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Ann Philidia\Annphildia (" Annie") Thornton 1810–1897 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 02 Feb 1810

Birth Location: Georgia

Death Date: 1897

Death Location: near Wilsonville, Shelby Co, Alabama, USA

Father: Dozier Jr

Mother: Nancy Allen

Spouse(s): Joseph Simms

Children(s): Alonzo Sims

Ann Philidia\Annphildia (" Annie") Thornton was born in 1810 in Georgia, the child of Dozier Thornton Jr And Nancy Allen. Ann Philidia\Annphildia (" Annie") Thornton married Joseph Alfred Simms, and had children including Alonzo Americus Sims. Ann Philidia\Annphildia (" Annie") Thornton passed away in 1897 in near Wilsonville, Shelby Co, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • Ann Philidia\Annphildia (" Annie") Thornton was born in 1810 in Georgia, the child of Dozier Thornton Jr And Nancy Allen.
  • Ann Philidia\Annphildia (" Annie") Thornton married Joseph Alfred Simms, and had children including Alonzo Americus Sims.
  • Ann Philidia\Annphildia (" Annie") Thornton passed away in 1897 in near Wilsonville, Shelby Co, Alabama, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Dozier Jr
1785–1863
Birth Location: Elbert County, Georgia, United States
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Nancy Allen
1788–1856
Birth Location: Elbert County, Georgia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Joseph Simms
1802–1868
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
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Children(s)

Alonzo Sims
1844–1913
Birth Location: Birmingham, Macon, Alabama
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Ann Thornton's Ancestors

Self
Ann Thornton
1810–1897
Birth Place: Georgia
Parents
Dozier Thornton Jr
1785–1863
Elbert County, Georgia, United States
Nancy Allen
1788–1856
Elbert County, Georgia, USA
Grandparents
Rev (Dozier) Thornton
1755–1843
Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States
Lucinda (Elizabeth (Lucy)) Hill
1760–1825
Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States
Nathaniel Allen
1750–1812
Spotsylvania, Virginia
Pamela Hudson
1763–1798
Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ann Thornton's Descendants

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Ann (Philidia\Annphildia (" Annie")) Thornton (02 Feb 1810–1897) m. Joseph (Alfred) Simms (15 Oct 1802–1868)
  1. 1. Alonzo (Americus) Sims 1844–1913 m. Sabrina Elliot 1850–1885 m. Annie (M) Cline 1851–1939
    1. 1. Edward (Craton) Sims 1875–1947 m. Eugenia Ward 1880–1908
      1. 1. Quincy (Lou) Sims 1901–1970 m. John (Lee) Pruitt 1896–1976
        1. 1. James (Eugene) Pruitt 1927–2007
        2. 2. Mark (A) Pruitt 1933–2007
        3. 3. Titus (N) Pruitt 1931–2017
        4. 4. Johnny (Ray) Pruitt 1929–1998
        5. 5. Samuel (Leland) Pruitt 1921–2003
        6. 6. Luke (L) Pruitt 1933–2012
        7. 7. Lois (Lee) Manasco 1926–2006
      2. 2. Osgar Sims 1906–
    2. 2. Stacy (M) Mayhan 1874–
    3. 3. Lorenzo (O) Sims 1878–
    4. 4. Annie (Belle) Fredrick 1875–1922
    5. 5. Lula (M) Morris 1869–1939
    6. 6. Robert (Emmett) Sims 1872–1936
    7. 7. Lorenzo (O) Sims 1877–1943
    8. 8. Edward (H.) Sims 1880–1919
    9. 9. Charles (A) Sims 1870–1900
    10. 10. Dora Mahan 1872–1912

Ann Thornton's Timeline

2 Records

1810
02 Feb 1810
Birth of Ann Philidia\Annphildia (" Annie") Thornton in Georgia
Georgia
1897
1897
Age 87
Death of Ann Philidia\Annphildia (" Annie") Thornton in near Wilsonville, Shelby Co, Alabama, USA
near Wilsonville, Shelby Co, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 02 Feb 1810
    Event Place: Georgia
    Record Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 2840.011; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1897
    Event Place: near Wilsonville, Shelby Co, Alabama, USA
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