The family of 8 boys of Thomas Benton and Mahala Harper Thornton. The picture of Austin was inset which leads to an assumption that the picture was taken after his death in 1870.
People in photo include: James Thornton
Iam researching my mothers family. Elwood Lee Thornton was her father, Her great grand father was John Thornton, Can you please help me with the Thornton blood line. For we know very little of it. Thanks Sharee: email [contact link]
John Henry Thornton of Glasgow, New Castle County, Delaware United States was born on August 29, 1838 in CT, and died at age 55 years old on January 2, 1894 in Mount Pleasant, DE. John Thornton was buried at Glasgow Methodist Episcopal Cemetery in Glasgow.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...