Welcome to our Thornton family

In this blog we attempt to create a visual history of a main southern Kentucky Thornton branch, descended from Scots-Irish Thorntons who may have arrived in Pennsylvania in the mid-1700s. If your goal is to check whether or not you or a family member are listed in our genealogy file, the first eight posts contain more than 1,500 names, listed generationally. Use the 'find' command to scroll through the material...Good luck.

Also, if you have photos, corrections, or inquiries, please feel free to contact us at thorntonsoky@gmail.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

John H. Thornton's Siblings: Robert F. Thornton

Robert F. Thornton (b. 1865 apr, d. 1950) was the youngest brother of John H. Thornton and, therefore, my great-great-granduncle. He married, Elizabeth Woolbright, who died less than a decade later: he then married Eliza Jane Kirby.















In this photo, we have Laura Ethel Thornton (b. 1889, d. 1976), daughter of Robert F and Elizabeth Woolbright Thornton; her husband, Cecil Law; and daughter. The Laws lived in Simpson County, KY. Children: Mary Elizabeth Law, Ellen Law, Vesta Mae Law, and Ernest Law.

(Photos obtained from family file, Simpson County Archives; donated by Joe Green)

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