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JOHN STEPHEN THORN
Born: ca. 1815 in
New York
Died: ca. 1883
Entrance Certificate: dated 5 May 1835 as a single man,
emigrated December 1835
Notes: Jury List dated 1838; First Class Headright # 105;
Mason, Initiated into Miliam Lodge # 2
on 12 March 1838; Nacogdoches County Tax Lists of 1837, 1839, 1840, 1845, 1849;
1847 Census of Nacogdoches Co., Texas;
1846 Poll list of Nacogdoches Co., Texas; Mexican Land Grant dated 11 June 1835 of 1/4 League in
present-day Houston County.
Military: Served in Nacogdoches, defending the town against
Indian and Mexican Attack from March-April 1836 under Captian James Smith; he
was a 2nd Lt.
Married 1st: 25 November 1842
Spouse: Mrs. Ann Cleveland Smith
Notes:
(sister of Mary Frances Cleveland Rusk)
Married 2nd: 21 July
1859
Spouse: Mrs.
Amanda Pullen
Married 3rd: 8 October 1871
Spouse: Mrs.
Martha J. Perrin
Children: by 1st wife
1. Charles Thorn, born ca. 1842 in Texas.
2. Ben Thorn, born ca. 1845 in Texas; C.S.A. Co. A., Peter
Hardeman's Company, "left sick with dropsy at Fort Davis in late June;
arrived Ft. Davis 21 July 1861." ; 1860 Censu as student.
2. Emma Thorn, born ca. 1846
3. John S. Thorn, born 16 August 1849
4. Cleveland H. Thorn, born ca. 1853 in Texas, married
Matilda A. Meeks on 17 October 1872 in Nacogdoches Co., Texas. (See Partin
family Web Page)
[step-children]
5. Josephus Pullen, born ca. 1851 in Georgia
6. Arabella Pullen, born ca. 1853 in Georgia
[children by 2nd wife]
7. Richmond Thorn, born ca. 1864
8. Cicero Thorn, born ca. 1866
9. Amanda Thorn, born ca. 1870
1850 Census of Nacogdoches Co., Texas 541-541
J. S. Thorn 35 M W Farmer New
York
Ann 34 F W Georgia
Charles
8 M W Texas
Benjamin
6 M W Texas
Emily
4 F W Texas
John
2 M W Texas
Marcy C. Smith 15 F W Georgia
James Smith 12
M W Texas
1860 Census of Nacogdoches Co., Texas 754-741
John S. Thorn 45 M W Farmer New
York
Ann 44 F W Housekeeper Georgia
Charles 18 M W Student Texas
Benjamin 16 M W Student Texas
Emily 14 F W Texas
John 10 M W Texas
Cleveland
7 M W Texas
Josephine Pullen 9 F W Georgia
Arabella Pullen
7 F W Georgia
1870 Census of Nacogdoches Co., Texas 191-191
John S. Thorn 54 M W Farmer New
York
Amanda 36 F W Georgia
Arabella Pullen 16 F W Georgia
Richmon
6 M W Texas
Cicero
4 M W Texas
Amanda 4/12 M W Texas
1880 Census of Nacogdoches Co., Texas 203-208
John S. Thorn head 65 M W Farmer NY
Martha J. wife 43 F W Housekeeper Tenn.
B. son 15 M W Tex.
M.D. dgt. 14 F W at
home Tex.
R. dgt. 13 F W Tex.
A. dgt. 10 F W Tex.
RUSK, Infant Daughter -- 3 March 1923 (only date listed);
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Rusk.
RUSK, Minnie (Montgomery) -- b. 3 March 1895 d. 26 February
1971.
RUSK, Richard Bryan -- b. 7 February 1919 d. 3 February
1936; "Son"; son of Minnie Montgomery and Eugene Rusk.
1 -1910 Census of Nacogdoches County, Texas, by Kathryn
Hooper Davis; pages 34, 35, 68, 115, 191, 362, 368, 378, 379, 393
2- Nacogdoches—Gateway To Texas, Volume I, A Biographical
Directory 1773-1849; Carolyn Ericson
3- Marriage Records of Nacogdoches County, Texas 1830-1895+,
Compiled by SheRita Kae Partin
4- 1867 Voters Registration of Nacogdoches County, Texas.
5- Nacogdoches—Gateway To Texas, Volume II, A Biographical
Directory 1850-1880; Carolyn Ericson
6- 1870 Census of Nacogdoches County, Texas; draft copy by
Carolyn Ericson
7- The People of Nacogdoches County in 1880, by Carolyn
Ericson
8- 1900 Census of
Nacogdoches County, Texas; by Kathryn Davis and Carolyn Ericson
9- Gone Home To Bethel, A Directory To The Bethel Cemetery in Appleby,
Nacogdoches County, Texas, by SheRita Kae Vaughn Partin
10- David V. Muckleroy Indexed Cemetery Records; Nacogdoches
Co.Cemetery Records, Vol. 1, compiled by Carolyn Ericson, Gone Home To Bethel,
A Directory To The Bethel Cemetery in
Appleby, Nacogdoches County, Texas, by SheRita Kae Vaughn Partin