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Martha Ellen <I>Baker</I> Thornton

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Martha Ellen Baker Thornton

Birth
Bell County, Texas, USA
Death
1 Mar 1938 (aged 62)
Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA
Burial
Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Husband:
James W. Thornton.

As Mrs. Thornton was starting a fire under her wash kettle in her back yard, her dress caught on fire as she poured coal oil on the wood. Screaming, Mrs. Thornton ran to the yard fence, before several high school boys tackled her and rolled her in a quilt.
Husband:
James W. Thornton.

As Mrs. Thornton was starting a fire under her wash kettle in her back yard, her dress caught on fire as she poured coal oil on the wood. Screaming, Mrs. Thornton ran to the yard fence, before several high school boys tackled her and rolled her in a quilt.


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