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Lurana Elizabeth <I>Howell</I> Thornhill

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Lurana Elizabeth Howell Thornhill

Birth
Pike County, Mississippi, USA
Death
1910 (aged 59–60)
Enon, Walthall County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Enon, Walthall County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Born to Burrell Howell (1820-after 1880) of Georgia & Mary Ann Reid Howell (1829-after 1880) of Mississippi. Both Burrell & Mary Ann Howell were living in Pike County, MS, from 1850-1880, as shown on the census. They are not the Burrell & Mary Ann Howell buried in Alabama at Memorial# 35366758.

Lurana married Asa Denson Thornhill (1844-1927) in 1870, per the 1900 census. Asa had first married Lurana's older sister, Mary Howell, about 1867. Following Mary's untimely death, Asa married Lurana, who helped raise her sister's daughter.

10 children, of whom 9 were living in 1900:
• Burrell Solomon Thornhill (1870–1940)
• John Pink Thornhill (1872–1957)
• Laura Jane Thornhill Brown (1874–1935)
• James W. Thornhill (1877–1887)
• Elias L Thornhill (1881–1962)
• Emma Thornhill Alexander (1883–1970)
• Joseph Marion Thornhill (1886–1971)
• William Denson Thornhill, Sr. (1890–1959)
• Jesse Lee Thornhill (1894–1957)
• one other child
Born to Burrell Howell (1820-after 1880) of Georgia & Mary Ann Reid Howell (1829-after 1880) of Mississippi. Both Burrell & Mary Ann Howell were living in Pike County, MS, from 1850-1880, as shown on the census. They are not the Burrell & Mary Ann Howell buried in Alabama at Memorial# 35366758.

Lurana married Asa Denson Thornhill (1844-1927) in 1870, per the 1900 census. Asa had first married Lurana's older sister, Mary Howell, about 1867. Following Mary's untimely death, Asa married Lurana, who helped raise her sister's daughter.

10 children, of whom 9 were living in 1900:
• Burrell Solomon Thornhill (1870–1940)
• John Pink Thornhill (1872–1957)
• Laura Jane Thornhill Brown (1874–1935)
• James W. Thornhill (1877–1887)
• Elias L Thornhill (1881–1962)
• Emma Thornhill Alexander (1883–1970)
• Joseph Marion Thornhill (1886–1971)
• William Denson Thornhill, Sr. (1890–1959)
• Jesse Lee Thornhill (1894–1957)
• one other child


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