Family Ties

Frank M. Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born in 1870. He died in 1935. He was buried in 1935 in Highland Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone: Highland Cemetery
FRANK M. THORNBURG
1870 - 1935

Note: There is also a Frank Miller Thornburg, 1870 -1934 buried in the Thornburg Burial Place. Are they the same person, and if so, why two tombstones in different cemeteries? Parents: Uriah Millard Thornburg and Mary Frances Griffin.

George Allen Thornburg (Private). Parents: Owen David Shannon Thornburg and Cesshell M. Floyd.

George E. Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 28 Jun 1846 in Cabell Co., Va.(WV). He was buried in 1915 in Oaklawn Cemetery, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. He died in Jun 1915. George and Nancy Thornburg had no children. Parents: Thomas T. Thornburg and Margaret C. Miller.

He was married to Nancy Ann Wilson on 7 Dec 1869 in Cabell Co., WV.

George G. Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born about 30 Jun 1863. He died on 1 Jul 1864. He was buried after 1 Jul 1864 in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
GEORGE G.
Son of
U. M. & M. F. THORNBURG
Departed this life
July 1, 1864
AGED
1 year & 1 day
Parents: Uriah Millard Thornburg and Mary Frances Griffin.

George McGinnis Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 15 Jan 1912 in Huntington, Cabell Co., WV. He died on 8 Jan 1991. He had Social Security Number 234-07-1329. GEORGE M THORNBURG
SSN 234-07-1329 Residence:
Born 15 Jan 1912 Last Benefit:
Died 8 Jan 1991 Issued: WV (Before 1951)
-SSDI
Parents: Henry Orsamus Thornburg and Lelia Mae Everett.

George Walter Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 1 Sep 1854. He died before 27 Mar 1923. He was buried on 27 Mar 1923 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell Co., WV. Parents: Hezekiah Martin Thornburg and Barbara E. Baumgardner .

Children were: Annie B. Thornburg.

Georgie Eliza Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 20 Oct 1865 in Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. 1900 Cabell County Census list Georgie Thornburg, dau of John and Sarah, as born Oct. 1866 in WV. She died on 14 Apr 1924. She was buried on 16 Apr 1924 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell Co., WV. Parents: John William Thornburg and Sarah Priscilla McGinnis.

Gertrude Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 25 Feb 1862. She died on 25 Nov 1944. She was buried in Milton Cemetery, Milton, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
GERTRUDE T.
SUMMERS
FEB. 25, 1862
NOV. 25, 1944

Section: B - Row: B - Plot: 30

Parents: John W. Thornburg and Emily A. Handley.

She was married to Thomas Bascom Summers on 22 May 1920 in Cabell Co., WV.

Harry Collins Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 24 Mar 1866 in Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., WV. The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 99

The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 99

THOMAS COLLINS THORNBURG was for a number of years
in the railroad service, became a traffic manager, and out
of his long experience has founded and developed at Hunt-
ington the Thornburg Traffic Bureau, a highly specialized
and technical organization with a clientele embracing many
West Virginia business and industrial concerns.

Mr. Thornburg is a member of an old family of Cabell
County, but was born at Richmond, Virginia, April 6, 1892.
The Thornburgs are of Scotch ancestry, and settled in
Virginia in Colonial times. His grandfather, Collins U.
Thornburg, was born in West Virginia in 1834, was a
pioneer farmer of Cabell County, and while he was away
serving in the Confederate army during the Civil war his
fine old homestead, located at what is now Guyandotte, was
burned and destroyed by the Federals. That is how the
family property was swept away during the war. Collins
V. Thornburg recovered his early losses during subsequent
years, and continued his life as a farmer near Huntington
until his death in 1899. He married Nora Miller, who was
born near Cincinnati in 1840, and is still living at Hunting-
ton past the age of four score. All her children, four boys
and three girls, are living, namely: Harry C.; Miss Lyda,
a teacher in the public schools of Huntington; Charles, a
merchant in the State of Iowa; Edgar, secretary and treas-
urer of the Foster-Thornburg Hardware Company of Hunt-
ington; Frank, a traveling salesman with home at Hunting-
ton; Prances, twin sister of Frank, an employe of the
Mercereau Hawkins Tie Company of Huntington; and
Mrs. Nora Yarbrough, wife of a traveling salesman living
at Huntington.

