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Children of Samuel Thornton and Ann Blank Lapthorn

John Thornton, b. September 11th 1848 at East Portlemouth, Devon, d. December 29th 1912, (1) m. November 11th 1871 at East Paule, Devon, Elizabeth Alice Pyle, b. 1848, d. 1894, (2) m. 1896, Ida Appleton, b. 1858, d. 1913
Children: John Percy Thornton, Lillian Alice Thornton, Robert Pile Thornton, John Lyndon Cole Pyle Thornton, Florence Mary Thornton, John Lyndon Thornton, Cecile Ruth Thornton

Emily Thornton

Ann Lapthorn Thornton

Samuel Thornton, b. 1852, d. 1856

Mary Thornton

William Thornton, b. 1855, d. 1932, (1) m. Caroline Emily Thorning, b. 1860 at Salcombe, Devonshire, England, (2) m. Nancy E. McIntire, b. 1859, d. 1916
Children: Bessie Thornton, William T. Thornton, Lee A. Thornton, Dewy Thornton

Samuel Thornton, b. 1856, m. Elizabeth Hadway
Children: ?? Thornton, Samuel Thornton, Mary E. Thornton, Gladys Thornton, Dermont Thornton, Leattes Thornton

Carolyn Helena Thornton, also known as Carrie, b. 1858, d. 1941, m. James Russel Brown, b. 1862

Selina Emily Thornton, b. 1860, d. 1945, m. John Edmund Bushell, b. 1858, d. 1931
Children: Floyd Thornton Bushell

Thomas Thornton, b. 1862, d. 1936, m. Nellie Mae Armstrong, b. 1865, d. 1951
Children: Ralph Emerson Thornton, Eve Nellie Thornton

Jessie Helen Thornton, b. 1863, d. 1956, m. William Harrison Miller, b. 1860, d. 1948

Richard Thornton, b. 1865, d. 1906, m. Miriam Viola Toothaker, b. 1866, d. 1960
Children: Lena Maye Thornton, Richard Emery Thornton, Leona E. Thornton, Arnold Eugene Thornton, Adria Viola Thornton, Frank Edward Thornton

Francis Jane Thornton, b. 1867, d. 1941, m. Allison M. McIntire, b. 1863

Herbert Thornton, b. 1868, d. 1944, m. Edith V. Grimessey, b. 1868, d. 1943
Children: Clarence Wilbert Thornton, Clyde Herbert Thornton, Charles Elmer Thornton, Herman Otis Thornton, Lloyd Mertin Thornton

Benjamin Thornton, b. 1870, d. 1916, m. Margaret R. Brethour, b. 1873, d. 1947
Children: Blanche Estella Thornton, Ruth Lucille Thornton, Margaret E. Thornton, Elmer Benjamin Thornton

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