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Seth Brett THORNTON #22721

25 MAY 1815 - 18 AUG 1847

Personal Information

  • BIRTH: 25 MAY 1815
  • BURIAL: Myrtlewood Cemetery
    Livingston, Sumter, Alabama, USA
  • DEATH: 18 AUG 1847, Mexico

Notes

He was killed in action while serving as Captain of Company F, 2nd US Dragoons. His sword and epaulettes are now in the Smithsonian Institute. His second in command was Lieutenant Ripley Arnold, who two years later while leading the same unit established a frontier outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River in north central Texas. That "outpost" is today the City of Fort Worth. Arnold is buried in Pioneer Cemetery in Fort Worth. It is of course extremely doubtful that he is actually buried here. It is most likely that this monument is a memorial to his memory.

Parents

Father: George Washington THORNTON #22703

Mother: Mary Goode RANDOLPH #22704

 
 
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                               _George Washington THORNTON _|
                              | (1741 - 1781)               |
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 _George Washington THORNTON _|
| (1778 - 1816) m 1805        |
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|                             |_Mary Thornton ALEXANDER ____|
|                               (1756 - 1837)               |
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|--Seth Brett THORNTON 
|  (1815 - 1847)
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|_Mary Goode RANDOLPH ________|
  (1785 - 1865) m 1805        |
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