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Amos Griswold Thornton


Birth30 December 1832Pickering, Durham, Upper Canada, British North America
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Death5 April 1901Pinto, Washington, Utah, United States
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Burial8 April 1901Pinto Cemetery, Pinto, Washington, Utah, United States
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FatherOliver E Thornton
MotherMary Griswold
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   • Mary Whittaker
Married18 December 1856
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Amos Griswold Thornton and Mary Whittakes, ID: KWNJ-CWJ and ID: KWNJ-CWN.
          Children:
               Mary A. Thornton
               Amos Whittaker Thornton
               Lydia A. Thornton
               Oliver G. Thornton
               Rachel Thornton
               Ellen Thornton
               Sarah M. Thornton
               Hattie M. Thornton
               James W. Thornton


   • Charity Artemesia Butler
Married18 October 1862Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entries for Amos Griswold Thornton and Chrity Artemesia Butler, ID: KWNJ-CWJ and ID: KWJZ-R6Y.
          Children:
               John Lowe Thornton
               James Apaulus Thornton
               Amos Groswold Thornton
               Edmund Taylor Thornton
               Lydia Adaline Thornton
               Charity Artemecia Thornton
               Taylor Butler Thornton


   • Elizabeth Hartley
Married18 October 1862Pinto, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Amos Griswold Thornton and Elizabeth Hartley, ID: KWNJ-CWJ and ID: K699-JW7.
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• 1841Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860Mountain Meadows, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Pinto, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1850 Population Censusthe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusMountain Meadows, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusPinto, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusPinto, Pine Valley Precinct, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusPinto precinct, Washington, UtahExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Robert Wimmer CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       DepartureJul 1852
       Arrival15 Sept 1852
• Company Unknown (1852)View Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure1852
       Arrival1852

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