Jesse Thomas THORNTON

 

Submitter: Mary Lera Thornton Schuelke

Husband: Jesse Thomas THORNTON
Born: December 10, 1879 Place: Fairfield, Freestone Co., TX
Married: August 21, 1906 Place: Fairfield, Freestone Co., TX
Died: December 26, 1952 Place: Big Spring, Howard Co., TX
Cemetery: Walnut Springs Place: Walnut Springs, Bosque Co., TX
Father: Isah Adolph THORNTON
Mother: Sarah Ione BLACK
Other Spouses:  

Wife: Lera MARTIN
Born: February 2, 1886 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Died: June 22, 1955 Place: Big Sprin, Howard Co., TX
Cemetery: Walnut Springs Place: Walnut Springs, Bosque Co., TX
Father: Robert Toombs MARTIN
Mother: Sarah Isabell SLAUGHTER
Other Spouses:  

Children:

1 Name: M Jesse Toombs THORNTON
Born: December 23, 1907 Place: Hico, Henderson Co., TX
Died: July 22, 1963 Place: Big Spring, Howard Co., TX
Cemetery: Trinity Memorial Park Place: Big Spring, Howard Co., TX
Spouse 1: Dorothy Lucille HARRIS
Married: July 1, 1939 Place: Big Spring, Howard Co., TX

2 Name: F Myrtle THORNTON
Born: December 1910 Place:  
Died: April 1975 Place: Lubbock, Lubbock Co., TX
Cemetery: Walnut Springs Place: Walnut Springs, Bosque Co., TX
Spouse 1: Bailey MOUNCE
Married:   Place:  

3 Name: M Rufus Hardy THORNTON
Born: 1912 Place:  
Died: 1933 Place: Denver, CO
Cemetery: Walnut Springs Place: Walnut Spring, Bosque Co., TX
Spouse 1: never married

NOTES:
Rufus Hardy died of TB, he was in the Army and served as a medic

SOURCES:
Birth & death on 1st degree family