Harry C. Thornburg, who was born at Martinsburg, West
Virginia, in 1866, has spent all his active life in railroad
service. He was reared near Huntington, and lived for
several years at Richmond, Virginia, where he married and
where he was in the service of the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail-
road as a machinist. He has been with the same railroad
ever since, removing to Huntington in 1900, and in 1916 was
promoted from machinist to foreman of the roundhouse and
is still on duty. Harry C. Thornburg is a democrat, a
member of the Johnson Memorial Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, of Huntington, and is affiliated with Reese
Camp No. 66, Woodmen of the World, and Huntington
Lodge No. 313, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Harry C. Thornburg married Belle Hartwell Turner, who
was born at Richmond, Virginia, in 1872. The oldest of
their children is Thomas Collins. Rosa, the second in age,
is the wife of John Vaughan, a jewelry merchant at Louisa,
Kentucky. Mamie, the youngest child, is the wife of Earl
Branham, who is connected with the Du Pont Powder Com
pany and lives at Huntington.

Thomas Collins Thornburg acquired a public school educa-
tion at Huntington, and has lived in that city since he was
eight years of age. He left school at the age of sixteen
and began his service with the Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Company as a messenger boy. He possessed the special in-
tellectual qualifications that opened the way for rapid
advancement in the complicated subject of rates and tariff,
and while still at Huntington he was promoted to rate clerk.
In 1914 he was transferred, with an advance of salary and
as rate clerk, to Fairmont, and in 1917 went to the Cleve-
land, Ohio, headquarters of the Baltimore & Ohio, as chief
rate clerk. He resigned this position in 1919 and became
traffic manager at Cleveland for the Ohio Chemical and
Manufacturing Company.

In 1920 Mr. Thornburg returned to Huntington and
established the Thornburg Traffic Bureau, of which he is
sole owner. This bureau performs the important service of
freight audit bureau and the handling of nearly every sub-
ject involving freight transportation for business interests.
The bureau looks after a large volume of business before
the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Public Service
Commission. The offices of the bureau are in the Lewis-
Samson Building on Fourth Avenue in Huntington.

Mr. Thornburg is a democrat, a member of the Johnson
Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the West
Side Country Club of Huntington. He married in that city
in 1913 Miss Mae Bland, daughter of John H. and Edna
May Bland, resident of Huntington, where her father is a
retired building contractor. Mrs. Thornburg is a graduate
of the Huntington High School with the class of 1911 and
also a graduate of Marshall College. To their marriage
were born four children: Thomas Collins, Jr., born May 30,
1914; Edna Hartwell, who died at the age of eighteen
months; James Lewis, born December 13, 1919; and Edgar
Horace, born May 7, 1921.
Parents: Collins Unseld Thornburg and Leonora Chapman Miller.

Children were: Thomas Collins Thornburg, Rosa Thornburg, Mamie Thornburg.

Henry Everett Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 8 Oct 1908 in Huntington, Cabell Co., WV. He died on 14 Oct 2001. He had Social Security Number 234-07-1605. HENRY E THORNBURG
SSN 234-07-1605 Residence: 40243 Louisville, Jefferson, KY
Born 8 Oct 1908 Last Benefit:
Died 14 Oct 2001 Issued: WV (Before 1951)
-SSDI
Parents: Henry Orsamus Thornburg and Lelia Mae Everett.

He was married to Rebecca Adelaide Donnally on 18 Sep 1934.

Henry Orsamus Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 30 May 1869 in Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. He died on 26 Feb 1953 in Huntington, Cabell Co., WV. He was buried on 1 Mar 1953 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell Co., WV. Parents: John William Thornburg and Sarah Priscilla McGinnis.

He was married to Lelia Mae Everett in 1907 in Cabell Co., WV. Children were: Henry Everett Thornburg, George McGinnis Thornburg, Leland Wilson Thornburg .

Hester Thornburg⁽¹⁾ Parents: Owen David Shannon Thornburg and Cesshell M. Floyd .

Hezekiah Thornburg⁽¹⁾ Parents: Thomas Thornburg and Sarah Shepherd.

He was married to Rachael Crawford in 1785.

