Herschel O. Bunch

Marion married Dolly Thornton between 1915 and 1917 in Missouri, USA. Dolly (daughter of William D. Thornton and Martha Francis Tomlin) was born on 26 Sep 1898 in Missouri, USA; died on 13 Feb 1960; was buried in Thornton Cemetery, Douglas County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

from THORNTON family members still residing in Mountain View, Howell Co MO

William married Martha Francis Tomlin on 5 Apr 1891 in Siloam Springs, Douglas County, Missouri. Martha (daughter of George W. Tomlin and Williams) was born on 17 Jul 1868 in Butler County, Missouri, USA; died on 21 Jun 1948 in West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 23 Jun 1948 in Thornton Cemetery, Douglas County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Military: 1 Mar 1862;

  Howell Jackson Thornton's limited CMSR is hard to read, but it appears that he enlisted in Voorhies 48th Tennessee Infantry on 2 March 1862, which would have been on the heels of the Confederate loss of Fort Donelson, where his older brother Benjamin and brother in law Helton Rutherford Walker were taken prisoner.

• Military: Dec 1864;

  Difficult to read, but deserted in December 1864--day not legible, possibly the 16th.

• Military: 16 Jan 1865, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA;

  About a month after deserting, Howell Jackson Thornton took the oath of loyalty to the United States. The record describes him as fair complected with light hair, gray eyes, and 5 feet 5 inches in stature.

• Census: 6 Jul 1870, Civil District 1, White Bluff (post office), Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
• Land Entry: 20 Aug 1890, Douglas County, Missouri, USA;

  On this date Jack filed for 160 acres in Douglas County, near Siloam Springs, described as the "South half of the South East Quarter and North West Quarter of the South East Quarter and the South East Quarter of the South West Quarter."

• Homestead: Dec 1890, Douglas County, Missouri, USA;

  Jack's homestead proof witness statement indicates they built their house in December 1890 and moved in around January 1 of 1891.

• Land Patent: 27 Jul 1897, Douglas County, Missouri, USA;

  Issue date for the land entry that he applied for in August 1890. In his December 1996 claimant testimony, he stated that he had cultivated 20-23 acres and raised 3 crops.

• Census: 13 Jun 1900, Richland township, Douglas County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Thornton, Jackson, head, white, male, January 1844, 56, married 33 years, Tennessee, Tennessee, North Carolina, farmer, cannot read or write, owns farm, free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 183 2. _____, Talicha [Telitha], wife, white, female, September 1844, 55, married 33 years, 8 children 6 living, North Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina, can read and write 3. _____, John, son, white, male, April 1884, 16, single, Tennessee, Tennessee, North Carolina, can read and write

• Census: 20 Apr 1910, Richland township, Douglas County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Thornton, H. J., head, male, white, 65, first marriage, married 45 years, Tennessee, Tennessee, North Carolina, farmer, general farm, own account, cannot read or write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 50 2. _____, Telitha H. wife, female, white, 64, first marriage, married 45 years, 8 children 5 living, North Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina, can read and write 3. Bunch, Stella, granddaughter, female, white, 12, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, can read and write, attending school 4. _____, Anton, grandson, male, white, 9, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, attending school

• Emigration: Between 1884-1990, Douglas County, Missouri, USA;

  Howell Jackson Thornton's youngest child, John, was born in Hickman County, Tennessee, in 1884. Jack filed a land entry in Douglas County in 1890.

Notes:

Death certificate; OK Vitals has checked 1920 - 1929, and 1930 - 1936, but found no death certificate.

Could not find sale of Dickson Co property, check deed indices through 1900, when he appears in Douglas Co MO.

Appears in Dickson Co taxes until 1880, missing in 1881 and 1882 [stopped looking after those dates]. His son

Appears in Hickman Co taxes from 1881through 1884, missing in 1885. A Sam B. Thornto does appear in district 6, no acreage, 1 white poll, no acreage

Census:

1. Thornton, H. J., 26, male, white, works on farm, Tennessee, [can read, implied], cannot write
2. _____, L. H., 25, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee, mother of foreign birth
3. _____, W. d., 2, male, white, Tennessee
4. _____, L. [?.], 8 months, female, white, Tennessee, born in Nov

Died:

Howell Jackson's cemetery marker gives 6 February 1923 for his death, though his obituary stated it as 5 February.

Howell married Talitha Hawkins Emery about 1865 in Tennessee, USA. Talitha was born on 6 Sep 1844 in Tennessee, USA; died on 29 Nov 1916 in Richland, Douglas County, Missouri; was buried in Thornton Cemetery, Douglas County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Unknown STONE. (Presumably her mother's maiden name? Or her family name, and she was married previous to Howell Jackson Thornton?)

George married Williams. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]