Name: Moses Thornton Age: 23 Birth Year: abt 1827 Birthplace: Illinois Home in 1850: Browning, Schuyler, Illinois, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 62 Household Members: Name Age Moses Thornton 23 Elizabeth Thornton 19
Moses Jefferson Thornton Birth 11 Feb 1827 Shelby County, Illinois, USA Death 12 Jun 1905 (aged 78) Underwood, Skamania County, Washington, USA Burial: Underwood Chris-Zada Cemetery Underwood, Skamania County, Washington, USA Memorial ID 50032206
WAS THE FATHER OF FOURTEEN CHILDREN
After eating a hearty breakfast Monday morning and returning from a walk of some distance, Moses Thornton, of Underwood, Washington, died in his chair as he sat reading. Mr. Thornton was 78 years old and appeared to be enjoying excellent health. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday by Rev. Dix of the Advent Church. Moses Thornton was born in Shelby County, Illinois, in 1827, was the father of fourteen children, ten of whom are living. They are: Mrs. Wise of Chenowith, Washington, Mrs. L.M. Baldwin of Sebatha, Kansas, Mrs. Matilda Hale of Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Mamie Tabell of Springfield, Missouri, Michael, Edgar, Charles and Frank Thornton, all of Underwood, Washington, and Jacob Thornton of Hood River, Oregon. Mr. Thornton moved to Kansas in 1869, to Missouri in 1890, and to Underwood, Washington, in 1892, where he resided until his death. Information from the Hood River Glacier newspaper.
Family Members Spouse: Sevilia Ann Walton Thornton 1851–1892
Children: Mary A. Thornton unknown–1862 Michael Thornton 1868–1945 Anna Marie Thornton Wise 1869–1951 Lova May Thornton Baldwin 1872–1945 Mamie May Thornton Henderson 1874–1935 Elias Edgar Thornton 1876–1954 Moses Edgar Thornton 1876–1957 Jacob L. Thornton 1878–1946 Charles H Thornton 1879–1949 Frank Carson Thornton 1883–1958
Inscription: Moses Thornton Born Feb 11 1827 Died June 12 1905 THORNTON
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