Born in West Bend, Clarke, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Gross Scruggs
and Mary Earle (Lundy) Scruggs
Sister of
Frances Fluker [half]
Wife of
Eli Slater Thornton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Albert Abner Turner
— married
1844 in West Bend, Clarke Co., AL
Descendants 
Mother of
Gross Albert Turner
Died
at age 32
in West Bend, Clarke, Alabama, United States
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Biography
Thornton Eli Slater 11-24-1808 04-14-1887 Headstone Broken Thornton Margaret Earle 05-29-1826 11-18-1858 born Clarke Co, Ala, Consort of Eli S, Daughter of Gross & Mary Scruggs Thornton George Slater 09-26-1854 08-26-1858 Son of ES & ME Thornton
Note
Died when Gross was 8 years old. Gross was raised by step-father Eli Thornton Had five children per obit.
Sources
- Alabama, Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935, Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2015), Alabama Marriage Index
- 1859 Jan. 15 The Tennessee Baptist Page 4 Obit of "'Margaret S. Thornton'" http://media2.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/tbarchive/1859/TB_1859_Jan_15.pdf
- Find A Grave: Memorial #54445513, West Bend Cemetery, Clarke County, Alabama
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~6.25%
Randall Claunch
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