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Genealogy Identification Number: 6
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Relationship to Reece-Thornton Genealogy Database Compiler: Grandfather
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Residences: Perry County, Humphreys County, Crockett County, Gibson County, Tennessee; Texas (Navarro County?); Cook County, Illinois.
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Occupation: Farmer.
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Church: Bakerville Church of Christ, Bakerville, Humphreys County, Tennessee.
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Selective Service Registration Card (World War I)
Humphreys County, Tennessee
Ancestry.com Image 61
(First Page)
REGISTRATION CARD
SERIAL NUMBER1326
ORDER NUMBERA-380
1 (First name)William
(Middle name)Claud
(Last name)Thornton
2 PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS
(No.)
(Street or R. F. D. No.)
(City or town)Buffalo
(County)Hump.
(State)Ten.
3 Age in Years18
4 Date of Birth(Month)June
(Day)1
(Year)1900
RACE
5 White X6 Negro7 OrientalIndian
8 Citizen9 Noncitizen
U.S. CITIZEN
10Native Born X11 Naturalized12 Citizen by Father's Naturalization
Before Registrant's Majority
ALIEN
13 Declarant14 Non-declarant
15 If not a citizen of the U.S., of what nation are you a citizen or subject?
16 PRESENT OCCUPATIONFarming
17 EMPLOYER'S NAMEW. D. Thornton
18 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT OR BUSINESS:
(No.)
(Street or R. F. D. No.)
(City or town)Buffalo
(County)
(State)Ten.
NEAREST RELATIVE
19 NameW. D. Thornton
20 Address
(No.)
(Street or R. F. D. No.)
(City or town)Buffalo
(County)
(State)Tenn.
I AFFIRM THAT I HAVE VERIFIED ABOVE ANSWERS AND THAT THEY ARE TRUE
William Claude Thornton
(Registrant's signature or mark)
P.M.G.O
FORM NO. 1 (Red)
C3-6171
(OVER)
(Second Page)
REGISTRAR'S REPORT
41-3-17.C
DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT
HEIGHT21 TallBUILD24 Slender
22 Medium X25 Medium
23 Short26 Stout X
COLOR OF EYES27 Grey
COLOR OF HAIR28 Lt
29 Has this person lost arm, leg, hand, eye, or is he obviously physically disqualified?
(Specify.) No
30 I certify that my answers are true; that the person registered has read or has had read to him his own answers; that I have witnessed his signature or mark, and that all of his answers of which I have knowledge are true, except as follows:
A. Brown Williams
(Signature of Registrar.)
Sept. 12-- 1918
(Date of Registration.)
Local Board for the
County of Humphreys State of Tenn.
Waverly, Tenn.
(STAMP OF LOCAL BOARD)
(The stamp of the local board having jurisdiction of the above in which
the registrant has his permanent home shall be placed in this box.)
C3-6171
(OVER)
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Census Listings:
1900 Perry County, Tennessee, Census
Civil District No. 4
SD 8, ED 117, Page 38A, Sheet 5A, Dwelling 88, Family 88, 8 and 9 Jun 1900, Ancestry.com Image 9
Thornton, William, head, white, male, Feb 1868, 32, married, married 8 years, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee;
Thornton, Bettie, wife, white, female, Nov 1878, 21, married, married 8 years, 2 children/2 living in 1900, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee;
Thornton, Elma, son, white, male, Apr 1896, 4, single, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee;
Thornton, William C., son, white, male, Jun 1900, 1/12, single, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee.
1910 Humphreys County, Tennessee, Census
12 Civil District, Bakerville Road
SD 7, ED 69, Page 208A, Sheet 6A, Dwelling 102, Family 102, 23 Apr 1910, Ancestry.com Image 11
Thornton, Will D., head, white, 42, male, married, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee;
Thornton, Mary E., wife, white, 31, married, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee;
Thornton, Elmer, daughter, white, 14, single, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee;
Thornton, Claud, son, white, 10, single, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee;
Thornton, Verner, son, white, 8, single, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee;
Thornton, J. F., father, white, 63, widowered, born Tennessee, father born VA, mother born Tennessee.
Corrections: Elmer should have been listed as a son rather than a daughter. Vern was born in Texas rather than Tennessee.
1920 Census
Not found.
1930 Crockett County, Tennessee, Census
Third Civil District
SD 2, ED 17-3, Page 147A, Sheet 6A, Dwelling 131, Family 133, 12 Apr 1930, Ancestry.com Image 11
Thornton, Will D., head, 58 married, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee;
Thornton, Bettie, wife, 50, married, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee;
Thornton, Claude, son, 29, married, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee;
Thornton, Gladys, daughter-in-law, 22, married, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee;
Thornton, Iris J., granddaughter, 10/12, single, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born Tennessee.
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Obituary:
Claude Thornton
Claude Thornton died Tuesday at his home near Alamo at age 45. He leaves his wife Mary Gladys Boyd Thornton; two daughters, Wanda and June; two brothers Elmer and Verner Thornton and his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Thornton. Burial was at Center Cemetery with Ronk Funeral Home in charge.
(Newspaper/Date?)
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