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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.

GONE HOME TO BETHEL: A Directory of the Bethel Cemetery in Appleby, Nacogdoches County, Texas, Compiled by SheRita Kae Partin

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.

 

 

Marriage Records of Nacogdoches County, Texas 1830-1895+, Compiled by SheRita Kae Partin

 

 

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

 

 

 

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