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^{1949 Goldie Niday, Mary Thornton, Welth Stevers}

Mary Ann BURNETT ‎(I63)‎

Given Names: Mary Ann
Surname: BURNETT
Married Name: Mary Ann THORNTON

Gender: Female Female

Birth: 25 July 1899

35 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death: 18 August 1977 ‎(Age 78)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

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Birth	25 July 1899 38 35 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Marriage	Lewis Stanley Stan THORNTON - 30 September 1921 ‎(Age 22)‎ Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Memories	Source: Melba Thornton Citation Details: December 1978 Note: According to Melba Thorton, Ben Niday had wanted to marry Mary Ann Burnett, who married Stan Thornton. Ben didn't ever marry.
Memories	Source: Mamie Niday Robinson Note: Mamie Niday Robinson remembered that Aunt Welth and Aunt Mary for make-up used to put flour on their faces. Then they'd get a little piece of wallpaper that had some red in it to use for rouge. They always covered themselves to protect themselves from the sun.
Obituary	Source: Gallipolis Daily Tribune Citation Details: 19 Aug 1977 p. 10 Note: Mary Ann Thornton, 78, a resident of Eureka Star Te. died at 3:05 p.m. Thurs. in Pleasant Valley Convalescent Center, Piketon ‎[or Point Pleasant?]‎. She had been in failing health the past nine months. She was born July 25, 1899 in Guyan Tp., daughter of the late R.W. & America Sheets Burnette. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley Thornton in 1958. Two sons & two daughters survive, Dale, Mrs. Melba Sheets, Thomas, Mrs. Robert ‎(Joan)‎ Dayton, all of Gallipolis. Eight grand & one great-grandchild survive. Four brothers & six sisters preceded her in death. She was a member of Siloam Missionary Bapt. Ch. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Sunday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. Bruce Unroe officiating. Burial will be in Ridgelawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. Saturday.
Death	18 August 1977 ‎(Age 78)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Burial	21 August 1977 ‎(3 days after death)‎ Ridgelawn Cemetery, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Last Change	29 December 2010 - 13:53:23

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Parents Family (F22)
Father	Richard Woodson Dick BURNETT 1861 - 1938
Mother	America Francis Mec SHEETS 1863 - 1943
Brother	Henan J. BURNETT 1882 - 1897
Sister	Naomi Rachel BURNETT 1883 - 1883
Sister	Goldie BURNETT 1885 - 1951
Sister	Maude BURNETT 1887 - 1947
Brother	Ralph Liston BURNETT 1889 - 1962
Brother	Truman Fulton BURNETT 1891 - 1946
Brother	Hartie M. BURNETT 1894 - 1895
Sister	Weltha Adrian BURNETT 1896 - 1973
	Mary Ann BURNETT 1899 - 1977
Sister	Bertha Blanche BURNETT 1901 - 1903
Brother	Gory Murwood BURNETTE 1905 - 1977

Immediate Family (F23)
Husband	Lewis Stanley Stan THORNTON 1892 - 1958
Son	R. Dale BURNETT 1916 - 1981
Daughter	Melba Mae THORNTON 1922 - 1995
Son	Thomas Richard THORNTON 1924 - 1991
Daughter	Private -

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Shared Note	‎(Research)‎:According to Carolyn Vallance in Sheets book, Mary was born on 19 July 1899.
Memories	According to Melba Thorton, Ben Niday had wanted to marry Mary Ann Burnett, who married Stan Thornton. Ben didn't ever marry.
Memories	Mamie Niday Robinson remembered that Aunt Welth and Aunt Mary for make-up used to put flour on their faces. Then they'd get a little piece of wallpaper that had some red in it to use for rouge. They always covered themselves to protect themselves from the sun.
Obituary	Mary Ann Thornton, 78, a resident of Eureka Star Te. died at 3:05 p.m. Thurs. in Pleasant Valley Convalescent Center, Piketon ‎[or Point Pleasant?]‎. She had been in failing health the past nine months. She was born July 25, 1899 in Guyan Tp., daughter of the late R.W. & America Sheets Burnette. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley Thornton in 1958. Two sons & two daughters survive, Dale, Mrs. Melba Sheets, Thomas, Mrs. Robert ‎(Joan)‎ Dayton, all of Gallipolis. Eight grand & one great-grandchild survive. Four brothers & six sisters preceded her in death. She was a member of Siloam Missionary Bapt. Ch. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Sunday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. Bruce Unroe officiating. Burial will be in Ridgelawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. Saturday.

