Polena "Lena" Thornton

1846 - 1886  (40 years)

• Name	Polena "Lena" Thornton  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	26 Feb 1846	Tennessee, USA   [1]
  	Probably born in Hickman county, Tennessee.
  Gender	Female
  Census	29 Oct 1850	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  	1. Thornton, Beda, 36, female, N. Carolina, cannot read or write 2. _____, Elizabeth, 13, female, Alabama, attending school 3. _____, Benjamin, 9, male, Tennessee, attending school 4. _____, Howell, 7, male, Tennessee 5. _____, Polena, 3, female, Tennessee
  Census	9 Jul 1860	Danielsville (post office), Dickson County, Tennessee, USA   [5]
  	1. Thorenton, Beady [Bedie Thornton], 44, female, Domestic Lady, real estate $500, personal $400, North Carolina, cannot read or write 2. _____, B. F., 18, male, farmer, Tennessee, attending school 3. _____, H. J., 15, male, farmer, Tennessee, attending school 4. _____, Polina J., 14, female, Tennessee, attending school
  Census	7 Jun 1880	Richwoods, Sharp County, Arkansas, USA
  	1. Reeves, Robert, white, male, 35, married, farmer, cannot read or write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 2. _____, Paulena J., white, female, 30, married, keeping house, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 3. _____, Jerome W., white, male, 15, single, works on farm, attending school, can read, cannot write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 4. _____, David A., white, male, 12, works on farm, attending school, can read, cannot write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 5. _____, Campbell C., white male, 6, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 5. _____, Nelia E., white female, 8, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 6. _____, Whitfield, white, male, 2, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
  Died	21 Mar 1886  [1]
  	Buried at Walker's Chapel Cemetery, Trask, Howell County, Missouri
  Buried	Aft 21 Mar 1886	Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I19	Full
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2013

  
  

  Father	Ewin K. Thornton,   b. Between 1810 and 1815, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Between 1846 and 1850  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Mother	Obedience "Bedie" Clark,   b. 9 Aug 1816, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 7 Aug 1895, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Bef 1836	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [6]
  Family ID	F1195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Milton Reeves,   b. 28 Feb 1846, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 1 Mar 1929, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado  (Age 83 years)
  Married	Abt 1865	Tennessee, USA   [7]
  Children	1. Jerome W. Reeves,   b. 4 Dec 1864, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 15 Jan 1912, Como township, New Madrid County, Missouri, USA  (Age 47 years) + 2. David Alexander Reeves,   b. 20 Dec 1868, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 1939, Colorado, USA  (Age 70 years) + 3. Earl W. "Bud" Reeves,   b. 7 Feb 1873, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 25 Mar 1938, Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado  (Age 65 years) + 4. Wesley Whitfield "Whit" Reeves,   b. 4 Mar 1879, Missouri, USA ,   d. 8 Mar 1939, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] Missouri, Howell - Cemetery, Walker Chapel, (County Road 2980, near Trask, Howell County, Missouri), Polina Reeves tombstone. (Reliability: 3). Polina Reeves, 26 Feb 1846 - 21 March 1886 [S20] Tennessee, Hickman - census 1850, (1850 U.S. census, Hickman County, Tennessee, population schedule), Hickman County, Tennessee, pg 128 (penned), Dwelling 812, Family 912, Beda Clark household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3). [S382] Walker, HR - court petition, loose sheet, typed, Hickman Co TN, (Loose sheet, typewritten, headed "Court Records Hickman County Tennessee 1866-1879"; unknown origins, believed to have been abstracted by Martha Thornton (Centerville, Tennessee, and sent to Janis Walker Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC), 1980's; Mrs. Thornton is now deceased.). [S3646] 1850 U.S. census, Hickman County, Tennessee, population schedule, [no township stated] p. 128 (penned, recto), p. 64 (stamped, verso) dwelling 912, family 912, Beda Thornton household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 884. [S3656] 1860 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Danielsville (post office), Middle Division, p. 42 (penned), p. 222 (stamped, verso), dwelling 289, family 289, Beady Thorenton [Bedie Thornton] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1247. [S41] Missouri, Howell - Cemetery, Walker Chapel, (County Road 2980, near Trask, Howell County, Missouri), marker for Bedie Thornton (Reliability: 3). "Bedie Thornton, 9 Aug 1816 - 7 Aug 1895" [S2] Thornton, Howell Jackson - email, (Lisa [email for private use] to Janis Walker Gilmore, e-mail; discussing the Howell Jackson Thornton family.).