John Jones Thornton

(The first Colonel of the 6^th Mississippi Regiment - Battle of Shiloh)

Dr./Col. John Jones Thornton was born at Campfield in Gloucester County, Virginia on Wednesday, May 10, 1826.

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John married my great-grandaunt, Rachel Wilieminer Thornton (daughter of Dr./Rev. Thomas Chapman Thornton & Elizabeth Diana Wheat, and sister of Martin Van Buren Thornton).

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