Person

Russell Knight Thornberry (Webster Co., KY, farmer)

b. 1809-02-02 d. 1900-06-24

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.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

Thornberry, Russell Knight. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207327 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as Russell Knight Thornberry (Webster Co., KY, farmer). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (1)

People

Organizations

Places

Loading network...

Network Visualized

How to use the visualization

CWGK’s network visualization brings the edition’s documents to life. The network on this page centers around Thornberry, Russell Knight. Click on the light blue dot to see the documents in which the entity appears. You can also click on the dark orange dots to see other people linked to Thornberry, Russell Knight, a light orange dot to see the places connected to Thornberry, Russell Knight, or dark green dots to see organizations linked to Thornberry, Russell Knight.

Additionally, the lines between the dots add additional information. The light green lines demonstrate direct connections between Thornberry, Russell Knight and another person, place, or organization. The light pink lines highlight that the dots appear in the same document.