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Caroline Frances Thornton (b. 1831, d. Bet. 1900 - 1910)

Caroline Frances Thornton (daughter of John Thornton and Elizabeth Pool) was born 1831 in Pike Co. Georgia, and died Bet. 1900 - 1910 in Molena, Pike Co. Georgia. She married Henry W. Jordan on Abt. 1846 in Georgia.

Notes for Caroline Frances Thornton:
The surname of Caroline Frances is not proven. Evidence shows she may be the daughter of John Thornton and Elizabeth Pool.

Sources:
Census:
1850 Pike Co. Georgia, page 128, Family # 78. Listed as "Caroline F. Gourdon" age 19, born GA.
1860 Pike Co. Georgia, page 32. Listed as "Frances C. Jordan" age 28, born GA.
1870 Pike Co. Georgia, page 105. Listed as "Caroline Jordan" age 40, born GA.
1880 Pike Co. Georgia, E.D. 102, page 26B. Listed as "Francis Jordan" age 50, born GA, in household of daughter Dicey Riggins.
1900 Molena, Pike Co. Georgia, E.D. 87, sheet 3. Listed as "Caroline Jordan" age 68, born GA, in household of George McDowell age 44, listed as his "Grandma" (which doesn't make sense).

More About Caroline Frances Thornton and Henry W. Jordan:
Marriage: Abt. 1846, Georgia.

Children of Caroline Frances Thornton and Henry W. Jordan are:

Dicey E. Jordan, b. September 1848, Pike Co. Georgia, d. Aft. 1900.
John F. Jordan, b. 1849, Pike Co. Georgia.
Mary Ann Jordan, b. February 1851, Pike Co. Georgia.
Henry Solomon Jordan, b. 1853, Pike Co. Georgia.
Sarah C. Jordan, b. March 1855, Pike Co. Georgia, d. Aft. 1900.
+Joseph Jackson Jordan, b. October 15, 1857, Pike Co. Georgia, d. September 14, 1914, Roosevelt Co. New Mexico.
Wiley M. Jordan, b. February 1860, Pike Co. Georgia, d. Bef. 1870, Pike Co. Georgia.
William Jordan, b. 1864, Pike Co. Georgia.