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LINDLEY M. THORNBURG, a descendant of one of the oldest pioneer families in Randolph County, was born in Stony Creek Township, September 10, 1836, and is a son of John and Susanna (Bales) Thornburg. John Thornburg was born in North Carolina in 1790, and was a son of Isaac and Rachel (Hodson) Thornburg, who moved form North Carolina to Clinton, Ohio, in 1800, and in 1820 came to Stony Creek Township, Randolph County, Indiana, where Isaac died in 1865, and his wife, Rachel, a year or so later. John Thornburg was taken by his parents from North Carolina to Ohio, and he was there married. In 1818, two years prior to his father's coming, John settled in Stony Creek Township, and was engaged in farming until his death in July 1846, his widow surviving until April 10, 1887. They had born to them a family of nine children, viz: William A, of Windsor, Randolph County, Indiana; Isaac, of the same place; Rebecca, wife of R. H. Puckett, of northern Maryland; Rachel, deceased; Curtis, of Eaton, Indiana; Elizabeth, widow of John A. Clevenger, near Windsor; John, deceased; Lindley M.; and Margaret, wife of Marion Hewitt, of Neff Indiana. The parents of this family were originally members of the Society of Friends, but subsequently joined the Methodist Church. John Thornburg was an out and out abolitionist and had an Underground Railroad agent; he was also a minister in the society of the Methodist Friends, which was organized in 1830 as a branch of the Friends' society.
Lindley M. Thornburg was but seven years of age when he lost his father and was consequently reared by his mother, who, in 1850, married Thomas Clevenger. At the age of nineteen years Lindley M. was himself married and engaged in farming until 1858, and then for two years engaged in general merchandising in Windsor, and resumed farming until his enlistment, August 21, 1861, in Company B, Thirty -sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Col. A. Kilgore. He took part in the fight at Pittsburg Landing, and in a number of skirmishes, and was discharged February 24, 1863, on account of disability. On his return home Mr. Thornburg re-engaged in farming for a year, and then again embarked in general mercantile trade, but this time at Farmland, Indiana, and continued until 1867, when he sold our and clerked until 1875, and then went to Earlham, Madison County, Iowa, and then in 1878 to Clebourne, Johnson County, Texas, where he was in the musical instrument trade until 1880, after which he clerked two years. He then came back to Indiana, and for two years was employed in bridge building for the "Big Four" Railroad Company, and until 1888 followed carpentering, when he took charge of the Post Office at Farmland, which responsible position he retained until July 22,k 1893. As has been mentioned, Mr. Thornburg was married September 6, 1854, the bride being Elizabeth J. Clevenger, daughter of F. M. and Rebecca (Smithson) Clevenger. Two children were the fruits of this union - John H, of farmland and Josephine, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Thornburg are members of the Christian Church, and make manifest the sincerity of their religious profession in all their acts. In politics Mr. Thornburg in a Republican, and under the auspices of the party has served as Justice of the Peace both in this county and Iowa; and as Constable, Marshal, Assessor and Collector at various times. He was made a Mason in 1855; is a member of the Black Hawk Tribe, I.O.R.M., of the G.A.R. and once was an Odd Fellow, but has withdrawn form this fraternity. Mrs. Thornburg is a member of the Eastern Star Degree in Masonry, and the family is of the highest respectability.
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