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Harry Lee Thornton

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Harry Lee Thornton

Birth
Death
23 May 1926 (aged 61)
Burial
Gloucester County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Harry Lee Thornton was born July 5, 1864 in Gloucester Co., VA, the fourteenth and final child of Sarah Hayes & John Thornton. He married Virginia Lee Rowe of Achilles, VA on November 15, 1892 in Gloucester.

Harry and his bride lived on part of "Blue Plains" where he farmed. He played the violin by ear and was interested in church work.

Their children were Cornelia Thornton, Susan Thornton Gaskins, Harry A. Thornton, Mae Thornton Williams, Benjamin Thornton, Meaux Thornton, Harry L. Thornton, Virginia Thornton Swindell, Willis Thornton & Miriam Thornton Wilburn.

(Hayes & Allied Families of Gloucester Co. VA, p29)
Harry Lee Thornton was born July 5, 1864 in Gloucester Co., VA, the fourteenth and final child of Sarah Hayes & John Thornton. He married Virginia Lee Rowe of Achilles, VA on November 15, 1892 in Gloucester.

Harry and his bride lived on part of "Blue Plains" where he farmed. He played the violin by ear and was interested in church work.

Their children were Cornelia Thornton, Susan Thornton Gaskins, Harry A. Thornton, Mae Thornton Williams, Benjamin Thornton, Meaux Thornton, Harry L. Thornton, Virginia Thornton Swindell, Willis Thornton & Miriam Thornton Wilburn.

(Hayes & Allied Families of Gloucester Co. VA, p29)

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