I am the great-grandaughter of Elzura Jane Cypert, who married Josiah Westmoreland Thornton. On most family trees that I have seen, the list of children of this family is very incomplete. They are as follows:
Josiah Lenoir Thornton b. 1858 Wayne County, Tennessee m. 1) unknown, 2) Huldah Hickman; one son, Buford from the first wife.
Laura Thurza Thornton b. c. 1860 Wayne County, TN. m. Ed. C. Sims; no children
Miles Perry Thornton b. 7 January, 1862 Wayne County, TN.
Unmarried.
William Thomas Thornton b. 1864, Wayne County, TN. m. Corinne Connie Hughes; several children, names unknown
James Andrew Thornton b. 1866 Wayne County, TN m. Isobel ? ; three sons, names not verified.
Zachary Newton Thornton b. 27 March, 1870 Mulberry, Wayne County, TN m. Oma Orena Kathryn Dunken; Laura Maurine, Mildred Elzura, Emory Dunken, Oran Lister, Zachary Newton, Oma Rozelle, John Howell, Rowena Ruth
Emmarintha Ann Thornton b. 13 March, 1874 Wayne County, TN m. James Franklin Greeson; Clura Jane, Clara, Claude Franklin, Vera Glenn, Henry, Jay Thornton, Charles James
Jason Mack Thornton b. 4 March, 1877 Indian Creek, Wayne County, Tennessee m. Mabel Lucille Coffey; Perry Elwin (adopted), Mack Thomas