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1.	Title: Find a Grave Publication: Name: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/;;
2.	Title: Hardeman County, Tennessee
3.	Title: 1860 USA Federal Census Page: 1860 Township 38 Range 13, Pulaski County, Missouri Census; Roll: M653_641; Page: 82; Image: 323, Humbolt Post Office, Dated 7 Jul 1860. Dwelling No. 535. Publication: Name: Name: National Archives and Records Administration, M653, 1;; Location: Washington, DC; Date: 1860;;
4.	Title: U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Author: National Park Service Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; Location: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/;;
5.	Title: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 Page: Marriage Book 1, Page 190, Marriage License No. 1641 Author: Illinois State Archives Publication: Name: Location: http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp;;
6.	Title: Illinois State Census Records Page: 1830 Miscellaneous Townships, McDonough and Schuyler County, Illinois; Roll: 23; Page: 81
7.	Title: Illinois State Census Records Page: 1840 Precinct 6, Schuyler County, Illinois Census; Roll: 69; Page: 125
8.	Title: Missouri State Census Records Page: 1860 Township 38 Range 13, Pulaski County, Missouri Census; Roll: M653_641; Page: 82; Image: 323, Humbolt Post Office, Dated 7 Jul 1860. Dwelling No. 535.
9.	Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Author: National Archives and Records Administration Publication: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;;
10.	Title: Illinois State Census Records Page: 1850 Browning, Schuyler County, Illinois Census; Roll: M432_128; Page: 428; Image: 257, dated 12 Nov 1850
11.	Title: U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Servic Records, 1861-1865 provided by Fold3 © Copyright 2011 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use lice;;
12.	Title: U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 Publication: Name: Name: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007;;
13.	Title: Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 Publication: Name: Name: Missouri State Archives - Marriage Records [microfilm]; Location: Jefferson City, Missouri USA;;
14.	Title: 1860 USA Federal Census Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 38 Range 13, Pulaski, Missouri;Roll: ; Page: ; Image: . Publication: Name: Name: National Archives and Records Administration, M653, 1;; Location: Washington, DC; Date: 1860;;
15.	Title: Illinois State Census Records Page: 1850 Browning, Schuyler County, Illinois Census; Roll: M432_128; Page:428; Image: 257, dated 12 Nov 1850
16.	Title: Find a Grave Publication: Name: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/;;
17.	Title: 1850 USA Federal Census Page: 1850 Browning, Schuyler County, Illinois Census; Roll: M432_128; Page: 428A; Image: . Publication: Name: Name: Bureau of the Census; Location: Washington, DC;;
18.	Title: Bible Record - Martha Ann (Thornton) Luttrell
19.	Title: Arkansas State Census Records Page: 1830 Lawrence County, Arkansas Territory census; Roll: 5; Page: 2
20.	Title: Tennessee State Census Records Page: 1820 Lincoln County, Tennessee; Roll: M33_123; Page: 298; Image: 112
21.	Title: Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Page: Elizabeth E. Luttrell, widow of Milton O. Thornton, Widows Pension Application filed 10 Feb 1917, Application No. 1094027, Pension Certificate No. 860812. Milton O. Thornton, Capt. Martin's Co. (E), Osage County Regiment, Missouri H. G., listed as a Music Author: Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288,544 rolls.
22.	Title: Find a Grave Page: Memorial No. 65906948 Publication: Name: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/;;
23.	Title: Find a Grave Page: Memorial No. 65906948 Publication: Name: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/;;
24.	Title: U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 Publication: Name: Name: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007;;
25.	Title: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 Page: Marriage Book 1, Page 190, Marriage License No. 1641 Author: Illinois State Archives Publication: Name: Location: http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp;;
26.	Title: Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Page: Elizabeth E. Luttrell, widow of Milton O. Thornton, Widows PensionApplication filed 10 Feb 1917, Application No. 1094027, Pension Certificate No. 860812. Milton O. Thornton, Capt. Martin's Co. (E), Osage County Regiment, Missouri H. G., listed as a Music Author: Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288,544 rolls.

