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James M. Thornbury (LaRue County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace)

b. 1815-09-13 d. 1882-09-22

LaRue County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Mary M. Abell Thornbury. Father of Elleanor Thornbury, Thomas J. Thornbury, Joseph Thornbury, Matilda Thornbury, Mary B. Thornbury, Angeline Thornbury, Sofia Thornbury, and James M. Thornbury, Jr. Owned one enslaved person in 1850. Farmer in LaRue County in 1860. Justice of the peace for the 4th District of LaRue County in 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Larue County, Hamiltons, p. 6; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Larue County, p. 115.; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Larue County, Magnolia, p. 9; Find A Grave, "James M. Thornbury (1815-1882)," Memorial #62339620, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62339620&ref=acom (accessed May 9, 2017).

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Thornbury, James M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203853 (November 12, 2026).

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