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Lafayette Luke Thornton

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Lafayette Luke Thornton

Birth
Greene County, Alabama, USA
Death
22 Sep 1902 (aged 73)
Texas, USA
Burial
Amity, Comanche County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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L.L. Thornton was born in AL and later moved to MS. He served in the Civil War for Company G in the 35th MS infantry for the CSA. He would fight in the Second Battle of Corinth, MS 3-4 Oct 1862. Battle of Vicksburg May-June 1863. In Atlanta, GA in August 1864 and was captured in Atlanta and then take to Camp Choice, OH as a POW until the end of the war. He then moved to TX.

He married Lucy May in Greene County, AL July 6, 1846 they had 10 children.
Elisha Hamilton "Columbus" Thornton 1847-1913
Nancy E Thornton 1849-1884
Mary Thornton 1852-1920
Martha Rebecca Thornton 1853-1937
Sarah Thornton 1853-1888
Isabel Ellen Thornton 1854-
L A Thornton 1856-
Eugenia Lucy Thornton 1862-1920
Thomas J Thornton 1869-1879
Eliza Alice Thornton 1872-1907

*Video of LL Thornton's Memorial dedication is right here.
L.L. Thornton was born in AL and later moved to MS. He served in the Civil War for Company G in the 35th MS infantry for the CSA. He would fight in the Second Battle of Corinth, MS 3-4 Oct 1862. Battle of Vicksburg May-June 1863. In Atlanta, GA in August 1864 and was captured in Atlanta and then take to Camp Choice, OH as a POW until the end of the war. He then moved to TX.

He married Lucy May in Greene County, AL July 6, 1846 they had 10 children.
Elisha Hamilton "Columbus" Thornton 1847-1913
Nancy E Thornton 1849-1884
Mary Thornton 1852-1920
Martha Rebecca Thornton 1853-1937
Sarah Thornton 1853-1888
Isabel Ellen Thornton 1854-
L A Thornton 1856-
Eugenia Lucy Thornton 1862-1920
Thomas J Thornton 1869-1879
Eliza Alice Thornton 1872-1907

*Video of LL Thornton's Memorial dedication is right here.

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I am the 3rd Great Granddaughter of L.L. Thornton

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