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Reuben Thornton

Birth
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Death
23 Apr 1815 (aged 34)
Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA
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Reuben Thornton (1780-1815) was the son of George (c1741-81) and Mary Alexander Thornton (1756-1837), of Spotsylvania. He married in 1810, his third cousin, Anna Maria Washington (1788-1816). They settled in Wilkinson County, Miss. Their sons were Dr. Churchill Jones (1811-45) who married in 1840, Lucy Maria Beverley (c1823-97); and Charles Augustine Thornton (1813-86) who married in 1839, Cornelia Virginia Randolph (1819-49).


See Dr. Justin M. Glenn, The Washingtons, A Family History, Volume One, Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch (Savas Beatie, El Dorado Hills, Ca. 2014), I: 178.

Reuben Thornton (1780-1815) was the son of George (c1741-81) and Mary Alexander Thornton (1756-1837), of Spotsylvania. He married in 1810, his third cousin, Anna Maria Washington (1788-1816). They settled in Wilkinson County, Miss. Their sons were Dr. Churchill Jones (1811-45) who married in 1840, Lucy Maria Beverley (c1823-97); and Charles Augustine Thornton (1813-86) who married in 1839, Cornelia Virginia Randolph (1819-49).


See Dr. Justin M. Glenn, The Washingtons, A Family History, Volume One, Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch (Savas Beatie, El Dorado Hills, Ca. 2014), I: 178.



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