Thornton Family Genealogy

    Smith, John

Birth:     27 Feb 1912
Death:     15 Dec 1975


Married    Thornton, Olive Lucille Smith (*1908 S Main St., Coventry Twp., Summit Co., OH +2005 Akron, Summit Co., OH)
           27 May 1933, Sourced
Children:
    1. Smith, Marilyn Harrington (*1934)
    2. Smith, Dianne Doland (*1940)


Notes: 

Buried in Rose Hill
SOURCE: OKT phone conversation with TLT re: Marie Winifred Thornton's services
John was a hunter and outdoorsman
He gave Tom Thornton a bird gun.


Texts: 

Testimonial on Akron City Club
I seem to recall visiting a club downtown with Uncle John and Aunt
Olive, quite a few years earlier than the lunch with Aunt Olive at the
Women's Club.  I think this might have been after my graduation from
OSU in 1969 or Harvard in 1971.  On one of those occasions, Uncle John
gave me a nice black briefcase - the kind you seldom see any more that
is entirely leather, opens very wide at the top and holds about 6-8"
worth of documents.  I suppose these must have been popular with
lawyers.  Oh, I think I know when I received that briefcase.  I spent
six weeks or so in law school (OSU) before dropping out to attend
Harvard.  I think he must have given me the briefcase when I entered
law school.  Uncle John was not the kind of uncle who was very popular
with small children, but he was a tremendous guy to spend an evening
with as an adult.  I'm sorry that I only had a couple of those.  He
was very knowledgeable about American Indians, particularly those from
Ohio.  I'm sure he would have had many tales to tell of his days as
Asst. District Attorney in Akron had I only asked about them.  One of
my back-burner projects is to comb through Akron Beacon Journals from
the years he was working and see what I can turn up about his career.
I'll bet there's quite a bit on him.  (I'd also like to do the same
for our grandfather.  He also worked as a lawyer - at least for a
while - and I'd like to find out what happened to his career.  If my
mom knows, she's not telling.  Have you ever heard anything?)
SOURCE: Hal Offutt e-mail to TLT, 15 Oct 2005
Admitted to argue before the US Supreme Court