July 10, 2009; no longer on-line}} The website includes a photo of Rufus Lindsey with [[Joan Crawford]].</ref> Douglas Lindsey was the salutatorian of the 1936 graduating class of [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]].<ref>"Claybrook Cottingham (President of [[Louisiana College]]) to Deliver Student Address," ''Minden Signal-Tribune'' and ''Springhill Journal,'' April 28, 1936, p. 1.</ref>​

At this time, Lindsey was already married for seven years to the former Cora Herring (April 8, 1894 &mdash; December 1973), a native of |Rosebud in Falls County near Temple, Texas, and he was then the father of two sons, Rufus Jason Lindsey (born 1916) and Douglas Hamilton Lindsey (1919–2006). Rufus Lindsey became a playwright in [[London]], [[England]], and a friend of numerous Hollywood stars.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mindenmemories.org/Days%20Gone%20By%20II.htm|author=Joan Wiley Luck|title=Days Gone By II|publisher=mindenmemories.org|accessdate=July 10, 2009; no longer on-line}} The website includes a photo of Rufus Lindsey with [[Joan Crawford]].</ref> Douglas Lindsey was the salutatorian of the 1936 graduating class of [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]].<ref>"Claybrook Cottingham (President of [[Louisiana College]]) to Deliver Student Address," ''Minden Signal-Tribune'' and ''Springhill Journal,'' April 28, 1936, p. 1.</ref>​