Charles was born in 1855. He is the son of Washington Thurston and Harriet Plimpton.
New Buffalo, Berrien Co., Michigan, USA, "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHZ-HYY : accessed 1 June 2015), Charles Thurston in household of Washington Thurston, Michigan, United States; citing p. 3, family 31, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,163.
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