Joseph Addington b 22 Jul 1816 Scott Co VA d 22 Jul 1897 Wise Co VA; buried Joseph Addington Cemetery, Wise Co
VA; s/o William Addington Jr and Sarah Stallard. Joseph Addington died of exposure when he began to imagine his 2nd wife, Lucinda, was trying to kill him. He hid for three days in a fodder shock and died from hunger and exposure. Joseph Addington m. 8 Jun 1840 Scott Co VA to Malinda Bevins b 1818 Scott Co VA d 17 Mar 1891 Wise Co VA of heart dropsy; buried Joseph Addington Cemetery,
Wise Co VA d/o Abraham Compton and Mary Blevins. (1860 Wise Co VA Census). Children of Joseph Addington
and Melinda Blevins;
1. John Wesley Addington b 1841 Wise Co VA d 1861 Wise Co VA; buried Joseph Addington Cemetery, Wise Co VA.
2. Jasper Morgan Addington b 1843 Wise Co VA d 1861 Wise Co VA; buried Joseph Addington Cemetery, Wise Co VA.
3. Thomas Jefferson Addington b 6 Aug 1846 Lee Co VA
d 16 Nov 1920 Wise Co VA; buried Thomas J Addington Cemetery, Wise Co VA; m. 14 Aug 1867 Wise Co VA to
Mary J Perkey b 4 Jul 1848 Grayson Co VA; d/o Calvin Perky and Ann Unknown.
4. Henry Hopkins Addington b about 1849 Wise Co VA d Wise Co VA.
5. Robert William Addington b about 1850 Wise Co VA; m. 23 Feb 1871 Wise Co VA to Mary Minerva Kilgore b 20 May 1851 Coeburn, Wise Co VA; d/o Hiram H Kilgore and Anna Elizabeth Bond.
6. Minerva A Addington b about 1861 Wise Co VA d Wise Co VA; buried Joseph Addington Cemetery, Wise Co VA.
