Here are a few more biographies.
Gina
Biography
Thomas Addington, Sr.
Thomas Addington Sr., was born in 1778; married Tamar Smith in 1807 (who was born in
1786). He died in 1839, aged sixty-one years, and she died in 1845, aged fifty-nine years.
They moved to Wayne County, Ind., in 1807, three years before Wayne was a county, and nine
years before Indiana was a State. There were then only three counties in Indiana
Territory, viz., Knox, Clark and Dearborn. They came to Randolph County, Ind. (Sparrow
Creek), in 1834. He and his wife rode horseback from North Carolina to Wayne County, Ind.,
in 1807; they had during their lives thirteen children as follows: Hannah, born in 1806,
died in 1854, aged forty-six years; Matilda, born 1810, died 1811, aged one year; David,
born 1812, died 1813, aged one year; Jesse, 1814, married Margaret Sullivan, has had three
children, lives on Bear Creek, is a farmer; James, born 1816, married Susan Kelly, has
four children; Mercy, born 1819, married Littleberry Diggs, and then Joseph Hawkins, has
had one child- Cal!
vin W. Diggs, and resides at Collett Station, Jay Co., Ind.; Joseph, born 1820, married
Susan Sullivan, has seven children; George, born 1823; Mary, born 1823, married
---Roberts, has thirteen children; Elizabeth, married Marshall W. Diggs, they have eight
children, he has been pastor of the Congregational Church at Pisgah, near Fort Recovery,
Ohio, for twenty-three years; Thomas, born 1829, see account elsewhere. There were two
more, names not given.
Tucker's History Page 333.
Simeon Brickley
Simeon Brickley, Maxville, born in 1822, in Preble County, Ohio; came to Randolph County,
Ind., in 1843; married Eliza Ellen McIntyre; has four children, including two married
daughters. Mr. Brickley is a farmer, a Methodist and a Republican; he is also a
lime-burner, owning a splendid lime quarry on the banks of, and on the bed of White River;
he has burned as many as eighteen to twenty kilns in a single year, now about eight or ten
kilns in the neighborhood are smaller. There are three sets of kilns - Brickley, McIntyre,
McNees. The State Geologist says that deeper down might be found building stone in
abundance, of an excellent quality, but none of the proprietors have tested the matter.
Mr. Brickley has taken no rock deeper than five feet. The rock that is quarried for lime
is from two to six inches thick. The deposit of lime passes directly under the channel of
the river, and they quarry stone from both sides of the stream.
Tucker's History Page 333
Stephen & James Clayton
Stephen Clayton, born in 1788, in Maryland; married Mary Chivens; came to White River
about 1822, entered 120 acres of land west of the 'Boundary;' he had eight
children; seen grew up and four yet survive. He died in 1834, and his wife in 1859. His
sons own about 1,200 acres of land.
James Clayton (brother of Stephen), born in Maryland in perhaps 1798; came to Randolph
County in 1822; married Abigail Way (sister of Paul W. Way); they had no children; he
lived many years on his farm west of Winchester, afterward moving to Winchester, to
Middleboro, and finally to Newport, where he died some years ago. His wife died at
Winchester in January, 1880, while on a visit there. Mr. Clayton was an Abolitionist, a
Wesleyan and a Republican; he was a sterling citizen and an earnest Christian, active in
every good work, though so firm and stern as not to be altogether genial in his
intercourse with his fellow-men.
Tucker's History Page 333
Thomas Clevenger
Thomas Clevenger, White River, was the son of Jonathan and Sarah Clevenger, of Warren
County, Ohio, both of whom died in 1870; he was the third of ten children and the eldest
of seven surviving; he was born in 1816, in Warren County, Ohio, and moved to Montgomery
County, Ohio, in 1829; married Mary A. Clarion, in 1839; moved to Randolph County, Ind.,
one mile from Arba, in 1845, and to White River Township, five miles east of Winchester,
in 1863, where he has resided ever since.
He has had ten children, six now living; he has been a farmer throughout his life; he has
held several positions of honor and trust- Appraiser of Real Estate for Randolph, 1859;
County Commissioner, 1868 to 1877. He came to Randolph early enough to get twenty-five
years of log-rolling and to clear up 100 acres of her virgin forest.
As an officer, Mr. C. has been noted for his stern integrity and his firm resistance to
every attempt to filch money from the treasury. Persons who wished for fat jobs would be
found crying out against his administration, but the people said, "Well done, good
and faithful servant" by a double re-election. However, though frugal, he was not
parsimonious, and when the county, though strong and rich, had been for years without a
court house, he (with the other members) felt that the time had come to wipe that disgrace
away and to redeem her fame by erecting a court house, which should be an honor in time to
come; and, against great opposition and much detraction, the board went forward and
accomplished the task, faithfully and well. By this bold and manly course, he lost a
renomination to a fourth term. The retiring members felt satisfied with their own action,
believing that time would vindicate them, which it has done. Randolph has a court house of
rare and wondrous beauty, b!
uilt at a cost marvelous for its cheapness; the debt incurred is now paid, and probably
not a man now wishes to go back to the time when this great and rich county had to go
begging for a court room. Mr. C. is a worthy example of a diligent, thriving, hardworking
farmer, proud of his calling, honoring his vocation, commanding the esteem of his
fellow-citizens and cheerfully and thankfully enjoying, not a fortune, but a competence,
the worthy result of his life-long faithfulness, industry and frugality.
Tucker's History Pages 333-334
Benjamin Clevinger
Benjamin Clevinger was born in Pennsylvania in 1816, and came to Randolph County, Ind.,
about 1850; married first in Pennsylvania, but lost his wife there, and was married again,
in Randolph County, in 1851. His second wife was Sarah Ann Smiley, who was born in 1838,
and whose parents moved to Randolph County the same year. Mr. Clevinger moved to
Pennsylvania after living awhile here, but he returned again and took up his permanent
abode where he now lives, two miles east of Deerfield, on the Greenville State road. He
has had only three children. He is a thriving farmer, owning about one hundred and forty
acres of land; a Democrat in politics, and has been Township Trustee during two
terms-1876-80. He is very careful of the public funds. Some think a little freer use of
money would have been better economy in the long run. Mr. Clevinger is a respectable and
influential citizen.
Tucker's History Page 417
William Doty
William Doty was born in Maryland. He came to Butler County, Ohio, and to Randolph County,
Ind., the latter removal having been made in 1828. He was the father of eleven children,
nine of whom are still living, and seven are married. Mr. Doty was a farmer, residing just
across the Mississinewa River from Deerfield. He died about twenty years ago, and his wife
sixteen years ago. There were but few settlers in what is now Ward Township when Mr. Doty
came. The Masseys had come and gone; the Kizers, Burgett Pierce, Mr. Ritenour, Daniel B.
Miller, Riley Marshall and a few others were living in the woods in that region. The town
of Deerfield was not laid out (at least not recorded) till five years afterward (1833). A
few settlers found their way to the Mississinewa very early, but the whole region remained
nearly a wilderness till after 1825.
Tucker's History Page 417.