Russell Knight Thornberry

Birth Date

1809-02-02

Death Date

1900-06-24

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Emeline Poole Thornberry. Father of Mary E. Thornberry, Ann E. Thornberry, Matilda Nancy Thornberry, George W. Thornberry, Samuel Thornberry, Elizabeth Thornberry, William Thornberry, Marion Thornberry, Andrew J. Thornberry, and Susan R. Thornberry. Farmer in Henderson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Assessed taxes for slaughtering hogs in Webster County in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky,
Henderson County, District 2, p. 329B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 522-23.
Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866, NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 2.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #26156.
"Russell Knight Thornberry (1809-1900)," Find A Grave, Memorial #86691957, accessed August 23, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86691957.

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