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Amanda Jane Thornton 1836–1920 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 MAR 1836

Birth Location: Mount Alto, Jackson County, West Virginia

Death Date: 09 NOV 1920

Death Location: Chestnut, Mason, West Virginia

Father: John Thornton

Mother: Susan Thornton

Spouse(s): Salathiel Shields

Children(s): Viola Shields

Amanda Jane Thornton was born in 1836 in Mount Alto, Jackson County, West Virginia, the child of John Henry Thornton And Susan Durst Thornton. Amanda Jane Thornton married Salathiel Shields, and had children including Viola Shields. Amanda Jane Thornton passed away in 1920 in Chestnut, Mason, West Virginia.

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Biography

  • Amanda Jane Thornton was born in 1836 in Mount Alto, Jackson County, West Virginia, the child of John Henry Thornton And Susan Durst Thornton.
  • Amanda Jane Thornton married Salathiel Shields, and had children including Viola Shields.
  • Amanda Jane Thornton passed away in 1920 in Chestnut, Mason, West Virginia.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Thornton
1804–1880
Birth Location: (West) Virginia
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Susan Thornton
1807–1881
Birth Location: Meigs County, Ohio, USA
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Spouses(s)

Salathiel Shields
1835–1919
Birth Location: Braxton County, West Virginia, United States of America
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Children(s)

Viola Shields
1873–1961
Birth Location: Mason, West Virginia, United States
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Amanda Thornton's Ancestors

Self
Amanda Thornton
1836–1920
Birth Place: Mount Alto, Jackson County, West Virginia
Parents
John Henry Thornton
1804–1880
(West) Virginia
Susan (Durst) Thornton
1807–1881
Meigs County, Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Amanda Thornton's Descendants

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Amanda (Jane) Thornton (12 MAR 1836–09 NOV 1920) m. Salathiel Shields (27 August 1835–4 April 1919)
  1. 1. Viola Shields 1873–1961
    1. 1. Elza (Chauncey) Riffle 1910–1970 m. Dollie (Elizabeth) Staten-Riffle 1914–1997
      1. 1. Kay (Frances (Riffle)) Jones 1935–2021 m. Richard Faught 1936–1998
        1. 1. Robert (Richard) Faught 1951–2011
        2. 2. roberta Faught –2011

Amanda Thornton's Timeline

2 Records

1836
12 MAR 1836
Birth of Amanda Jane Thornton in Mount Alto, Jackson County, West Virginia
Mount Alto, Jackson County, West Virginia
1920
09 NOV 1920
Age 84
Death of Amanda Jane Thornton in Chestnut, Mason, West Virginia
Chestnut, Mason, West Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 MAR 1836
    Event Place: Mount Alto, Jackson County, West Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 NOV 1920
    Event Place: Chestnut, Mason, West Virginia
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