Margaret Valeria A. Thornton
Margaret Valeria A. Thornton was born around 1844 in Kentucky to William and Isabella Thornton. Her father was a Baptist minister who owned $3,000 of real estate and $1,200 of personal property by 1860. The family lived in Warren County, Tennessee, until the 1850s, when they moved to Perry County, Illinois. She married Jordan Carrol Harriss on June 5, 1861, and they had two children: Clara, born around 1862; and Clarence, born around 1867. She died in Perry County on September 3, 1869.  
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(3230)Thornton, Margaret Valeria A. ~ Harriss, Margaret Valeria A.18441869-09-03
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 4

  • (3700) [recipient] ~ Orson R. Thornton to Margaret V. A. Thornton, 7 March 1864
  • (3784) [recipient] ~ Jordan C. Harriss Jr. to Margaret V. A. Thornton, 14 November 1862
  • (3792) [recipient] ~ Jordan C. Harriss Jr. to Margaret V. A. Thornton, 14 October 1862
  • (3798) [recipient] ~ Edward M. Harriss to Margaret V. A. Thornton, 20 December 1862

People - Records: 3

  • (3230) Thornton, Margaret Valeria A. is the [sibling of] (3229) Thornton, Orson R.
  • (3292) Harriss, Edward Marion is the [sibling-in-law of] (3230) Thornton, Margaret Valeria A.
  • (3293) Harriss, Jordan Carroll Jr. is the [husband of] (3230) Thornton, Margaret Valeria A.

Places - Records: 2

  • (539) [birth] ~ Kentucky
  • (2266) [death] ~ Perry County, Illinois

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SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920, available from Ancestry.com; Perry County (IL) Advocate, 7 February 1919.