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James Calvin Thornton

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4 Dec 1966 (aged 98)
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Clarksdale, DeKalb County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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James Calvin Thornton was the son of Jeremiah Todd “Jerry” and Martha Emeline (McConnell) Thornton. He married Anna May "Annie" Redman on February 28, 1892. To this union were born:

Ethel Lettie (Thornton) Wren 1893 – 1985
Infant son Thornton 1894-1894
Artie May Thornton 1897 – 2000
Samuel Calvin Thornton 1900 – 2001
Ira Redman Thornton 1903 – 1997
Louin Chappell Thornton 1906 – 2007

[From R.J. Thornton:] In the 1870s when James was in school he was taller than most of the other students and later when photography was introduced to record the students, James stood above others in the back row. As a youngster his family had a dog they named “Nips.” Apparently when the mother wanted to locate James she found it was easier to call the dog because Nips and James were always together. The family ended up giving James the nickname “Nips,” a name that lasted the rest of his life. He was musical, loved to sing and played the E-flat alto horn in the Clarkston band at summer concerts in the town band shell. Philip Thornton, Louin’s grandson, has the horn and has restored it to its original luster.


[Sources: US Census records; DeKalb County, Missouri, MOGenWeb Project; Thornton/Nelson Family History website; R.J. Thornton on home.comcast.net/~rjthornton]

See photo of gravestone on his wife's memorial.
James Calvin Thornton was the son of Jeremiah Todd “Jerry” and Martha Emeline (McConnell) Thornton. He married Anna May "Annie" Redman on February 28, 1892. To this union were born:

Ethel Lettie (Thornton) Wren 1893 – 1985
Infant son Thornton 1894-1894
Artie May Thornton 1897 – 2000
Samuel Calvin Thornton 1900 – 2001
Ira Redman Thornton 1903 – 1997
Louin Chappell Thornton 1906 – 2007

[From R.J. Thornton:] In the 1870s when James was in school he was taller than most of the other students and later when photography was introduced to record the students, James stood above others in the back row. As a youngster his family had a dog they named “Nips.” Apparently when the mother wanted to locate James she found it was easier to call the dog because Nips and James were always together. The family ended up giving James the nickname “Nips,” a name that lasted the rest of his life. He was musical, loved to sing and played the E-flat alto horn in the Clarkston band at summer concerts in the town band shell. Philip Thornton, Louin’s grandson, has the horn and has restored it to its original luster.


[Sources: US Census records; DeKalb County, Missouri, MOGenWeb Project; Thornton/Nelson Family History website; R.J. Thornton on home.comcast.net/~rjthornton]

See photo of gravestone on his wife's memorial.

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