When James McAndrew Thornton was born on 5 January 1885, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, his father, James Barnabas Thornton, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Proffitt, was 40. He had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Margaret Malita "Lyte" Lewis. He lived in Civil District 8, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. He died on 4 December 1928, in Dandridge, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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.
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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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