Jemima I (Byrd) Thornton (1880 - 1959)

Born 22 Nov 1880 in Smith County, Mississippi, United States of America

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Died 14 Apr 1959 at age 78 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States

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Jimmie (Byrd) Thornton is buried in Calvary Cemetery.

Biography

Jimmie Byrd was born on Nov 22, 1880 in Mississippi, USA as a child of James Allen Byrd and Sarah Elizabeth Howell.

She had three siblings, namely: Olla E, Infant Daughter, and William Lafayette. Plus others.

She died on Apr 14, 1959 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (University Hospital; Age at Death: 78). ^[1]

When she was 27, she married William Benjamin Thornton,son of J. B. Thornton and Prisilla Carline Smith, in 1908 (based upon 1910 census).

Jimmie Byrd lived in Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1900 (19 Age: 19; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0104; NaturalizationStatus: Naturalized; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter).

Jimmie Byrd lived in Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1910 (Age: 29; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).

She lived in Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).

She lived in Police Jury Ward 3, West Carroll, Louisiana in 1930 (Age: 49; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).

She lived in Smith County, Mississippi, USA in 1935. She lived in Smith County, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 60; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).

She lived in Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1950 (StreetAddress: Highway 20; 69 Age: 69; EnumerationDistrict: 65-19; IsEmployed: No; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Keeping House; SeekingWork: No; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; WorkedLastWeek: No; Wife RelationToHead: Wife; Married MaritalStatus: Married). Race: (White) Ethnicity: (American)

She was buried in Mize, Smith, Mississippi, USA (Calvary Cemetery).

William Benjamin Thornton and Jimmie Byrd had the following children:

1. Lamar Q. Thornton was born on Aug 02, 1909 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Jul 25, 1988 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Magee General Hospital; Age at Death: 78). He married Wilma Francis Harris on Jan 27, 1933 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA (also date on headstone).
2. J C Thornton was born on Aug 15, 1912 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA. He died on Feb 03, 1988 in San Francisco County, California, USA (Age at Death: 75).
3. Alice C Thornton was born on Dec 26, 1914 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Mar 26, 1984 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (Mississippi Baptist Medical Center; Age at Death: 69).
4. Hubert Allen Thornton was born on Dec 29, 1916 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA. He died on Apr 22, 1989 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (Mississippi Baptist Medical Center; Age at Death: 72). He married Sarah Elizibeth Thornton on Apr 28, 1936 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA.
5. Bessie R Thornton was born on Jul 03, 1923 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA. She died on Jun 10, 1978 in Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, USA (Howard Memorial Hospital; Age at Death: 54). She married Shelton Joseph Touchet in Nov 1958 in Harrison County, Mississippi, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary for Jimmie Byrd Thornton

• Mississippi Genealogical Society, "Mississippi Cemetery & Bible Records" .Volume XVI, p25-26. Family record of James Allen Byrd
• 1900 census
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111831774/jimmie-thornton: accessed 9 January 2023), memorial page for Jimmie Byrd Thornton (22 Nov 1880–14 Apr 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111831774, citing Calvary Cemetery, Mize, Smith County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by MyrtisJane (contributor 47090616).
• "United States Census, 1950," https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/47786711:62308
• "United States Census, 1940," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB3Q-VYK
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMTX-Y5F : accessed 9 January 2023), Jimmie Thorton in household of William B Thorton, Police Jury Ward 3, West Carroll, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 1B, line 78, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 825; FHL microfilm 2,340,560.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTN-S5X : 2 February 2021), Jinnie Thornton in entry for William R Thornton, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDG-RJB : accessed 9 January 2023), Jimmie Thornton in household of William B Thornton, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 113, sheet 18B, family 217, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 759; FHL microfilm 1,374,772.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9FS-VMR : accessed 9 January 2023), Gemmia J Byrd in household of J* H Byrd, Beat 3 (west of Oschay Creek), Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 104, sheet 4B, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,828.