Hezekiah Martin Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 1 Dec 1831 in OH. He appeared on the census in 1870 in Guyandotte, Cabell Co., WV. 107, Family 103, Guyandotte PO, 1870 Cabell County Census He was buried in 1900 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
HEZEKIAH THORNBURG
1831 1900 He died on 13 Apr 1900. Parents: Ephram Thornburg and Rachael Simmons.

He was married to Barbara E. Baumgardner on 1 Nov 1853 in Cabell Co., Va.(WV).⁽⁴¹⁷⁾ Children were: George Walter Thornburg, Isabella Thornburg , Benton Thornburg, Thomas Thornburg.

Howard B. Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 28 Aug 1888. He was buried in 1966 in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV.⁽⁴¹⁸⁾ He died in Jan 1966. He had Social Security Number 234-60-8546. HOWARD THORNBURG
SSN 234-60-8546 Residence: West Virginia
Born 28 Aug 1888 Last Benefit:
Died Jan 1966 Issued: WV (1955)
-SSDI Parents: Claudius Henry Thornburg and Ida Emma Fox.

Infant Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 24 Oct 1878. She died on 24 Oct 1878. She was buried about 25 Oct 1878 in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
INFANT
Daughter of
J. L. & V. F.
THORNBURG
BORN & DIED
OCT. 24, 1878 Parents: James Lewis Thornburg and Virginia Frances Handley.

Isabella Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 12 Jan 1857 in Cabell Co., Va.(WV). She died on 29 Jun 1868 in Cabell Co., WV. Parents: Hezekiah Martin Thornburg and Barbara E. Baumgardner.

Rev. J. S. Thornburg⁽¹⁾ Parents: Uriah Millard Thornburg and Mary Frances Griffin .

James Harvey Thornburg⁽¹⁾ Parents: James Lewis Thornburg and Virginia Frances Handley .

He was married to Della I. Drummond in 1910 in Cabell Co., WV.

James Lewis Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 28 Oct 1835. He died on 24 Aug 1904. He was buried in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Parents: Solomon Thornburg and Mary M. Staley.

He was married to Virginia Frances Handley on 16 Apr 1858. Children were: Charles Thornburg, McCullough Thornburg, Addie M. Thornburg, John David Thornburg, Victoria Thornburg, James Harvey Thornburg, Ruth L. Thornburg, Infant Thornburg.

James Lewis Thornburg (Private). Parents: Thomas Collins Thornburg and Mae Bland.

Jerelyn Lee Thornburg⁽¹⁾ Parents: Leland Wilson Thornburg and Katherine Hornsby .

John Thornburg⁽¹⁾. Parents: Owen David Shannon Thornburg and Cesshell M. Floyd .

John David Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born about 19 Dec 1864. He was buried in 1867 in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
JOHN DAVID,
SON OF
J. L. & V. F. THORNBURG,
DIED
Apr. 22, 1867.
AGED
2 Yrs. 4 Mos.
& 3 Ds. He died on 22 Apr 1867 in Cabell Co., WV. Parents: James Lewis Thornburg and Virginia Frances Handley .

John Mc Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born in 1866. He died in 1932. He was buried in 1932 in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
JOHN M.
THORNBURG
1866 - 1932 Parents: John W. Thornburg and Emily A. Handley.

Children were: Daisy Thornburg .

Capt. John S. Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born about 1844. He was a River Boat Captain. John and Mary Long Thornburg live at Point Pleasant, Mason Co., WV and had no children. Parents: Thomas T. Thornburg and Margaret C. Miller.

John W. Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 7 Nov 1834 in Cabell Co., Va.(WV). He died on 3 Feb 1888 in Guyandotte, Cabell Co., WV. He was buried in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Parents: Solomon Thornburg and Mary M. Staley.

He was married to Emily A. Handley on 9 Nov 1852. Children were: Mary Susan Thornburg , Willie Thornburg, Claudius Henry Thornburg, Anna Magdalene Thornburg, Emma J. Thornburg, Gertrude Thornburg, Thomas Thornburg, John Mc Thornburg, Charles Thornburg, Daisy Thornburg, Randolph Thornburg, Mollie Thornburg.

John William Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 28 Jul 1826 in Tridelphia, Ohio Co., VA (WV). He died on 2 Apr 1903 in Staunton, Ohio Co., VA. He was buried after 2 Apr 1903 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell Co., WV. Parents: Ephram Thornburg and Rachael Simmons.

