When Charles Allen "Charlie" Thornton was born on 10 May 1883, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, his father, James Barnabas Thornton, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Proffitt, was 39. He died on 2 June 1974, in Dandridge, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.
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The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England and Scotland so called, from Old English thorn ‘thorn tree’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The placename is most frequent in northern England, especially Yorkshire, where there are at least 16 possible sources for the surname.
Irish: Anglicized (translated) form of Gaelic Mac Sceacháin ‘son of Sceachán’ (see Skehan ).
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Draighneáin ‘descendant of Draighneán’ (see Drennan ).
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