ADDINGTON, THOMAS: 1829-?
Thomas Addington , born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1829, attended local schools, the Union Literary Institute, and Liber College, in Jay County, Ind. He married Martha Ann Hughes in 1851 and was ordained to the Christian ministry in 1858.
According to Tucker's History of Randolph County, "Elder Thomas Addington is ready with the pen as well as fluent in speech, and has contributed many valuable articles to the press upon important subjects pertaining to religion and morality."
His one recorded book purports to be the true story of a runaway slave who attended Union Literary Institute with the author.
Information from Tucker–History of Randolph County (1882) and the Indiana State Library.
- Jim Baker. Winchester, Ind.,
1898.