He was married to Sarah Priscilla McGinnis on 11 Nov 1864. Children were: Georgie Eliza Thornburg, Henry Orsamus Thornburg.

Judith Louise Thornburg⁽¹⁾ Parents: Leland Wilson Thornburg and Katherine Hornsby .

Katherine Thornburg⁽¹⁾. Parents: Leland Wilson Thornburg and Katherine Hornsby .

Leland Wilson Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 22 Feb 1915 in Huntington, Cabell Co., WV. He died on 29 Jun 1996 in South Point, Lawrence Co., OH. He had Social Security Number 233-24-6894. LELAND W THORNBURG
SSN 233-24-6894 Residence: 25701 Huntington, Cabell, WV
Born 27 Feb 1915 Last Benefit:
Died 29 Jun 1996 Issued: WV (Before 1951)
-SSDI
He was cremated. Cremains place in Corbly Mausoleum in 1998 at Spring Hill Cemetery. -Sphing Hill Cemetery Records Parents: Henry Orsamus Thornburg and Lelia Mae Everett .

Children were: Judith Louise Thornburg, Katherine Thornburg, Jerelyn Lee Thornburg , Margaret Mae Thornburg.

Leonora C. Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 27 Dec 1880.⁽⁴¹⁹⁾ Parents: Collins Unseld Thornburg and Leonora Chapman Miller .

Children were: A. H. Yarbrough, Harris Yarbrough.

Lizzie M. Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 19 Jun 1865. She died on 10 May 1886 in Cabell Co., WV.⁽⁴²⁰⁾ She was buried in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
LIZZIE M.
THORNBURG
JUNE 19, 1865
MAY 10, 1886
"BLESSED ARE THE DEAD
THAT DIE IN THE LORD"
Parents: Uriah Millard Thornburg and Mary Frances Griffin.

Lizzie R. Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 27 Nov 1855 in WV.⁽²⁾

She was married to George Robert Mayberry on 11 Jan 1877 in Cabell Co., WV. Children were: Julia Mayberry, Willie Erwin Mayberry, June Ora Mayberry.

Lyda Maria Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 23 Oct 1869. Parents: Collins Unseld Thornburg and Leonora Chapman Miller.

Mabel Clendenin Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 4 Dec 1877. Parents: Thomas H. Bailey Thornburg Sr. and Nettie D. Samuels.

Maggie L. Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born in Oct 1856.⁽²⁾ She was buried in 1901 in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. MAGGIE L.
THORNBURG
1856 - 1902
Blessed are the pure in
heart, for they shall see
God She died in 1902. Parents: Thomas T. Thornburg and Margaret C. Miller.

Mamie Thornburg⁽¹⁾ Parents: Harry Collins Thornburg and Belle Hartwell Turner .

Margaret Mae Thornburg⁽¹⁾. Parents: Leland Wilson Thornburg and Katherine Hornsby .

Margaret Susan Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 21 Apr 1819 in Frederick Co., MD. She appeared on the census in 1850 in Cabell Co., Va.(WV). See census note for Ephram Thornburg. She was buried in 1891 in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. She died on 25 Dec 1891 in Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Margaret Susan Quin was the third daughter of Ephraim and Rachel Thornburg, was born in Frederick County, Maryland, April 21, 1819. Removed with her parents to what is now West Virginia when she was young, before she reached the years of young womanhood, when West Virginia was an almost undeveloped wilderness. She was married to Daniel Quin May 9, 1839 and died at the home of her brother, M. S. Thornburg, in Barboursville, West Virginia, December 25, 1891, at the advance age of seventy-three years, eight months, and sixteen days.
-Source Unknown, sent to me by Tim Harmon. Parents: Ephram Thornburg and Rachael Simmons.

She was married to Daniel Quinn on 9 May 1839.

Mary Thornburg⁽¹⁾ Parents: Owen David Shannon Thornburg and Cesshell M. Floyd .

