1816 - 1895 (78 years)
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Name |
Obedience "Bedie" Clark [1] |
Born |
9 Aug 1816 |
North Carolina, USA [1, 2, 3] |
Gender |
Female |
Census |
1830 |
Hickman County, Tennessee, USA [4] |
Alexr [Alexander] Clark household
1 male of 10 and under 15
1 male of 20 and under 30
1 male of 50 and under 60
3 females under 5
4 females of 5 and under 10
1 female of 10 and under 15 [Bedie Clark, age 13]
1 female of 15 and under 20
1 female of 20 and under 30
1 female of 30 and under 40 [Charlotte Chappel]
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Census |
1840 |
Hickman County, Tennessee, USA [5] |
Ewin Thornton household
1 male under 5 [??]
1 male of 20 and under 30 [Ewin Thornton]
1 female under 5 [Esther Elizabeth, about 2 or 3
1 female of 20 and under 30 [Obedience "Bedie" Clark]
0 slaves
4 total
0 engaged in agriculture
1 engaged in manufacture or trades
1 cannot read or write
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Census |
29 Oct 1850 |
Hickman County, Tennessee, USA [6] |
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
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Census |
9 Jul 1860 |
Danielsville (post office), Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [7] |
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
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Land |
8 Jan 1872 |
Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [8] |
Beda Thornton sells to her son Howell J. Thornton, 56 acres jointly owned by her and HR Walker. States that she is "of" Dickson County. |
Died |
7 Aug 1895 |
Howell County, Missouri, USA [1] |
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Buried |
Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA |
Person ID |
I3549 |
Full |
Last Modified |
6 Aug 2019 |
Father |
Alexander Clark, b. Abt 1780, North Carolina, USA , d. 1852, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA (Age ~ 72 years) |
Mother |
Elizabeth Robertson, d. Between 26 Sep 1818 and Jan 1820, North Carolina, USA |
Married |
23 Apr 1808 |
Wake County, North Carolina, USA [9] |
Name: Alexander Clark
Gender: Male
Spouse: Elizabeth Robertson
Spouse Gender: Female
Bond Date: 23 Apr 1808
Bond #: 000152281
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 006832
County: Wake
Record #: 01 093
Bondsman: Abraham Dodd
Witness: Wm Hill
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Family ID |
F16 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Ewin K. Thornton, b. Between 1810 and 1815, North Carolina, USA , d. Between 1846 and 1850 (Age ~ 36 years) |
Married |
Bef 1836 |
Hickman County, Tennessee, USA [10] |
Children |
+ | 1. Esther Elizabeth Thornton, b. 1 Oct 1837, Alabama, USA , d. 22 Apr 1908, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 70 years) |
| 2. Benjamin F. Thornton, b. Abt 1841, Tennessee, USA , d. Aft 24 October 1863 (Age ~ 22 years) |
+ | 3. Howell Jackson Thornton, b. 28 Jan 1844, Tennessee, USA , d. 5 Feb 1923, Hartshorne, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA (Age 79 years) |
+ | 4. Polena "Lena" Thornton, b. 26 Feb 1846, Tennessee, USA , d. 21 Mar 1886 (Age 40 years) |
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Last Modified |
29 Mar 2009 |
Family ID |
F1195 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Della: "She was of Irish descent." [11]
Benjamin, Howell, and Reeves Adams, brothers. Reeves Adams appears in 1840 Humphreys Co tax records. Coincidental names? Bedie named sons Howell and Benjamin and her daughter Polina married a Reeves.
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Sources |
- [S41] Missouri, Howell - Cemetery, Walker Chapel, (County Road 2980, near Trask, Howell County, Missouri), Bedie Thornton tombstone (Reliability: 3).
"Bedie Thornton, 9 Aug 1816 - 7 Aug 1895"
- [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).
- [S192] Tennessee, Hickman - census 1870, (1870 U.S. census, Hickman County, Tennessee, population schedule), Pine Wood, District 5, Hickman County, Tennessee, Page 18 (penned), Dwelling 135, Household 133, H.R. Walker household (Reliability: 4).
Ancestry.com, my online source for this digital image, has indexed this census family as "WALKES" instead of "WALKER."
- [S3663] 1830 U.S. census, Hickman County, Tennessee, [township not stated], p. 292 (penned), [no stamped no.], line 25, Alexr Clark household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 July 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 176.
- [S3647] 1840 U. S. census, Hickman County, Tennessee, [township not stated], [no penned p. no.] p. 194 (stamped, second page), line 21, Ewin Thornton household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 524.
- [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.
- [S5710] Dickson County, Tennessee, deed book O:391, B. Thornton to H. J. Thornton (1872); TSLA microfilm no. 62.
- [S3667] "North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 July 2013), marriage bond no. 000152281, for Alexander Clark-Elizabeth Robertson, Wake County, 23 April 1808.
- [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"
- [S25] Walker, Della - Documents, (The collected letters and documents of Della Eveline (Walker) Warren Lonnem (now deceased); these documents passed from Della Lonnem to her daughter, Faith (Lonnem) Quick; from Faith to her niece, Jesse Keenon (granddaughter of Della Lonnem); photocopied, 1996, in the possession of Janis Walker Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC); original documents in the possession of Jesse Keenon (Muskogee, Oklahoma), 2007.).
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