Biographical sketch extracted from:

Biographical and historical record of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1887. p. 796.

LEWIS A. BRICKLEY, senior member of the hardware firm of L. A. Brickley & Sons, of Bluffton, was born near Warren, in Trumbull County, Ohio, April 29, 1842, a son of George and Belinda (Wolfcale) Brickley, the father being of German ancestry and the latter of English descent. The father is now deceased. L. A. Brickley, our subject, was brought by his parents to Wells County, Indiana, in June, 1851. He was reared to the avocation of a farmer; remaining on the home farm till he grew to manhood. He was united in marriage July 28, 1864, to Miss Catherine Lesh, a daughter of John and Harriet (McAfee) Lesh. She died at Bluffton, March 27, 1879, leaving five children—George Mervin, Thomas Jefferson, Cora A., Peter Francis and Jennie Etta. At her death Mrs. Brickley was a memnber of the Rock Creek Lutheran Church. Mr. Brickley was again married January 4, 1881, to Miss Flora A. Stonebrook, of Bluffton. Mr. Brickley was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting as a private in 1864, in Company D, Fifty-first Indiana Infantry. He was engaged in the two days' fight in front of Nashville and also participated in several skirmishes. May 21, 1865, he was discharged for disability caused by a wound received in front of Nashville, December 16, 1864. After his discharge he returned to Wells County, where he was engaged in farming in Rock Creek Township until 1876. He then removed to Bluffton and became associated within Samuel Lesh in the hardware business, under the firm name of Lesh & Brickley. In 1883 John E. Beil succeeded Mr. Lesh, when the firm name was changed to Brickley & Beil. In November, 1885, Mr. Beil was succeeded by Mr. Brickley's sons, George M. and Thomnas J., when the present firm of L. A. Brickley & Sons was formed. Mr. Brickley is a member of the Lutheran and his wife a member of the Baptist church.