Mary Ann Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 6 Sep 1815 in Tridelphia, Ohio Co., VA (WV). She was buried in 1899 in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
MARY A. MILLS
DIED 1899 She died on 29 Jan 1899 in Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Barboursville
Mrs. Mary Mills, a highly respected old lady, died Sunday morning,
aged 84. She had been ill for some days. The husband of deceased passed
away many years since. She was a sister to M. S. Thornburg and was loved by
all who knew her. Desceased was the mother of O. and William Mills.
The funeral was largely attended.
Cabell Record, Milton, W. Va., Thursday, February 2, 1899, pg. 2

Note: 1860 Cabell County annotated census list this family as follows:
0025-0025
John Mills 43 gunsmith (1818-1884)
Mary (Ann) 45 Md. (1815-1899) d/o Ephraim & Rachel Thornburg
Wm. 20 day laborer (1840-22 Mar 1911)
John O (Orsomus) 16 day laborer (24 Oct 1843-22 May 1925)

Other children not is census
Maggie L. 23 - 1880 Cabell Co. census
Mary 42 - 1880 Cabell Co. census

Note: This annotation about Maggie L. and Mary is incorrect. Maggie L. and Mary are not children of John and Mary Mills. They are the daughters of Thomas T. Thornburg of Barboursville. Parents: Ephram Thornburg and Rachael Simmons.

She was married to John Mills on 23 May 1839. Children were: William E. Mills, John Oscar Mills.

Mary J. Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born about 6 Jul 1829. She died on 9 May 1856 in Cabell Co., Va.(WV). She was buried about 10 May 1856 in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
MARY J. THORNBURG
WIFE OF
JAMES EVERETT.
DIED
May 9, 1856
AGED
26 Yrs. 10 Mos.
& 3 Dys.
She has gone to an inheritance,
(rest of verse below ground level)
Parents: Solomon Thornburg and Mary M. Staley.

Mary S. Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born about 1838. She died in 1907 in Cabell Co., WV. She was buried in 1907 in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
MARY S. THORNBURG
1838 - 1907
"THE RIGHTEOUS
SHALL BE IN
EVERLASTING
REMEMBRANCE."
Parents: Thomas T. Thornburg and Margaret C. Miller.

Mary Susan Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 17 Dec 1853 in Guyandotte, Cabell Co., VA (WV). Parents: John W. Thornburg and Emily A. Handley.

Children were: Mamie E. Moore, Ella I. Moore, Willie B. Moore, Ethel F. Moore.

McCullough Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born about 14 Aug 1861. He was buried in Sep 1861 in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
McCULLOUGH
SON OF
J. L. & V. F.
THORNBURG
Died
Sept. 16, 1861.
Aged
1 mo. & 2 ds.
He died on 16 Sep 1861. Parents: James Lewis Thornburg and Virginia Frances Handley.

Mollie Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 6 Jun 1871. She died on 6 Nov 1872. She was buried in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Parents: John W. Thornburg and Emily A. Handley.

Moses Mack Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born in May 1862. Listed in 1900 Cabell County Census as Mack Thornburg, b. May 1862. He died in Nov 1934. He was buried on 13 Nov 1934. Bartlett Funeral Home in Charleston 1900 Cabell County Federal Census
District Guyandotte #8
1st day of June 1900
#63 Thornburg, Mack head b . May 1862 38 WV Va Va
Jennie wife b. Jan 1868 32 M 10 3 2 WV Va Va
Owen D. son b. June 1892 7 WV
Annie R. dau b. Apr 1895 5 WV Parents: David Washington Thornburg and Jo Anna Bowen\Bowden .

Children were: Anna Rachel Thornburg, Owen David Shannon Thornburg.

He was married to Mrs. Minnie L. Moreland in 1913 in Cabell Co., WV.

Moses S. Thornburg was born in 1798. He appeared on the census in 1850 in Cabell Co., Va.(WV). Moses Thornburg, 49 years, is listed in the 1850 Cabell Co. Census living in household of Solomon Thornburg, who is 59 years old. Moses is probaby a brother to Solomon, thus a son of Thomas Thornburg and Prudence Collins. He was buried in 1870 in Thornburg Burial Place, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. He died on 24 Apr 1870.

He was married to Caroline M. Handley after 1850.

Moses Shephard Thornburg⁽¹⁾ was born on 20 Feb 1829 in Tridelphia, Ohio Co., VA (WV). He died on 7 Oct 1907 in Cabell Co., WV. He was buried in Barboursville Cemetery, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Parents: Ephram Thornburg and Rachael Simmons.

He was married to Mary T. Gardner about 1857. Listed as Moses Thornburg, head, and Mary T., wife, married 43 years, O children, in the 1900 Cabell County Census.

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