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Below is a family biography included in The Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois published by Biographical Publishing Co. in 1894.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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C. M. THORNTON, M. D., of Osage City, Franklin County, ranks high in the medical profession, and has an extensive practice in Franklin, Perry, Randolph and Jackson Counties. He was born in Greene County, Ala., in 1850, and is a son of Luke and Nancy Thornton, who were cotton planters in comfortable circumstances. The Doctor is the eldest of six children, the others being Webster, Hezekiah, James A., Samuel and Mary. When a mere lad, he accompanied his parents to Mississippi, and in his youth attended Baldwin’s Academy in that state, also an academy in Alabama.

At the age of twenty our subject settled in De Soto, Jackson County, Ill., and began the study of medicine in Murphysboro. He was unusually diligent in his studies, and derived much benefit from attending the lecture courses at St. Louis, Mo., and Louisville, Ky. In 1876 he was graduated from the Louisville Medical College, and at once commenced the practice of his profession. About the same time he was united in marriage with Miss Addie, daughter of James Osborn, one of Jackson County’s earliest settlers and most respected citizens. The Osborn family is of Virginian descent. The Doctor and his wife are the parents of six children, of whom five are living, namely: Nina, Edna, Nellie, Blanche and Golda. Zona died in infancy.

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This family biography is one of 679 biographies included in The Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois published in 1894.  View the complete description here: The Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois

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