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Barbara Ellen Thornton 1851 – 1941 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Feb 1851

Birth Location: Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States

Death Date: 11 Jan 1941

Death Location: Ivanhoe, Fannin, Texas, United States

Father: Kinion Thornton

Mother: Mary Boatwright

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Barbara Ellen Thornton was born in 1851 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, the child of Kinion M Thornton and Mary Jane Boatwright. Barbara Ellen Thornton passed away in 1941 in Ivanhoe, Fannin, Texas, United States.

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Biography

  • Barbara Ellen Thornton was born in 1851 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, the child of Kinion M Thornton and Mary Jane Boatwright.
  • Barbara Ellen Thornton passed away in 1941 in Ivanhoe, Fannin, Texas, United States.

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Barbara Thornton's Ancestors

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Barbara Thornton
1851 – 1941
Birth Place: Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
Parents
Kinion M Thornton
– 1885
Tennessee
Mary (Jane) Boatwright
1816 – 1889
Rutherford, Gibson, Tennessee, United States
Grandparents
Needham (Anderson "Yank") Thornton
1766 – 1858
Westbrooks Township, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
Mary ((Polly)) Haynes
1765 – 1850
Sampson, North Carolina, United States
Thomas (Rushing) Boatright
1791 – 1835
Rutherford, Gibson, Tennessee, United States
Clarissa Wade
1785 – 1860
North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Thornton
1725 – 1777
Martha Anderson
1725 – 1775
John Haynes
1754 – 1824
Barbara Baum
1758 – 1810
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Barbara Thornton's Timeline

2 Records

1851
8 Feb 1851
Birth of Barbara Ellen Thornton in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
1941
11 Jan 1941
Age 90
Death of Barbara Ellen Thornton in Ivanhoe, Fannin, Texas, United States
Ivanhoe, Fannin, Texas, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1851
    Event Place: Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Jan 1941
    Event Place: Ivanhoe, Fannin, Texas, United States

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