Note: 1850: John Thornton was 55 years old and born in Virginia; and his wife Nancy was 60 years old and born in "England." They had one daughter Mary 18 years at home. Mary was born in Ohio.
1860: John was 66 years old, and Nancy was 67. They owned real estate worth $200 and had personal estate worth $100.00 Both had been born in Virginia. Their son James G. and his family lived very close to them. James was a carpenter. He and his wife Elizabeth had had six children in ten years.