HOUSE, 44th and 45th General Assemblies, 1885-89, representing Jefferson County; son of Ai and Mary (Lansdown) Thornburgh.
Attended common schools and Holston College, New Market. Occupation: Merchant.
Married December 24, 1867, to Addle (?) Meek; one daughter: Mamie. In Civil War: marjor in the 1st Tennessee Calvry, U.S.A.; mustered out in 1865. Post-Master of New Market, 1868-1885.
Member Presbyterian Church; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died at Morristown, Hamblen County on June 27, 1899; buried at New Market. Brother of Duff Green Thornburgh, Dr. J.W. Thornburgh and Montgomery Thornburgh, sometime members Tennesseee General Assembly.
SOURCES: SPEERS, Prominent Tennesseans, 5.29; Goodspeed; History of Jefferson County, 1190; Whitson, Personal Sketches, 64; Fentress County Gazette, July 6, 1899.
Attended common schools and Holston College, New Market. Occupation: Merchant.
Married December 24, 1867, to Addle (?) Meek; one daughter: Mamie. In Civil War: marjor in the 1st Tennessee Calvry, U.S.A.; mustered out in 1865. Post-Master of New Market, 1868-1885.
Member Presbyterian Church; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died at Morristown, Hamblen County on June 27, 1899; buried at New Market. Brother of Duff Green Thornburgh, Dr. J.W. Thornburgh and Montgomery Thornburgh, sometime members Tennesseee General Assembly.
SOURCES: SPEERS, Prominent Tennesseans, 5.29; Goodspeed; History of Jefferson County, 1190; Whitson, Personal Sketches, 64; Fentress County Gazette, July 6, 1899.
HOUSE, 44th and 45th General Assemblies, 1885-89, representing Jefferson County; son of Ai and Mary (Lansdown) Thornburgh.
Attended common schools and Holston College, New Market. Occupation: Merchant.
Married December 24, 1867, to Addle (?) Meek; one daughter: Mamie. In Civil War: marjor in the 1st Tennessee Calvry, U.S.A.; mustered out in 1865. Post-Master of New Market, 1868-1885.
Member Presbyterian Church; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died at Morristown, Hamblen County on June 27, 1899; buried at New Market. Brother of Duff Green Thornburgh, Dr. J.W. Thornburgh and Montgomery Thornburgh, sometime members Tennesseee General Assembly.
SOURCES: SPEERS, Prominent Tennesseans, 5.29; Goodspeed; History of Jefferson County, 1190; Whitson, Personal Sketches, 64; Fentress County Gazette, July 6, 1899.
Attended common schools and Holston College, New Market. Occupation: Merchant.
Married December 24, 1867, to Addle (?) Meek; one daughter: Mamie. In Civil War: marjor in the 1st Tennessee Calvry, U.S.A.; mustered out in 1865. Post-Master of New Market, 1868-1885.
Member Presbyterian Church; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died at Morristown, Hamblen County on June 27, 1899; buried at New Market. Brother of Duff Green Thornburgh, Dr. J.W. Thornburgh and Montgomery Thornburgh, sometime members Tennesseee General Assembly.
SOURCES: SPEERS, Prominent Tennesseans, 5.29; Goodspeed; History of Jefferson County, 1190; Whitson, Personal Sketches, 64; Fentress County Gazette, July 6, 1899.
Gravesite Details
Buried in Same Cemetery as A.I. and Mary Thornburgh, his Mother, Father and his wife, Addie Meek.
Family Members
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
