Andrew Jackson Addington Jr. was born July 11, 1850 in Dungannon, Scott, Virginia. He was the son of Andrew Jackson Addington and Verlina Easter Hutchinson.

Andrew Jackson Addington married Sarah Ann Ramey on Jan. 10, 1867, soon after the civil war. Two years after those harrowing times came this blessed event which means so much to us all. A few months after the wedding they joined a brother, his family and some neighbors and journeyed by covered wagon to Ohio, where they lived for about two years. It was a long journey to Ohio the way they traveled, and two years was a long time for young people of their age to be away from home. Their relatives must have thought somewhat the same as the young people felt, for when they went back, they were persuaded not to return to Ohio, but to settle on his father's farm, which was large and made up of sloping fields, wooded ridges and hills.

Though so young when married, they were self-reliant and went away on their initiative and got along well. If left to themselves no doubt would have returned to Ohio and reared their family. It turned out otherwise and they settled in as healthy a place as could be found.

Albert was six months old on their return making the time about May, 1869. After Albert came sixteen other healthy youngsters, then over seventy-five grandchildren. After twenty-five years, when the last child was two years old, they again took to the covered wagon and landed in the Ohio valley. Five of the boys were now married.

Some of the boys moved on to Michigan and they followed after twelve years. Eight more years and some of the younger children were settled in California. The West called and again they traveled. Across the Sierras where they western breezes blow and mountain streams water the valley of perpetual verdure, their fifty-nine years of married life ended. There father dropped his robe of flesh; and in sight of snow-capped mountains and in an old country church yard, his body was laid away.

(The Robbin Newsletter Jan 1940)

The Addington family had been quite prosperous and saved money. Andrew worked at wood chopping and made good wages for those times. He was a healthy man of strong muscle. Hard work was easy for him, and he earned more money than his fellows. An indication for the contentment often came out in their conversation, and was reflected in the mind's of the boys. One of the games they played was "Go West."

(The Robbin Newsletter Feb 1940)

Children not linked below:

Addington Twins
1867 – 1867
Daniel Masco Addington
1876 – 1886
Robert William Addington
1882 – 1886
Lula V. Addington
1884 – 1886