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Note: Milton Owen Thornton
By Marcine E. Lohman
(marcinelohman@comcast.net)
Milton Owen Thornton was born 16 Sep 1829 in Smith County, Tennessee or Schuyler County, Illinois. (His father is listed in the 1820 Smith County, Tennessee and 1830 Schuyler County, Illinois census). His parents, Felix Thornton and Mary Celetha Holly moved westward from Sampson County, North Carolina settling for a short while in Smith County, Tennessee before continuing to Schuyler County, Illinois near the town of Browning where they died.
Milton married (1) Judith Ann Luttrell, the daughter of Shelton Luttrell and Sarah Ann Bryant, on 6 Jun 1850 in Schuyler County, Illinois but they must have moved quickly to Missouri where their son was born.
1. William Shelton Thornton, b. 27 Jan 1851 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri
Judith died around 1858 in Pulaski County, Missouri whereupon Milton immediately took their son William Shelton Thornton back to Illinois and left him with Judith's parents. A descendant of Sarah Jane Thornton indicated that Milton knew that Judith was pregnant when he married her and he knew that the child was his. It may be that he didn't feel he could raise a young boy of 7 alone.
Milton married (2) Elizabeth Elender Floyd, the daughter of Thomas C. Floyd and Nancy S. Reynolds, on 08 Jan 1860 in Camden County, Missouri (they were married by John Shelton). Together they had four children:
1. Steven A. Douglas Thornton, b. 20 Dec 1860
2. Martha Ann Thornton, b. 30 May 1863
3. William Shelton Thornton, b. 19 Jun 1865
4. Nancy Mariah Thornton, b. 4 Oct 1866 (after her father's death)
Elizabeth Elender Floyd had an illigitimate daughter before she married Milton. Her daughter, Martha Ann Thornton, had a bible record of her father's which listed all his children and his two wives dates of birth. He also listed Sarah Jane as a daughter of Elizabeth while all the other children were listed as the son/daughter of himself and which-ever wife. Since Sarah is born before Judith has even passed away, this makes sense. On the 1860 census, Sarah Jane is listed as a Thornton.
1. Sarah Jane (later named Thornton), b. 22 Jul 1857
Milton Thornton was a Union Veteran of the Civil War, in the Missouri Militia Home Guard, Osage County, 8th Regiment, Captain Charles D. Martin Commander. Milton enlisted on June 22, 1861, was mustered out December 20, 1861, enlisted again at Lebanon, Missouri October 26, 1863 in M.S.M. Calvery 8th Regiment, Captain Jacob Casseints commanding. (Consolidated with county Militia.) He was honorably discharged July 17, 1865 and his military records indicated he was a musician. We know he owned a fiddle which was handed down through the family in Illinois. An old newspaper article indicated he was the owner of the fiddle and that he was a member of the Jesse James Gang which I seriously doubt since Jesse James was a Confederate and Milton a Union soldier.
"The violin originally belonged to Milton Thornton, a member of the Jesse James gang, which terrorized the middle west. It came into the hands of a man named Spillers who lived in the vicinity of Beardstown. James Teel, now deceased, secured it from him, and Mrs. James Teel gave it to her daughter's husband, the present owner, recently. He is repairing it and in due season the mellow tones of this old violin will recall the memories of long ago."
Almost a year after his discharge, on 04 May 1866 Milton was bushwacked and hung by ex-Confederates. This was a common thing happening at the time in the area and several ex-Union soldiers were found hung throughout the neighboring counties.
The family stories carried down by word of mouth indicate that his son was with him, which would have to be the five year old Steven A. Douglas Thornton. He convinced them to let his son go home so he wouldn't have to watch his father die. My aunt always told me that Milton was buried on the old McNab Farm in a field near Hawkeye, Missouri. I have since learned that he is buried in the Mitschele Farm Cemetery which is up by the Miller County border and closer to where he lived and died. Five months after his death, Elizabeth would give birth to their last child, Nancy Mariah Thornton.
Milton's widow, Elizabeth Elender (Floyd) Thornton, then married Hamen C. Ellan Littrell on 05 Jan 1870 and had an additional four children by him.