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Source	US Census 1920 Citation Details: 1920-02-06 Mercerville, Guyan, Gallia, Ohio 10-55 sheet 8
Source	Gallia County, Ohio Marriage Records, 1901-1925 Citation Details: Page 110
Memories	Melba Thornton Citation Details: December 1978
Memories	Mamie Niday Robinson
Obituary	Gallipolis Daily Tribune Citation Details: 19 Aug 1977 p. 10

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Family with Parents

Father

Richard Woodson Dick BURNETT

‎(I56)‎

Birth 25 April 1861

40 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 9 December 1938 ‎(Age 77)‎ Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

3 years

Mother

America Francis Mec SHEETS

‎(I55)‎

Birth 21 October 1863

20 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 27 December 1943 ‎(Age 80)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

Marriage: 26 October 1881 -- Gallia County, Ohio, USA

6 months

Brother

Henan J. BURNETT

‎(I57)‎

Birth 8 May 1882

18 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 1 November 1897 ‎(Age 15)‎ Gallia County, Ohio, USA

16 months

Sister

Naomi Rachel BURNETT

‎(I58)‎

Birth 15 September 1883

19 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death after 15 September 1883 Gallia County, Ohio, USA

20 months

Sister

Goldie BURNETT

‎(I53)‎

Birth 6 May 1885

21 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 19 May 1951 ‎(Age 66)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

2 years

Sister

Maude BURNETT

‎(I59)‎

Birth March 1887

23 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 6 June 1947 ‎(Age 60)‎ Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA

2 years

Brother

Ralph Liston BURNETT

‎(I66)‎

Birth 6 April 1889

25 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 18 November 1962 ‎(Age 73)‎ Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

2 years

Brother

Truman Fulton BURNETT

‎(I60)‎

Birth 28 July 1891

27 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 7 March 1946 ‎(Age 54)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

3 years

Brother

Hartie M. BURNETT

‎(I61)‎

Birth 27 February 1894

30 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 10 March 1895 ‎(Age 12 months)‎ Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

2 years

Sister

Weltha Adrian BURNETT

‎(I62)‎

Birth 19 January 1896

32 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 14 September 1973 ‎(Age 77)‎ Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA

4 years

Mary Ann BURNETT

‎(I63)‎

Birth 25 July 1899

35 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 18 August 1977 ‎(Age 78)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

2 years

#10

Sister

Bertha Blanche BURNETT

‎(I64)‎

Birth 27 September 1901

37 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 25 August 1903 ‎(Age 22 months)‎ Ruby, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

4 years

#11

Brother

Gory Murwood BURNETTE

‎(I65)‎

Birth 26 November 1905

42 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 28 May 1977 ‎(Age 71)‎ Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA

Family with Lewis Stanley Stan THORNTON

Husband

Lewis Stanley Stan THORNTON

‎(I1408)‎

Birth 29 January 1892

30 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 2 March 1958 ‎(Age 66)‎ Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

8 years

Mary Ann BURNETT

‎(I63)‎

Birth 25 July 1899

35 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 18 August 1977 ‎(Age 78)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

Marriage: 30 September 1921 -- Gallia County, Ohio, USA

-5 years

Son

R. Dale BURNETT

‎(I508)‎

Birth 18 October 1916

17 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 13 October 1981 ‎(Age 64)‎ Gallia County, Ohio, USA

6 years

Daughter

Melba Mae THORNTON

‎(I1409)‎

Birth 1 May 1922

22 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 28 August 1995 ‎(Age 73)‎ Gallia County, Ohio, USA

2 years

Son

Thomas Richard THORNTON

‎(I1410)‎

Birth 11 April 1924

24 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 22 April 1991 ‎(Age 67)‎ Gallia County, Ohio, USA

Daughter

Private

‎(I1411)‎