Generation No. 1

        1.  Eli4 Thornton  (Abraham3, Thomas2, Edward1) was born March 27, 1801
 in Edgefield Dist., SC, and died April 27, 1873 in Alabama.  He married Nancy
Anderson.  She was born Abt. 1801 in South Carolina.

More About Eli Thornton:
Burial: Damascus Cemetery, Butler Co, AL

Children of Eli Thornton and Nancy Anderson are:
               2  i.      Edna Caroline5 Thornton, born October 28, 1823 in South
                          Carolina; died May 16, 1910 in Alabama.  She married
                          Joseph Beloved Gilbert Sims Abt. 1841; born March 22,
                          1817 in South Carolina; died May 22, 1854 in Raymond,
                          Hinds Co., MS.

More About Edna Caroline Thornton:
Burial: Honoraville Cemetery, Butler Co, AL

More About Joseph Beloved Gilbert Sims:
Burial: Raymond, Hinds Co., MS

More About Joseph Sims and Edna Thornton:
Marriage: Abt. 1841

+              3  ii.     Jacob Anderson Thornton, born October 20, 1826 in South
                          Carolina; died January 30, 1920.
               4  iii.    Nancy A. Thornton, born December 13, 1826 in South Carolina;
                          died July 15, 1894.
               5  iv.     David Thornton.
               6  v.      Herbert Thornton.


Generation No. 2

        3.  Jacob Anderson5 Thornton (Eli4, Abraham3, Thomas2, Edward1) was born
October 20, 1826 in South Carolina, and died January 30, 1920.  He married Elizabeth
Ann Gillion February 04, 1856 in Butler County, AL.

More About Jacob Thornton and Elizabeth Gillion:
Marriage: February 04, 1856, Butler County, AL

Children of Jacob Thornton and Elizabeth Gillion are:
               7  i.      Nancy E.6 Thornton, born August 29, 1870.  She married Josiah
                          Hope Stringer December 27, 1888 in Butler County, AL; born
                          September 01, 1869.

More About Josiah Stringer and Nancy Thornton:
Marriage: December 27, 1888, Butler County, AL

               8  ii.     Emily Frances Ann Thornton, born September 22, 1860.