I am also quite puzzled by the two sons named William Shelton Thornton that Milton has by his first and second wives. I discussed this at length with Delta Vines, Email: delta_vines@sbcglobal.net who descends from Sarah Jane Thornton. I have since found out more. William Shelton Thornton was the only child of Milton and Judith Thornton. I suspect he didn't want to take care of a child alone so he took the boy to his in-laws to raise. It could be that once the boy got there, he decided to stay with his grandparents in Illinois rather than return to Missouri. Milton later married Elizabeth Elender Floyd who had an illigitimate daughter, Sarah Jane, and this is recorded in a bible record that she is the daughter of Elizabeth (but not Milton). He then named another son by Elizabeth the same name as his son by Judith.
Milton and Judith (Luttrell) Thornton show up on the 1850 Schuyler County Census records living next to the Thornton's and Luttrells as you can see below. Felix Thornton, in house no. 118, is Milton's brother and Shelton Luttrell, in house no. 117, is Judith's father.
Page 428a 117 Luttrell, Shelton, age 56, Male, Farmer, Property Value 200, born Virginia
Page 428a 117 Luttrell, Sallie, age 56, Female, born Virginia
Page 428a 117 Skiles, William S, age 10, Male, born Illinois
Page 428a 118 Thornton, Felix H., age 30, Male, Farmer, born Tennessee
Page 428a 118 Thornton, Olly, age 24, Female, born Tennessee
Page 428a 118 Thornton, William I., age 4, Male, born Illinois
Page 428a 119 Thornton, Milton O., age 21, Male, Farmer, born Tennessee
Page 428a 119 Thornton, Judith A., age 21, Female, born Arkansas
1850 Browning, Schuyler County, Illinois Census; Roll: M432_128; Page: 428; Image: 257.
Milton O. Thornton, age 21 (born circa 1829), male, farmer, born Tennessee.
Judith A. Thornton, age 21 (born circa 1829), female, born Arkansas.
1860 Township 38 Range 13, Pulaski County, Missouri Census; Roll: M653_641; Page: 0; Image: 323.
Milton Thornton, age 32 (born circa 1828), male, born Alabama.
Elizabeth Thornton, age 19 (born circa 1841), female, born Alabama.
Sarah Thornton, age 1 (born circa 1859), female, born Missouri.
Lives next door to James Littrell/Luttrell & James C. Shelton.
1880 Miller County, Missouri Census, Auglaze Township, S.D. 3, E.D. 102, Pages 26, Dated 17 Jun 1880, Dwelling No. 236.
Hamen C. Luttrell, age 37 (born circa 1843), farmer, born Tennessee, father born Alabama.
Elizabeth Luttrell, age 39 (born circa 1841), born Tennessee, father born South Carolina, Mother born Alabama.
Bluford M. Luttrell, age 9 (born circa 1871), born Missouri, father born Tennessee, Mother born Tennessee.
James H. Luttrell, age 6 (born circa 1874), born Missouri, father born Tennessee, Mother born Tennessee.
William A. Luttrell, age 3 (born circa 1877), born Missouri, father born Tennessee, Mother born Tennessee.
Caroline Floid, age 27 (born circa 1853), sister-in-law, domestic servant, born Tennessee, father born South Carolina, Mother born Alabama.
Stephen D. Thornton, age 18 (born circa 1862), sister-in-law's son, farmer, born Missouri, father born Illinois, Mother born Tennessee.
Martha A. Thornton, age 16 (born circa 1864), sister-in-law's daughter, born Missouri, father born Illinois, Mother born Tennessee.
Nancy M. Thornton, age 14 (born circa 1866), sister-in-law's daughter, born Missouri, father born Illinois, Mother born Tennessee.
William S. Thornton, age 13 (born circa 1867), sister-in-law's son, born Missouri, father born Illinois, Mother born Tennessee.
Mary Floid, age 10 (born circa 1870), relationship not indicated, born Missouri, father born Illinois, Mother born Tennessee.
Ida Floid, age 4 (born circa 1876), relationship not indicated, born Missouri, father born Illinois, mother born Tennessee.

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