Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Thornburg, John Henry October 13, 1839 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Dalton Township
p. 455 & 456
	
John Henry Thornburg fifth son of Lewis and Lydia (Macy) Thornburg, was born 
in Dalton Township, Wayne County, Ind., Oct. 13, 1839. He resided on the farm 
with his parents till manhood, receiving a common-school education. Jan. 10, 
1861, he married Mary A., daughter of John A. and Charity (Brooks) Locke. 
After his marriage he settled on his present farm in Dalton Township. He has 
sixty-four acres of fine land, and is engaged in farming, also dealing 
extensively in live-stock. Mr. Thornburg has served as Township Trustee eleven 
years, and Assessor four years. He has had a family of ten children---Leonora 
F., Lewis M., Lawrence D., Curtis A., Charlie R., Frank R., Emma F., Maurice 
E., Nellie, Maud and Earle. The latter died Sept. 17, 1883, aged three months. 
Mr. Thornburg is a member of the Society of Friends, and Mrs. Thornburg, of 
the United Brethren church. Mr. Thornburg's father, Lewis Thornburg, was the 
second son of Henry and Nancy (Maulby) Thornburg, and was born Feb. 2, 1802. 
His wife was Lydia, daughter of Barachiah Macy. Of their twelve children, five 
are still living---Colman, Orlando, Isaac, Lewis and John Henry. In 1862 Mr. 
Lewis Thornburg removed to Dallas County, Iowa, where he still resides. His 
wife died in 1870. Henry Thornburg, grandfather of the subject of our sketch, 
was born in North Carolina, June 26, 1773, and when a boy removed with his 
father to Wayne County, Tenn. He was married in 1794 to Nancy Maulby, also a 
native of North Carolina, born Nov. 21, 1771. To them were born eight 
children, all of whom lived to be over fifty years of age, and four of whom 
are still living---Lewis, Ellinor, Rachel and John. Lydia, Sophia, Larkin, 
Henry and an adopted son, William, are deceased. In 1819 he removed to Wayne 
County, Ind., and entered a tract of land, residing here till his death, 
engaged in farming and tanning. He built a tannery on his farm, the marks of 
the old vats being still visible. He died at the age of eighty-nine years and 
his wife, aged ninety-seven. They were members of the Society of Friends.

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