Thornton was born in 1847. He passed away in 1880. I think at least two of the kids went to live with grandparents when the parents died, since they died so early in life.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thornton by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thornton: