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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.
FROST THORN
Born: ca. 1793 in Glen Cove, New York
Died: 3 December 1854
Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery in Nacogdoches, Texas
Notes: 1829 Citizenship Application; merchant; catholic; resident since 1824; Came to Texas with trading company of Barr and Davenport. First millionaire in Texas; elected state legislature of Coahila and Texas; Obtained empresario contract from Mexican Government; Chairman of the Committee of Vigilance and Saftey; aided the establishment of Nacogdoches University; Charter member of the Miliam Masonic Lodge # 2, 16 August 1837. Census records 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1847. Tax Lists 1837, 1839, 1840, 1845. 1849. Deed 5 May 1835; 1846 Poll Lists. Mexican Land Grants 25 August 1835--1 League in present day Upshur County, Texas.
Married:
Spouse: Susan W. Edwards
Born: ca. 1799 in Kentucky
Died: 11 December 1891 in Tyler, Texas
Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery in Nacogdoches, Texas
Mother: Susan Beall
Father: Hayden Edwards
Married 2nd: ca. 1856
Spouse: James F. Thorn (her 1st husbands nephew)
Died: 12 January 1876
Notes: 1847 Census; 1849 Tax Lists
Children:
1. Mary Marcellite Thorn, born 28 January 1842; died 20 July 1876; married William T. Gardner on 1 May 1865.
2. Frost Thorn II, born ca. 1850 in Nacogdoches Co., Texas; drowned with the yacht "Mohawk" when it sank in the New York Harbor; married Lilly A. Davenport in May 1873.
3. Estelle Thorn, died at two months.
1850 Census of Nacogdoches Co., Texas 12-12
Frost Thorn 55 M W none New York
Susan 40 F W Virginia
Mary 9 F W Texas
Octave Banamy 30 F W France
Susan Edwards 13 F W Texas
J. Vering 23 M W Gardner Germany
1860 Census of Nacogdoches Co., Texas 72-68
Susan Thorn 50 F W Traveling in Europe Kentucky
H. H. Edwards M w Adm. Est. Chas Chevaillier
LEONARD MORTIMER THORN
Born: ca. 1838
Died: 1909 in New York
Will: in Rusk County, Texas
Notes: Mason, Initated 29 April 1839 into Miliam Masonic Lodge # 2. First Class HEadright # 196, emigrated previous 2 May 1835 as a single man.
Married: 8 February 1858
Spouse: Augusta Amelia Raguet
Mother: Marcia Ann Towers
Father: Henry Raguet
Children:
1. Leonard M. Thorn, Jr., born
2. Conde Raguet Thorn
3. Marcia Raguet Thorn
FROST THORN, II
Born: ca. 1850 in Nacogdoches Co., Texas
Died: after 1875, drowned with the yacht "Mohawk" when it sank in the New York Harbor
Mother: Susan Edwards
Father: Frost Thorn
Notes: 1861 Tax List by H. H. Edwards, 1862 Tax List by H. H. Edwards
Married: May 1873
Spouse: Lilly A. Davenport
Children:
1. Marcellite Thorn, born 10 October 1874
2. Frost Thorn, III., born 20 October 1875.
MARY MARCELLITE THORN
Born: 28 January 1842
Died: 20 July 1876
Mother: Susan Edwards
Father: Frost Thorn
Married: 1 May 1865
Spouse: William T. Gardner (Garner)
Children:
1. Marcellite Thorn Gardner (Garner), born 3 March 1868
2. Florence Josephine Gardner (Garner), born 7 December 1869
3. Edith Marion Gardner (Garner), born 30 January 1874
4. Adile Madeline Gardner (Garner), born 7 August 1871
Emma Josephine Garner, born 16 November 1857, died 6 September 1928, daughter of Wyatt Garner; married Hiram M. Boozer; buried Oak Grove Cemetery; Hiram M. Boozer, born 26 October 1859 in Alabama, died 4 June 1935; son of Sallie Tatum and Hiram Boozer; married Emma Josephine Garner.
CLEVELAND H. THORN
Born: ca. 1854 in Texas.
Married: ca. 1876 in Nacogdoches Co., Texas
Spouse: Malinda (Matilda) A. Meeks
Born: ca. 1857 in Texas.
Mother: Jane Partin
Father: Isaac Meeks
Children:
1. Charles E. Thorn, born 29 March 1876 in Nacogdoches Co., Texas.
2. Liddy Thorn, b. ca. 1877-8 in Nacogdoches Co., Texas.
3. George Meeks, born 7 September 1887 in Nacogdoches Co., Texas.
Note: Meeks does not appear in the 1850 Census of Nacogdoches Co., Texas.
1860 Census of Nacogdoches Co., Texas 75-71
Isaac Meeks 35 M W Farmer Tennessee
Jane 34 F W Housekeeper Tennessee
Mary E. 17 F W Tennessee
David 14 M W Tennessee
Hanna L. 12 F W Tennessee
William 9 M W Tennessee
Emma 5 F W Texas
Malinda (Matilda) 3 F W Texas
Eddy 1 M W Texas
1870 Census of Nacogdoches Co., Texas 348-348
Isaac Meeks 48 M W Farmer Tennessee
Jane 48 F W Tennessee
Louisa 23 F W Tennessee
William 20 M W Tennessee
Emma 16 F W Texas
Malinda 15 F W Texas
1880 Census of Nacogdoches County, Texas 187-912
Cleveland H. Thorn 26 M W Farmer Tex.
Melinda N. wife 23 F W Tex.
Charles E. son 3 M W Tex.
Liddy dgt. 2 F W Tex.
IV.-5.-1. CHARLES E. THORN
Born; 29 March 1876 in Nacogdoches Co., Texas
Mother: Malinda A. Meeks
Father: Cleveland H. Thorn
IV.-5.-2. LIDDY THORN
Born: ca. 1877-8 in Nacogdoches Co., Texas
Mother: Malinda A. Meeks
Father: Cleveland H. Thorn
IV.-5.-3. GEORGE THORN
Born: 7 September 1887 in Nacogdoches Co., Texas
Mother: Malinda A. Meeks
Father: Cleveland H. Thorn