| NAME | BORN | DIED | CEMETERY |
| Columbus Erastus "Tump" Thornton #922 | 23 Dec 1855 Tennessee Colony, Anderson, TX |
20 Apr 1937 Spur, Dickens, TX |
Dickens Dickens, Dickens, TX |
| Married:7 Sep 1876
Mary Jane Crawford #923 Erath Co., TX |
18 Jun 1857 Nashville, Pike, AR |
14 Dec 1925 Lawndale, Los Angeles, CA |
California |
| Children:
Roberts Felix Thornton #1952 married: Shontie D. Gordon |
Jun 1876 Texas |
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| Luther Marciellis Thornton #94 | 15 Jun 1879 Huckabay, Erath, TX |
5 Dec 1945 Texas |
Red Mud Dickens Co., TX |
| Gwendolyn S. Thornton #1950 | 28 Feb 1881 Erath Co., TX |
1 May 1950 Los Angeles Co., CA |
California |
| Annah Belle Thornton #1955 | 28 Oct 1882 Erath Co., TX |
7 May 1908 |
Dickens Dickens, Dickens, TX |
| Sevetus Ida Thornton #1080 | 15 Jan 1885 Erath Co., TX |
3 Nov 1936 Lubbock, Lubbock, TX |
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| Ruby Vergil Thornton #1953 | 4 Oct 1887 Barton Creek, Erath, TX |
1 Mar 1970 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA |
California |
| Joseph "Joe" Thornton #81 | 12 Sep 1890 Huckabay, Erath, TX |
17 Aug 1963 Ft. Worth, Tarrant, TX |
Red Mud Dickens Co., TX |
| Peter Thornton #11033 | Aug 1892 Erath Co., TX |
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| Eral "Bush" Thornton #1082 | 6 Dec 1894 |
13 Feb 1983 |
Live Oak Dublin, Erath, TX |
| Parent Records:
1860 Census TX Palo Pinto JP5 Jul 17 (with parents, Peter Davidson hsehld): Columbus Thornton 4 TX. 1870 Census TX Erath Willow Spg (with parents): Columbus E 14 TX. 1876 Marriage Records TX Erath 1869-1891: C E Thornton & M J Crawford 7 Sep 1876. 1880 Census TX Erath JP& 238/242 Jun 28: C E Thornton 24 TX AL TN, Mary J 23 AR SC SC, Felix R 2, Luther M 1, Jeff Garland 37 MS VA TN uncle. 1900 Census TX Runnels JP470/80 Jun 8: Erastus Thorton 43 Dec 1856, Mary 42 Jun 1857 (marr 22 yrs 9/9 children), Luther 20 Jun 1879, Sevetes 15 Jan 1885, Ruby 11 Oct 1889, Josiah 9 Sep 1890, Peter 7 Aug 1892, Eral 6 Dec 1893. 1910 Census TX Runnels JP4, 238/239 May 11: C E Thornton 54, May Jane 53 (married 32 yrs 9/8 children), Joseph 19, Pete 17, Earl 15. 1920 Census NM Lincoln Carrizozo 329/346 Feb 18: Columbus Thornton 64, Mary 63. 1930 Census TX Stephens 33/37 (Henry C Thornton hsehld): Columbus Thornton 74 (brother, widower) Death Certificate: C E Thornton b. 23 Dec 1855 d. 20 Apr 1937 Spur, Dickens, TX bur. Dickens Cem widowed, informant: Jane Thornton. Dickens Cem Listing: C. E. Thornton 1855-1937 (S. Row 11, grave 28) next to dau. Annah Belle. Mary Jane Crawford is the daughter of Josiah Crawford (1824-1910) & Sarah Safronia Laird (1826-1896). |
| Roberts Felix married Shontie Gordon in Erath Co., daughter of James Addison Bishop Gordon & Helen M. (unknown). Shontie was born Feb 1880 in Texas & died 27 Apr 1948 in Motley Co., TX..
Records: 1880 Census TX Erath JP7 Jun 28 (with parents): Felix R 2 TX. 1880 Census TX Erath JP7 (with parents in her grandmother, Lucinda Gordon's hsehld): Shontie D Gordon 3/12 TX. 1899 - TX Marriages 1814-1909: R F Thornton - Shantie Gordon 26 Oct 1899. 1900 Census TX Erath JP7 147/147 Jun 13 Felix Thornton 23 Jun 1876 TX, Shontia 20 Feb 1880 TX. 1910 Census TX Erath JP7 100/101 1918 WWI Draft Reg TX Motley Matador 12 Sep 1918: Roberts Felix Thornton b. 18 Jun 1877, blacksmith, signed Roberts Felix Thornton. 1920 not found 1930 Census TX Motley Matador 750/326 Apr 11: Felix R Thornton 52 (21 when marr, blacksmith shop), Shantie D 50 (20 when marr) Probable Texas Death Index: Robert F Thornton 23 Oct 1956, Hutchinson Co. Texas Death Index: Mrs. R. F. Thornton d. 27 Apr 1948 Motley County. |
| Gwendolyn was born in 1881 and married in 1889 (between the Censuses). Her middle name is thought to
be "Sweepsama" or something similar. She married William Hiram Allison 7 Sep 1899 in Erath Co., TX. They divorced
sometime after 1920 & before 1930. He was born 18 Dec 1879 in TX & died 18 Nov 1947 in Los Angeles Co., CA -- son
of James W. Allison & Nancy L. Stevens.
