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James Abner Thornton, Sr. (b. November 05, 1903, d. August 16, 1925)

James Abner Thornton, Sr. (son of George Snyder Thornton and Anna Elizabeth Squires) was born November 05, 1903 in Allen Co. Iola, Kansas, and died August 16, 1925 in Allen Co. Gas City, Kansas. He married Blanche Opal Pope on September 19, 1922 in Allen Co., Iola, Kansas, daughter of Otis Nathaniel Pope and Calista May Gatlin.

Notes for James Abner Thornton, Sr.:
Childhood...

Education...

Vocation...
Brickyard, Gas City, Kansas

Electrician for Cement Plant, Mildred, Kansas

Home Locations...
Parent's farm near Gas City, Kansas

Rural Savonburg, Kansas

Farm near Hepler, Bourbon County, Kansas

Mildred, Kansas

Death...
Died of a cerebral hemorage, a complication after falling accidently from an
electrical pole at the cement plant. He was 23 years old.

Buried in Highland Cemetary, Iola, Kansas, near graves of son Stanley and grave reserved for wife Blanche. The grave on the other side of Blanche is
Leo Rockford, Blanche's late second husband.

More About James Abner Thornton, Sr.:
Burial: Unknown, Highland Cemetary, Iola, Kansas.

More About James Abner Thornton, Sr. and Blanche Opal Pope:
Death of one spouse: August 16, 1925
Marriage: September 19, 1922, Allen Co., Iola, Kansas.

Children of James Abner Thornton, Sr. and Blanche Opal Pope are:

+James Abner Thornton, Jr..
Stanley LeRoy Thornton, b. July 12, 1925, farm near Hepler, Bourbon Cty., Kansas, d. March 08, 1945, Iwa Gima (WW II), b. Iola, Kansas.