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Margaret Tennessee Thornton 1853 – 1915 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 April 1853

Birth Location: Springfield, Greene Co., MO, Missouri, USA

Death Date: 24 April 1915

Death Location: Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO, Missouri, USA

Father: Kinion Thornton

Mother: Mary Boatwright

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In 1853, Margaret Tennessee Thornton entered the world in Springfield, Greene Co., MO, Missouri, USA, born to Kinion M Thornton and Mary Jane Boatwright. Margaret Tennessee Thornton passed away in 1915 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO, Missouri, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1853, Margaret Tennessee Thornton entered the world in Springfield, Greene Co., MO, Missouri, USA, born to Kinion M Thornton and Mary Jane Boatwright.
  • Margaret Tennessee Thornton passed away in 1915 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO, Missouri, USA.

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Children(s)

Margaret Thornton's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Thornton
1853 – 1915
Birth Place: Springfield, Greene Co., MO, Missouri, USA
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

Margaret Thornton's Timeline

2 Records

1853
8 April 1853
Birth of Margaret Tennessee Thornton in Springfield, Greene Co., MO, Missouri, USA
Springfield, Greene Co., MO, Missouri, USA
1915
24 April 1915
Age 62
Death of Margaret Tennessee Thornton in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO, Missouri, USA
Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO, Missouri, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 April 1853
    Event Place: Springfield, Greene Co., MO, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 April 1915
    Event Place: Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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