Norton Thurston (1817 - 1874)

Born 8 Aug 1817 in Ohio, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

Norton married Rebecca jones. They had at least five children. Norton is buried in Old Kilbourne Cemetery, Delaware, Delaware, Ohio. ^[1]

Norton Thurston and Rebecca Jones were married on 2 August 1841 in Delaware County, Ohio.^[2]

In 1850, the Thurston family lived in Brown, Delaware, Ohio. The household included Norton Thurston, 33, born in Ohio; his wife, Rebecca, 29, born in Pennsylvania; their children, all born in Ohio: Daniel G., 8; Sarah A., 5; and William W., an infant. Also, Charles Scoville, 16.^[3]

In 1860, the Thurstons lived in Brown Township, Ohio. The household included Morton (Norton) Thurston, 42; his wife Rebecca, 38; their children, all born in Ohio: Daniel, 17; Sarah, 14; William, 10; and Frances, 6.^[4]

In 1870, the Thurston family lived in Oxford Township, Delaware, Ohio. The household included Norton Thurston, 52; his wife, Rebecca, 49; their children, all born in Ohio: William, 19; Frances R., 17; Ollie, 10; and Charles N., 7.^[5]

Norton Thurston and Rebecca Jones are mentioned as parents in the death record of their daughter, Mrs. Frances Rebecca McCurdy, who was born in 1853 in Ashley, Ohio, and who died, a widow, aged 85, in 1938 in Clairbourne, Union, Ohio. She is buried in Ashley.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #91854393
2. ↑ Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDPB-286)
3. ↑ 1850 United States Census, Brown, Delaware, Ohio (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3Y-HR7)
4. ↑ 1860 US Census, Brown Township, Delaware, Ohio (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCL2-66Z)
5. ↑ 1870 US Census, Oxford Township, Delaware, Ohio (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6KY-GGH)
6. ↑ Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZHD-VPT)