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History of Lawrence, ORANGE, and Washington Counties, Indiana
Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers - Chicago, 1884

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           THOMAS V. CLAXTON was born in Orange County, February 24,
        1838, the son of JEREMIAH and DELILAH (PIERCE) CLAXTON, the
        father a Kentuckian and the mother a Pennsylvanian.  The 
        CLAXTONS are of Scotch-Irish descent, and the grandfather, 
        JOSHUA, lived in Kentucky, where he died, leaving a widow
        with three children.  They came to this county in 1830, and
        later the mother died in 1855 in New Albany.  JEREMIAH was
        reared at hard work.  His first wife bore him four children,
        and his second wife, who was ELIZA A. WALKER, bore him seven.
        THOMAS V. was raised on a farm though his parents resided in
        Paoli.  He received a fair education, and upon reaching man-
        hood began for himself.  In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company
        B, Twenty-fourth Regiment, I. V. I., and was with his command
        in all the important movements, expeditions and battles through
        which it passed.  At the siege of Vicksburg he was severely
        wounded in the right temple, but soon recovered.  He returned
        home and commenced farming which he has since continued, and
        now owns eighty-seven acres of good land.  March 14, 1865, he
        married ROSANNA WELLS, who has borne him six children; ROLLA V.,
        MARTHA J., LAURA E., JAMES T., CHARLES O., and an infant, de-
        ceased.  MR. CLAXTON is a Republican, a member of the Union
        Baptist Church and an exemplary man.  MRS. CLAXTON was born in
        this county March 6, 1844.  Orange County has no better citizens
        than the CLAXTONS.

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