Mrs. Ida A. Confer Thornton died of heart failure, August 31, 1914 at her home on B street, Fairbury, Nebraska at the age of 55 years, 3 months and 18 days.
She was born at Livingston county, New York May 13, 1859, and shortly after the Civil war she moved to Clay Center, Kansas, where she lived until 1898, when she moved to Fairbury, Nebraska and married John Thornton.
She had no children, but she was a rearing mother to the six children of Mr. Thornton's first wife. They are: Mrs. Frank Durr, of Troy, Kansas; Mrs. C. L. Hobbs, of Lincoln, Nebraska, Miss Cecil Thornton of Lincoln, Nebraska, Percy, Albert and Lyndon Thornton.
Mr. Thornton died a year ago December.
She leaves one sister, Mrs. J. P. Clarke and brother, Byron or James Confer.
Burial at Greenwood Cemetery
Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas, USA
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Ida A. Appleton married John Thornton April 11, 1897 at Clay county, Kansas.
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The Dispatch-Republican (Clay Center, Kansas)01 Sep 1914, Tue Page 1
The Times (Clay Center, Kansas)03 Sep 1914, Thu Page 1
The Fairbury Daily News (Fairbury, Nebraska)03 Sep 1914, Thu Page 1
She was born at Livingston county, New York May 13, 1859, and shortly after the Civil war she moved to Clay Center, Kansas, where she lived until 1898, when she moved to Fairbury, Nebraska and married John Thornton.
She had no children, but she was a rearing mother to the six children of Mr. Thornton's first wife. They are: Mrs. Frank Durr, of Troy, Kansas; Mrs. C. L. Hobbs, of Lincoln, Nebraska, Miss Cecil Thornton of Lincoln, Nebraska, Percy, Albert and Lyndon Thornton.
Mr. Thornton died a year ago December.
She leaves one sister, Mrs. J. P. Clarke and brother, Byron or James Confer.
Burial at Greenwood Cemetery
Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas, USA
Researched and Transcribed by (Rich #46947058)
Note:
Ida A. Appleton married John Thornton April 11, 1897 at Clay county, Kansas.
My source websites can be found in my profile.
The Dispatch-Republican (Clay Center, Kansas)01 Sep 1914, Tue Page 1
The Times (Clay Center, Kansas)03 Sep 1914, Thu Page 1
The Fairbury Daily News (Fairbury, Nebraska)03 Sep 1914, Thu Page 1
Mrs. Ida A. Confer Thornton died of heart failure, August 31, 1914 at her home on B street, Fairbury, Nebraska at the age of 55 years, 3 months and 18 days.
She was born at Livingston county, New York May 13, 1859, and shortly after the Civil war she moved to Clay Center, Kansas, where she lived until 1898, when she moved to Fairbury, Nebraska and married John Thornton.
She had no children, but she was a rearing mother to the six children of Mr. Thornton's first wife. They are: Mrs. Frank Durr, of Troy, Kansas; Mrs. C. L. Hobbs, of Lincoln, Nebraska, Miss Cecil Thornton of Lincoln, Nebraska, Percy, Albert and Lyndon Thornton.
Mr. Thornton died a year ago December.
She leaves one sister, Mrs. J. P. Clarke and brother, Byron or James Confer.
Burial at Greenwood Cemetery
Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas, USA
Researched and Transcribed by (Rich #46947058)
Note:
Ida A. Appleton married John Thornton April 11, 1897 at Clay county, Kansas.
My source websites can be found in my profile.
The Dispatch-Republican (Clay Center, Kansas)01 Sep 1914, Tue Page 1
The Times (Clay Center, Kansas)03 Sep 1914, Thu Page 1
The Fairbury Daily News (Fairbury, Nebraska)03 Sep 1914, Thu Page 1
She was born at Livingston county, New York May 13, 1859, and shortly after the Civil war she moved to Clay Center, Kansas, where she lived until 1898, when she moved to Fairbury, Nebraska and married John Thornton.
She had no children, but she was a rearing mother to the six children of Mr. Thornton's first wife. They are: Mrs. Frank Durr, of Troy, Kansas; Mrs. C. L. Hobbs, of Lincoln, Nebraska, Miss Cecil Thornton of Lincoln, Nebraska, Percy, Albert and Lyndon Thornton.
Mr. Thornton died a year ago December.
She leaves one sister, Mrs. J. P. Clarke and brother, Byron or James Confer.
Burial at Greenwood Cemetery
Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas, USA
Researched and Transcribed by (Rich #46947058)
Note:
Ida A. Appleton married John Thornton April 11, 1897 at Clay county, Kansas.
My source websites can be found in my profile.
The Dispatch-Republican (Clay Center, Kansas)01 Sep 1914, Tue Page 1
The Times (Clay Center, Kansas)03 Sep 1914, Thu Page 1
The Fairbury Daily News (Fairbury, Nebraska)03 Sep 1914, Thu Page 1
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