BIO: CLAXTON, Thomas V., s/o Jeremiah & Delilah (Pierce) Claxton

Submitted by:  ivie@tima.com   (Diana Flynn) 

CLAXTON   PIERCE   WALKER   WELLS

"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA" 
GOODSPEED BROS.1884.

PAOLI TOWNSHIP, ORANGE COUNTY, INDIANA

Page 582

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 1844 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 manhood 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, deceased.  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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