B. L. ADDINGTON, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 30, P. O. Woodstock is a native of Indiana, and was born in Wayne County, March 27, 1838; was there educated and resided until seventeen years of age, when he emigrated to Iowa, locating in Marion County, afterward to Ringgold County, which was his home until 1868, when he came to Kansas, settling in Jefferson County. On the 4th of July, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He participated at the battle of Pea Ridge; served thirty-eight months, two years of the time being a patient and cook in the hospital. Mr. A. is a Republican; is a member of the I. O. O. F., and of the Grange. he and his family are members of the Free-will Baptist Church.

NOTE: Branson Lee ADDINGTON died in Jefferson County, Kansas on December 26, 1900 and was interred at McLouth Cemetery, McLouth, Jefferson County, Kansas.

Mr. ADDINGTON was with General SHERMAN's army during the Atlanta campaign and its march to the sea, and was taken prisoner on one occasion by the enemy, but escaped before his captors had a chance to place him in confinement. One of his brothers was sent to the notorious Andersonville prison, and his other brother and his father died of wounds. Mr. ADDINGTON never forgot his comrades of the Union blue, and for many years following the war was active in the work of the Grand Army of the Republic. In politics he was a stanch republican, was a Free Will Baptist in his religion, and took some interest in fraternal work, being a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He died near Jefferson, Kansas, December 27, 1901 (sic), at the age of sixty-one years.

Branson L. ADDINGTON married Rebecca CADE, a daughter of an Iowa farmer who was originally from Kentucky, and she survived him and lives at McLouth, Kansas, having reached the age of seventy-seven years. Their children were: Jeremiah B., of North Yakima, Washington; Ulysses Sherman, of Lecompton, Kansas, with the Santa Fe Railroad Company; and Alexander Elsworth.

SOURCE:  CUTLER, William G. "Jefferston County, Part 22" "Union Township" History of the State of Kansas A.T. Andreas. Chicago. 1883

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2009