Sarah Jane
Wainscott and
Silas Seth
Scarborough Thornton had ten children--about whom I know:
1. R. A. Thornton, b. 1863-Texas;
2. Charlie C. Thornton, b. 1866-Texas
3. Jim M. Thornton, b. 1868-Texas. Jim walked with the aid of a cane or crutch.
4.Irzella Thamer
Thornton, b. 1871-Texas. She was called
Tamer. Tamer was the second wife of David
Russey Weathers. Their youngest son who lived to adulthood was Richard
Omer "
Dick" Weathers--my late father-in-law. After the death of David
Russie in 1927,
Tamer lived with some of her children, hence she was living with Richard
Omer and
Mandy Martha (
Rowland)
Weathers, when she died in January, 1936. She was buried in the small Arnoldville Cemetery (no longer accessible by road) at
Shady Dale, between Thackerville and
Marietta in
Love County, OK.
5. Thomas J. Thornton, b. 1874-Texas
6. Annis J. Thornton, b. 1876-Texas
7 Walter
Thornton, b. 1878- TX; murdered by KKK in the 1920's at Caddo,
Bryan County, OK
8. Annis
Thornton, b. 1879-TX
9. Davis B. Thornton, b. after 1880 in TX; died in
Runnels County, TX
10. Mattie
Thornton, b. after 1880 in TX