Records: 1880 Census TX Erath JP7 240/243 Jun 28 (with parents): Willie H 5/12 (born Dec). 1900 Census TX Erath JP7 67/67 Jun 7: William Allison 20 Dec 1879, Gwen 19 Feb 1881. 1910 Census NM Chaves 54/54 Apr 19: Willie H 30, Gwen D 29 (marr 10 yrs 3/3 children), Sammie M 8 TX , Ruby L 5 TX, Wylie D 2 TX. 1930 Census CA Los Angeles, Los Angeles 195/267 Apr 10 (hsehld of Jenette Yoder): Gwyn Allison 48, divorced (practical nurse for private family). CA Death Index 1940-1997: Gwendolyn Allison b. 28 Feb 1881 TX, d. 1 May 1950 Los Angeles Co. CA Death Index 1940-1997: William Hiram Allison b. 18 Dec 1879 TX, d. 18 Nov 1947 Los Angeles Co., CA. Father's surname: Allison, Mother's maiden surname: Stevens. |
| Annah was also born and married between the Censuses. She married Osgood Pierce Clark 7 Sep 1899 in Erath
Co., TX. He was born Nov 1880 in TX, reportedly a Methodist preacher.
Records: Texas Marriages 1814-1900: Annah Thornton 7 Sep 1899 to O P Clark, Erath Co. Cemetery marker: Annah Belle Clark 1882-1908. Her death is presumably related to the death of infant Pierce Webb Clark who, with his mother are buried next to her father. |
| Sevetus married Edward E. "Ed" Gaston. He was born Feb 1879 in Erath Co., TX, the son of S. A. & M. P. Gaston.
(Sevetus was sister-in-law to my father, Kay Brantner. She and Ed, son Trey & Hazel Gaston, & Ed's brother Ernest were our neighbors in the Beck Community of Lamb County, TX in the 1930s & 1940s.) Records: 1900 Census TX Runnels Jun 8 (with parents): Sevetes 15, Jan 1885 TX. 1900 Census TX Runnels (with parents) E E Gaston 21, Feb 1879 MS GA MS. 1910 Census TX Runnels JP4: Ed Gaston 31, Seditis 23, Tayle (son) 5, Colay (son) 1. Death Cert: Sevetts Ida Gaston b. 15 Jan 1885 Erath Co., TX d. 3 Nov 1936 Lubbock, Lubbock, TX. Burial Littlefield (Lamb) TX. Spouse Ed Gaston, resided Sudan (Lamb), TX, father: C E Thornton, mother: Mary Crawford. Informant: Ernest Gaston, Sudan. |
| Ruby married John Spilla Smith about 1904, possibly in Runnels Co.,and he died early in the marriage,
probably in CA. They supposedly had three children. Ruby married (unknown) Cooksey 7 Jan 1939, and (3) (unknown)
Buckley 17 Aug 1945.
Records: 1880 Census TX Runnels Jun 8 (with parents) Ruby 11, Oct 1889 TX. 1910 Census TX Runnels Ballinger 41/43 Apr 10: J S Smith 26, Ruby 22, Thurston 4. (married 5 yrs 1/1 chldren). 1920 Census TX El Paso, El Paso 145/180 Jan 21: John Smith 35, Ruby 32, Thornton 14, Imadine 4 9/12. 1930 Census CA Los Angeles, Los Angeles 158/165 Apr 5: John S Smith 45 (married at age 23), Ruby V 41 (married at age 17), Imadine(?) 15. CA Death Index 1940-1997: Ruby V Buckley b. 4 Oct 1887 TX d. 1 Mar 1970 Los Angeles Co. |
| Peter married Iva L (unknown)
Records: 1900 Census TX Runnels Jun 8 (with parents): Peter Thorton(sic) 7, Aug 1892 TX. 1910 Census TX Runnels May 11(with parents): Pete Thornton 17 TX. 1920 Census NM Chaves Roswell 14/16 Jan 15: Peter Thornton 27, Iva L 23 TX, Joyce A 1/12 NM 1920 Census CA Los Angeles, Los Angeles 308/316 Apr 11: Peter Thornton 36 (marr at age 21), Ivy L (marr at age 18), Alleyne 10 NM, Dorothy L 6 AZ. |
| Pedigree Chart 1 Brantner |
Daniel Roberts Thornton Father |
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