Elbert County GaArchives Obituaries.....Thornton, Isham Hamilton  March 8, 1930
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The Elberton Star, 11 Mar 1930
Good Citizen of Elbert Dies in Oglethorpe - Isham H. Thornton Sleeps at 
Falling Creek Cemetery - Died at Daughter's Home Saturday.  Mr. Isham H. 
Thornton, age 78, died at the home of his daughter Mrs. Chandler Stevens at 
Shady Cross, Oglethorpe county, Saturday morning at 10 oclock. He had been in 
declining health for several months. Mr. Thornton was the last of eight sons 
of the late Dozier Thornton. He was a good citizen, a successful farmer and 
business man, a leading and long time member of Falling Creek Baptist church 
and a resident of Elbert county up to a few years ago when his health failed 
him. He is survived by his widow, a daughter of the late Thos. J. Herndon, and 
the following children: Mrs. Chandler Stevens and Mrs. H. C. Whitehead, 
Oglethorpe county, Mrs. Joe Lunsford, Wilkes county; Messrs. H. G. and D. J. 
Thornton of Elbert county, and H. E. Thornton of Gainesville, and eleven 
grandchildren. The funeral services were conducted at Falling Creek in the 
presence of one of the largest gatherings ever seen at a funeral at this 
church Sunday afternoon, 2 oclock by Rev. Henry T. Brookshire, assisted by 
Revs. J. H. Mashburn and A. W. Bussey, all of whom paid high tribute to the 
life of the deceased. Interment was in the churchyard cemetery. The floral 
offerings were beautiful and numerous, attesting the love and esteem in which 
he was held. A quartette composed of Willie Thornton, H. G. Mewbourn, Miss 
Edna Rogers and Mrs. W. E. Fortson sang sweetly old familiar songs that were 
favorites of the deceased. 

Additional Comments:
Isham Hamilton Thornton was born 24 Sep 1851, died 8 Mar 1930, the son of 
Dozier Thornton (youngest child of Benjamin Thornton, Sr.) and Jane M. Fortson 
(daughter of Jesse Fortson and Mary B. White). He married on 12 Dec 1877 in 
Elbert Co. to Mary Louise "Lou" Herndon, born 8 Dec 1858, died 10 Dec 1939. 
Their children were Lester Denmead, Elma Louise, Harold Gibson, Daniel 
Jefferson, Howard Eugene and Ione Elizabeth Thornton. 

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