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Family: William H Thornton / Eliza M Blackburn (F29356)

• Father | Male William H Thornton

  
  

  Born	CA 1833	Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Married
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Mother | Female Eliza M Blackburn

  
  

  Born	CA 1836	Ohio, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Father	James Blackburn | F29355 Group Sheet
  Mother	Nancy Brannon | F29355 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Rosa Victoria Thornton

  
  

  Born	14 Aug 1859	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	2 Mar 1898	West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	John Adam Furget | F29357
  Married	13 Aug 1882	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

• Notes

  1860 Jackson, Virginia Wm H Thornton 26 VA Elizabeth M 22 OH Rosa V 10/12 VA John Louis 14 VA "History of First Settlers of Cow Run" by W.M. King The daughter, so I am told, married a man by the name of Thornton. She died, left a small child. The grandparents took the child and kept her until she was a young woman and married a man, John Furgate. The girls name was Rosa Thornton Furgate. They had two boys and five girls. Their boys were both killed. One was leading a cow with a rope. He tied the rope around his body and the cow ran with him down a rough hill, dragging him. When someone saw him and went to him he was dead. The other boy went after their cows one evening and was killed by lightning.