Individual Details
Richard Taylor Thornton
(Abt 1814 - Apr 1862)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1814 | Kentucky, United States |  | ||
| Military | 1861 - 1862 |  | |||
| Death | Apr 1862 | in the battle of Shiloh - Shiloh, Tennessee, United States | |
Families
| Father | James Thornton (1770 - ) |
| Mother | Sarah Bailey "Sally" Hawkins (1771 - ) |
| Sibling | Damascus Thornton ( - ) |
| Sibling | William Thornton (1800 - ) |
| Sibling | Willis Thornton ( - ) |
| Sibling | James Thornton (1802 - ) |
| Sibling | Susan Strother Thornton (1794 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Thornton ( - ) |
| Sibling | Emma Thornton (1810 - ) |
| Sibling | Lucy Ann Thornton ( - ) |
| Sibling | Sophia Thornton ( - ) |
Notes
Military
He enlisted in the regiment of Col. Whittaker in 1861 and was killed in the battle of Shiloh.Endnotes
1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1850 > KENTUCKY > WOODFORD > 2-DIST Series: M432 Roll: 222 Page: 467.
2. Railey, William Edward, Brief sketches of the Randolphs and their connections : the Woodsons, the Keiths, the Strothers, the Pleasants and the Mayos : also, a brief sketch of the Owsleys and the Whitleys (Frankfort, Ky.: Roberts Print. Co., 1929?, 170 pgs.), p. 124.