_George Washington THORNTON _+
                                                     | (1778 - 1816) m 1805        
                           _Henry Randolph THORNTON _|
                          | (1807 - 1862) m 1848     |
                          |                          |_Mary Goode RANDOLPH ________
                          |                            (1785 - 1865) m 1805        
 _Henry Ward THORNTON ____|
| (1853 - 1930) m 1895    |
|                         |                           _George Slaughter THOM ______+
|                         |                          | (1789 - 1833) m 1818        
|                         |_Ellen THOM ______________|
|                           (1823 - 1903) m 1848     |
|                                                    |_Margaret HANSBROUGH ________
|                                                      (1800 - 1854) m 1818        
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|--Marion B THORNTON 
|  (1894 - ....)
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|_Katherine Louise BROWN _|
  (1869 - ....) m 1895    |
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