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Rev. S W & Mary Thornton
at the church in Greenfield, 1963

Windows-all     Win-RELinder-FannieHamot     Maude-Wylder     Moses-Wylder      JohnWylder      History

 

1972 - MHIG

   

DOROTHY CLARK

Dorothy "Dotty" Lois Clark, 97, of Sebring, Fla., passed away Saturday, March 24, 2012 in Sebring. She was born Dec. 8, 1914, to Edward P. and Florence Daisy (Moore) Clark in St. Louis, Mo., and had been a resident of Sebring since 1985, coming from St. Louis. She was a missionary with SIM, joining in 1945 and retiring in 1979. She taught elementary school and Bible schools during her career in Southern Nigeria. She was an associate member of Bible Fellowship Church in Sebring.

A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at Pinecrest Cemetery in Sebring. A memorial service will be at 3:30 p.m. that afternoon in the SIM Chapel in Sebring, with Dr. Eugene Bengtson officiating. Memorial donations may be made to SIM Egbe, 4114 Nigeria Road, Sebring, FL 33875.

March 2012

This site is published with our great grandchildren in mind: 
 
     

Goodman                           Thornton                           Zahradka                           Snook

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and our grandchildren:


    
Lansaw girls
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Doug & Shirley's boys
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Sam & Kim's kids
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Sam & Tracy's girls
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Susie & granddaughter Sarah .............. and with daughter Samantha - Brandon
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  and my kids

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A pictorial account of the family by: 


Sam Thornton Jr, born 1-24-1938    

                 
1941                         1956                            2005                                 2011    



  my grandparents (cir. 1929)


Genealogy                 Sonton Peanut Butter factory, Japan


my parents (cir.1965)


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... the members of my family :

    <sup>Ruth - 1931     &    Alice - 1931           Charles - 1933          Elsie - 1934          Martha - 1935       
                                     

    Sam - 1938       John/Marcia - 1943         Kate - 1947            Nancy - 1951       Susan -  1953     
                                    


Birthdates of family members.</sup> 

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Timeline worksheet

Grandma Sarah Thornton grave at Denver Colorado, by Kate Beebe
Grandma Sarah gravesite, by Kate Beebe

... and the cemetery at:
http://www.colorado-cemeteries.com/Riverside-AdamsCounty-Colorado.html
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The ancestry of the family includes the following Greene County IL. pioneers -

James Henderson settled in Whitehall Twp. (1818-19)
Wm. Williams settled in Rubicon Twp. (1833)
Martin Thorpe moved to Rockbridge Twp. (1846) 




  James & Mary (White) Henderson    settled in White Hall Twp.
First to settle north of Apple Creek in Greene County.
In  the  spring of 1818 they lived near  Circleville, Ohio and  in the spring of 1919
they settled on land now (2012) owned by Don & Rosemary Nell in Whitehall Twp.
  They are the parents of Edwin Henderson, who married Eliza Jane Williams.
They are the fifth great grandparents of Lydia & Isabelle Lansaw

James,    Edwin,    Lydia (Thorpe),    Eliza (JB),    SWT,    Sam Jr,   Susan Lansaw,    Lydia & Isabelle


   a pioneer family, 1818-1819

... sketch from - Greene County Life, by L P Allen
page 16      page 17       pp 18        pp19        pp20        pp21        pp22

James & Mary Henderson family plot
 
 
      
Location -  White Hall Twp.


  ... notes on James Henderson see page 244 of:
History - Greene County

... ancestry of Mary White (Mrs. James Henderson)
Descendants of Mercy Shreve & James White 


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 William White and Lydia (Whitehurst) Williams    settled in Rubicon Twp.
  They are the parents of Eliza Jane Williams who married Edwin Henderson.

notes - settlers of Rubicon Twp.        plat of Township

Williams & Henderson family plot - Displaced       location - Rubicon Twp.

                            
Location -  Sam's house, Rubicon Twp.  
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Martin Thorpe       settled in Rockbridge Twp.
Martin Thorpe is the father of Ben Thorpe, who married Lydia Henderson.
Martin Thorpe is the 5th great grandfather of :
Kaylee & Rudy Jr. Zahradka and Annabeth Thornton.

Martin,    Ben,    Eliza (JB),    SWT,    Sam Jr,    Sam lll,    Erica,    Kaylee & Rudy Jr
Martin,    Ben,    Eliza (JB),    SWT,    Sam Jr,    Doug,    Joe,    Annabeth  


Martin Thorpe - his Life & Times


 Location -  Oakwood Cemetery - Greenfield



Lansaw activity, May 10, 2012


.... visit the Thornton information website at:
http://sonton.info
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..... if you have an interest in the history of "Tadmor"  (now Whispering Winds Bible Camp) go to:
http://tadmor.ws
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..... the history of David Thornton's Easter cantata, My Heart is Glad, is being compiled by Beth Provinse.
An LP album was located and utilized in this effort and is available for those who might wish to duplicate
this work. For info or a copy of the presentation recorded at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, contact Beth at:
bethprov@aol.com
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..... another performance of the My Heart Is Glad cantata was presented at Hope Congregational Church,
Brown Rd., St Louis on Easter Sunday - 1972. Phil Woerners mother was a choir member and purchased
a copy of the recording. From that L P album a digital copy has been made. The "finale" of that cantata
can be downloaded with the following link. It is a solo entitled, "O, Death, Where Is Thy Sting", followed
with the choir singing the theme, "My Heart Is Glad". Sheet music is also available for the tracks.

Audio   O Death Where Is Thy Sting   Track 12                 Music sheets, Track-12

My Heart Is Glad Track 3

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..... from Bernadine  2-25-2012
The testimony and message of a friend diagnosed with "Lou Gehrig's disease".

  Wm. Daughaday on - "getting it right the first time" (m4a)



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