Thornton Family Genealogy

    Thornton, David

Birth:     2 Jul 1815, Union Twp., Snyder Co., PA
Death:     23 May 1874, Green Twp., Summit Co., OH

Father:    Thornton, 3 John (*1787 Union Twp., Snyder Co., PA +1846 Green Twp., Summit Co., OH)
Mother:    Swartz, Catherine Thornton (*1788 Snyder Co., PA +1855 Green Twp., Summit Co., OH)

Married    Nietz, Catherine Thornton (*1810 Union Twp., Snyder Co., PA +1889 Green Twp., Summit Co., OH)
           22 Apr 1840, Sourced
Children:
    1. Thornton, Sarah (*1833/4/4 +1900)
    2. Thornton, Levi (*1837 Green Twp., Summit Co., OH +1905 Akron, Summit Co., OH)
    3. Thornton, Maria (*1840 +1878)
    4. Thornton, Lucinda (*1842 +1916)
    5. Thornton, Emanuel (*1844 +1915)
    6. Thornton, Urias (*1849 +1892)
    7. Thornton, Leah (*1849)
    8. Thornton, Elias (*1850)
    9. Thornton, 2 Henry (*1853 +1902)
   10. Thornton, Fannie ()



Censuses: 

 1840
Roll 428, Vol. 23, p. 278
Coventry Twp., Summit Co., OH
1 male under 5
1 male 20 <= 30
2 females under 5
1 female 5 <= 10
1 female 30 <= 40
6 total, no revolutionary pensioners
 1850
Roll 732, Vol 191, p. 96, Franklin Twp.
Age 36 [!], farmer, $6000 real estate, b. in PA
female Catherine age 40, b. in PA
female Sarah Ann age 16, b. in PA, in school
female Frances age 14, b. in PA, in school
male Levi age 12, in school
female Maria age 11, in school
female Lucinda age 9, in school
male Manuel age 7, in school
male Uriah age 4, in school
female Leah age 2
male Elias age 1 mo.
Next door are John, 28, & Mary Ann, 27 Swartz, 3 kids & boarder

Notes: 

Birthdate 11 Jun, 1814
SOURCE: BESSIE THORNTON genealogy, p. 209
Deathdate 23 Apr, 1874
SOURCE: BESSIE THORNTON genealogy, p. 209


Texts: 

David Thornton was established by his father, on a farm which
is opposite the Amusement Park on the Big Reservoir, at 3445 South
Main Street, and wjich is now the home of the Carmelite fathers.
SOURCE: JAY C. STEESE, The Thornton Story, 1840-1959, p. 12
Note: David Thornton Hm.
is now Interval Brotherhood Hm.
3445 S. Main St., Akr. Ohio
SOURCE: Jan, 1992 Cy Thornton genealogy pages, p. 211
Compiled By Cy Thornton
325 S. Firestone Blvd., Akron, Ohio  44301, 216.773.5421
SOURCE: Jan, 1992 Cy Thornton genealogy pages, p. 211